Elaine's Amazing Australian Adventure!

If it begins with alliteration, you know it's gonna be a good time! I'm heading down under with my great friends Nayha and Puja! We're starting off in Perth and hope to do some serious work and WWOOFing while we're there. For those of you not familiar with WWOOFing, it's basically an awesome program set up to help backpackers meet Australian families by providing room and board in exchange for a mere four hours of work per day. We'll be travelling all across Australia but we have no set itinerary...! I hope to see the whole country so we'll see how far the money takes me!

  • 98 days (19 May 2005 - 25 Aug 2005)
  • 56052 km (34829 miles)
  • 4 countries
  • 92 entries (29488 words)
  • 210 photos
  • 4 ratings (108 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 May 19, 2005 01:35 Canada Cambridge » Pre-departure fun!! 0 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
1 May 19, 2005 19:56 United States Anchorage » Brief but beautiful!!! 4855 km 3 (3 votes)
3 May 21, 2005 03:00 Hong Kong Hong Kong » Cement and palm trees - who'da thought?! 13025 km [*] (15) 3 (3 votes)
3 May 22, 2005 00:22 Australia Perth City » Arrival in Perth - more palm trees! 19060 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
3 May 22, 2005 01:09 Australia Fremantle » Fremantle mania!!! 19075 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
5 May 23, 2005 09:38 Australia Penguin Island » Penguin Island - where the...penguins are! 19104 km [*] (10) 3 (3 votes)
6 May 24, 2005 09:43 Australia Margaret River » And so the wine tasting and wacky driving begins! 19297 km [*] (6) 3 (3 votes)
6 May 24, 2005 09:50 Australia Cape Leeuwin » Where two oceans meet - surreal... 19344 km [*] (9) 3 (3 votes)
6 May 24, 2005 09:53 Australia Augusta » Granny's Pool & the Whale Memorial, but no whales! 19351 km 3 (3 votes)
7 May 25, 2005 09:30 Australia Yallingup » The day I fell in love... 19427 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
7 May 25, 2005 10:04 Australia Bunbury » Nothing much to see here... 19493 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
8 May 26, 2005 10:08 Australia Perth City » City livin'! 19650 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
9 May 27, 2005 09:16 Australia Perth City » Schapelle Corby thoughts... 19650 km 3 (3 votes)
13 May 31, 2005 10:35 Australia Armadale » Ahhh the yoga "farm" 19679 km [*] (5) 5 (6 votes)
17 Jun 04, 2005 13:17 Australia Pemberton » Pemberton mayhem mayhem mayhem! 19937 km [*] (7) 3 (3 votes)
19 Jun 06, 2005 13:51 Australia Nannup » Eye of the tiger you're the cream of the crop!!! 19997 km [*] (6) 3 (3 votes)
19 Jun 06, 2005 14:11 Australia Busselton » The world's longest "wooden" jetty??? 20051 km [*] (4) 3 (3 votes)
20 Jun 07, 2005 14:27 Australia Chidlow » So I wanted to go into the middle of nowhere... 20268 km [*] (3) 1 (1 votes)
25 Jun 12, 2005 14:41 Australia Chidlow » P.S. 20268 km 3 (3 votes)
27 Jun 14, 2005 16:44 Australia Perth City » Car equals time for bad music! 20310 km [*] (5) 3 (3 votes)
28 Jun 15, 2005 10:12 Australia Cervantes » And so the adventure begins 20486 km 3 (3 votes)
30 Jun 17, 2005 10:15 Australia Geraldton » The longest night I've had in a long time... 20685 km 3 (3 votes)
31 Jun 18, 2005 09:35 Australia Port Gregory » City? I think not! 20758 km [*] (3) 3 (3 votes)
31 Jun 18, 2005 10:19 Australia Hutt River » LONGEST ROAD EVER 20765 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
31 Jun 18, 2005 10:21 Australia Kalbarri » Kalbarri - where the rangers roam 20828 km [*] (12) 3 (3 votes)
32 Jun 19, 2005 02:28 Australia Denham » Stromatlites, shell beach and beautiful Denham! 21031 km [*] (11) 3 (3 votes)
