Category Archive: AUSTRALIA

MY TRIP TO BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

MY TRIP TO BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA I arrived one fine evening in Brisbane on a train from Australia’s sparkling Gold Coast. That morning I’d packed up my tent in a campground startlingly hemmed in by soaring skyscrapers, then cycled along a peaceful inland waterway one hour to the train station, where I hopped aboard. I don’t recall …

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AUSTRALIA TALES: MY GOLD COAST CYCLE TRIP

MY GOLD COAST CYCLE TRIP After nearly 2 weeks hanging out at Byron Bay and spending much time with Denis, my then-German-boyfriend, I finally set out to cycle again. I actually hadn’t done any cycle-touring since the previous April in southern Thailand, where I’d been cycling down the west coast until I was picked up as crew …

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MY CARAVAN TRAVEL AROUND AUSTRALIA

  MY CARAVAN TRAVEL AROUND AUSTRALIA On Jan. 12th Denis and I finally packed up our caravan and left Lane Cove National Park near Sydney to begin our much-anticipated caravan travel around Australia. By then we’d already been camping in Lane Cove nearly 3 weeks and were restless to start traveling. It was my first …

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FLIGHT TO SYDNEY FOR CHRISTMAS ROMANCE

FLIGHT TO SYDNEY FOR CHRISTMAS ROMANCE My flight to Sydney arrived auspiciously on Christmas morning. I’d finally made it to Australia, a country I’d been dying to visit since high school! I was also exceedingly nervous and excited to re-unite with my then-German-boyfriend, Denis, after a 10-week separation. Upon landing, I impatiently pushed through the plane, scurried …

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MISADVENTURES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA

Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> Arrival in Sydney, Australia on Christmas day 2002 MISADVENTURES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA In 2003 I toured Australia for several months by caravan with my then German boyfriend, Denis. We splashed off our Australian odyssey with a …

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TRAVEL STORY: TENT ESCAPADE

  TRAVEL STORY: TENT ESCAPADE I’d been camping in Byron Bay about a week with my good ole tent that had already sheltered me for several years all over Asia. I’d pitched it near the top of three volcanic mountains in Java, on numerous beaches in Thailand and Malaysia, amidst the Himalaya mountains in Nepal …

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