Tuesday, March 27, 2007

our trip up the coast so far

here are some pics of our van voyage so far... miss you all!


hanging out with john howard, george w, and osama bin ladin (does anyone know who the guy to the far right is???)


the other side of our van


brushing my teeth in the van the first night


having lunch outside the van overlooking the ocean in newcastle


on a beach camel safari in port macquerie


the most eastern point on australia's mainland....nothing between here and home!

our gold coast/surfers paradise possie...parker, me, christine, caitlin, nick, and kate at the sweet timeshare!


the police station we spent quite some time at in the middle of the night filing our police report..BOOOO!


caitlin, me, parker, and christine on the barge on the way to fraser island


lake mackenzie on fraser island (freshwater lake)


me, parker, and christine jumping at lake mackenzie


being "dingo safe" at our campsite on fraser island


our fraser island group in front of our truck


on the shipwreck on fraser island


in a FREEZING freshwater creek on fraser

Friday, March 9, 2007

Let the travels begin!: Tasmania

We just got back from our week (5 days) in Tasmania and loved it!! We did a guided tour of the east coast from Launceston to Hobart (in case you want to look it up on a map) and here are some of the photos from our journeys:


launceston gorge

launceston gorge

the 2 of us in front of the st. columbus waterfall in the rainforest

waterfall in the rainforest

an echidna...an animal native to tasmania...looks like a mix between an anteater and a porcupine

our van

bay of fires

bay of fires

bay of fires

laura at the bay of fires

lauren at the bay of fires

the top of the hike looking down on wineglass bay

we forgot day packs so we used the top of our backpacks as fannypacks...soo stylish

port arthur, just outside of Hobart...this was a prison and, yes it used to look like that. not a bad place to be imprisioned

the two of us at the guards tower at port arthur

a tasmanian devil..i know, it looks nothing like the cartoon!

parker with a kangaroo

me with a kangaroo

us with our new friend, roo. he followed us as we walked away

hobart, tasmania