35 Jun 22, 2005 02:34 Australia Monkey Mia » DOLPHINS - FINALLY DOLPHINS!!!! 21054 km [*] (3) 3 (3 votes)
36 Jun 23, 2005 02:47 Australia Carnarvon » Rain + Australia = no driving! 21159 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
36 Jun 23, 2005 09:41 Australia Ningaloo » Life at the Quidditch World Cup 21403 km [*] (5) 3 (3 votes)
38 Jun 25, 2005 10:06 Australia Cape Range » A day at the races...I mean beach 21470 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
39 Jun 26, 2005 10:01 Australia Exmouth » Puttin' 'er on the map 21500 km 1 (1 votes)
39 Jun 26, 2005 10:11 Australia Dampier » Lunch with a side of pre-death pain 21802 km 3 (3 votes)
39 Jun 26, 2005 10:17 Australia Karratha » Ooooohhhh bright lights big city! 21827 km 3 (3 votes)
39 Jun 26, 2005 10:22 Australia Port Hedland » Another town on the map 22035 km [*] (1) 2 (1 votes)
40 Jun 27, 2005 10:26 Australia Eighty Mile Beach » The beach that really wasn't 22331 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
41 Jun 28, 2005 10:31 Australia Broome » Final destination...and by final I mean not final 22531 km 3 (3 votes)
43 Jun 30, 2005 07:39 Australia Broome » The job search...aka the journey to Mount Doom 22531 km 3 (3 votes)
44 Jul 01, 2005 11:21 Australia Broome » Where people throw ducks at balloons... 22531 km [*] (11) 3 (3 votes)
47 Jul 04, 2005 11:35 Australia Broome » Post-carnival depression & the Subway debacle 22531 km [*] (14) 3 (3 votes)
52 Jul 09, 2005 03:17 Australia Broome » Time to blow this popsicle stand! 22531 km 3 (3 votes)
54 Jul 11, 2005 07:05 Australia Derby » Ooooooh! 22730 km 3 (3 votes)
54 Jul 11, 2005 10:08 Australia Fitzroy Crossing » Ahhhhhh!! 22928 km 3 (3 votes)
55 Jul 12, 2005 05:14 Australia Turkey Creek » I wanna see the sunshine after the rain... 23234 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
55 Jul 12, 2005 05:18 Australia Kununurra » A day all to myself...booo-ring! 23387 km 3 (3 votes)
55 Jul 12, 2005 05:23 Australia Gibb River » The journey in really did portend the future... 23651 km [*] (5) 3 (3 votes)
63 Jul 20, 2005 05:39 Australia Katherine » A little nausea in the afternoon 24321 km 3 (3 votes)
64 Jul 21, 2005 02:49 Australia Darwin » Relax - just keep swimming, just keep swimming! 24593 km 3 (3 votes)
65 Jul 22, 2005 10:38 Australia Darwin » War of the Worlds 24593 km [*] (6) 3 (3 votes)
68 Jul 25, 2005 09:15 Australia Brisbane » Early morning delight! 27446 km 3 (3 votes)
69 Jul 26, 2005 09:17 Australia Melbourne » Welcome to the "winter"! 28819 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
70 Jul 27, 2005 09:41 Australia Ballarat » The day my (wombat) dreams came true!!!! 28922 km [*] (7) 3 (3 votes)
70 Jul 27, 2005 09:54 Australia Sovereign Hill » Gaggling at schoolkids and pining for gold! 28924 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
70 Jul 27, 2005 09:59 Australia Bacchus Marsh » Oh Nicholas Cage, how we love to hate you! 28978 km 3 (3 votes)
71 Jul 28, 2005 12:44 Australia Epping » Return to civilization, still no Lost & end of HP 29030 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
71 Jul 28, 2005 21:12 Australia Melbourne » See the bombers go up, up! **HP spoilers** 29050 km [*] (7) 3 (3 votes)
72 Jul 29, 2005 20:30 Australia Anglesea » World famous and rightly so! 29147 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
72 Jul 29, 2005 21:30 Australia Aireys Inlet » Lovely lighthouse 29156 km [*] (1) 3 (3 votes)
72 Jul 29, 2005 21:41 Australia Geelong » Hee---bombers beat cats!!! 29197 km 3 (3 votes)
72 Jul 29, 2005 21:43 Australia Otway Shire » Walking amongst the Ents..I mean rainforest of AUS 29291 km [*] (3) 4.2 (1 votes)
72 Jul 29, 2005 21:58 Australia Port Campbell » No clouds could dull this view! 29337 km [*] (3) 3 (3 votes)
73 Jul 30, 2005 22:03 Australia Port Campbell » The best thing I've seen in Australia 29337 km [*] (7) 3 (3 votes)
76 Aug 02, 2005 04:04 Australia Melbourne » St. Kilda - land of our own entertainment! 29532 km [*] (2) 3.2 (3 votes)
77 Aug 03, 2005 04:22 Australia South Yarra » Ooooh...the day after (but packed with celeb fun!) 29535 km [*] (3) 3 (3 votes)
79 Aug 05, 2005 04:43 Australia Melbourne » Back to the grind? 29538 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
80 Aug 06, 2005 09:02 Australia Sydney » Sydney - tales of harbour fun and lame tours! 30252 km [*] (5) 3 (3 votes)
83 Aug 09, 2005 09:19 Australia Sydney » This one's for you Michelle! 30252 km [*] (2) 3 (3 votes)
84 Aug 10, 2005 22:19 Australia Adelaide » Bold face lie Wednesday! 31416 km 3 (3 votes)
85 Aug 11, 2005 08:29 Australia Kangaroo Island » Unexpected delight (in Rainbow City)! 31575 km 3 (3 votes)
86 Aug 12, 2005 08:41 Australia Barossa Valley » And so the Outback adventure begins! 31787 km 3 (3 votes)
86 Aug 12, 2005 08:44 Australia Barossa Valley » No sadness -- the wine tour found a way to ME! 31787 km 3 (3 votes)
86 Aug 12, 2005 08:47 Australia Quorn » Alligator gorge (groan) & Quorn :S!!! 32045 km 3 (3 votes)
87 Aug 13, 2005 08:55 Australia Flinders Ranges » Flinders Ranges 32300 km 3 (3 votes)
87 Aug 13, 2005 08:57 Australia Port Augusta » Toliets that sing and dead botanical gardens 32580 km 3 (3 votes)
87 Aug 13, 2005 09:00 Australia Woomera » Beam me up, Aussie! 32756 km 3 (3 votes)
87 Aug 13, 2005 09:03 Australia Lake Hart » The lake that wasn't a lake but rather a bomb site 32795 km 3 (3 votes)
87 Aug 13, 2005 09:06 Australia Coober Pedy » It's an underground city -- NOT!!!! 33082 km 3.9 (1 votes)
88 Aug 14, 2005 09:18 Australia Oodnadatta » Along the Oodnadatta trail--LATE FOR SUNRISE! 33262 km 3 (3 votes)
88 Aug 14, 2005 09:24 Australia Curtin Springs » Changing guides/moods - WOO!! 33708 km 5 (1 votes)
88 Aug 14, 2005 09:28 Australia Curtin Springs » Boxed wine of greatness at the dodgy "bottleshop" 33708 km 3 (3 votes)
88 Aug 14, 2005 09:30 Australia Uluru National Park » First glimspe = Homer Simpson in all his glory! 33784 km 3 (3 votes)
89 Aug 15, 2005 09:34 Australia Uluru National Park » Sunrise, sunset! Note to self... 33784 km 3 (3 votes)
90 Aug 16, 2005 09:39 Australia Uluru National Park » Man it's---a HUGE Rock!!! 33784 km 3 (3 votes)
90 Aug 16, 2005 09:42 Australia Kings Creek » It's a GENTLE slope you see 33899 km 3 (3 votes)
91 Aug 17, 2005 09:47 Australia Mount Ebenezer » Boxed wine gone but a good day nonetheless! 34040 km 3 (3 votes)
92 Aug 18, 2005 06:28 Australia Alice Springs » Hot love (aka Gens) in the City! 34243 km 3 (3 votes)
93 Aug 19, 2005 09:56 Australia Perth City » And so it comes full "circle" :) 36239 km 3 (3 votes)
94 Aug 20, 2005 04:36 Australia Rottnest Island » Again - surpsingly great times! 36272 km 3 (3 votes)
95 Aug 21, 2005 19:47 Australia Perth City » The day that went from sad times to FECK YEAH! 36305 km 3 (3 votes)
96 Aug 22, 2005 19:54 Hong Kong Hong Kong » Johnny Depp + Karen & I = surpreme happiness! 42340 km 3 (3 votes)
98 Aug 24, 2005 08:00 Canada Vancouver » Business class and heaven were meant for me! 52611 km 3 (3 votes)
98 Aug 24, 2005 08:06 Canada Toronto » What a welcome back, lol 55972 km 3 (3 votes)
99 Aug 25, 2005 10:11 Canada Cambridge » Good morning starshine, the earth says hello! 56052 km 3 (3 votes)
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