Uluru, Northern Territory

Mar 4, 2010

Alice Springs As soon as we arrived in Adelaide, we dropped off the rental car at the airport and caught a plane to Alice Springs. Looking out of the aeroplane window, I was surprised to see so much lush green landscape in the Northern Territory - I assumed that the centre of the vast, hot country that is Australia would be more dried up and thirsty than the outback in Queensland. We later discovered that it usually is, but a freak four-we...

Adelaide, South Australia

Feb 27, 2010

Melbourne to Adelaide Road Trip After about a month of living and working in Melbourne, Tash and I decided to hire a car and drive to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians, taking a slight detour to see the penguins on Phillip Island. Phillip Island Instead of spending $80 on a tour from Melbourne, we decided to visit Phillip Island whilst we had a hire car to save money. The Little Penguin is the world's smallest penguin, a...

Melbourne, Victoria

Feb 24, 2010

Melbourne The Place Most people are charmed by Melbourne and its trams. My first impression was that the ever-present tram lines made my photographs look ugly. Not that I should have been too worried - there isn't much in Melbourne that's worthy of photographing. Nothing stands out and the buildings in Federation Square look strange, but not in a cool, arty way. I can't understand why Melbourne is always being compared to the structurally ...

Sorrento, Victoria

Jan 26, 2010

Sorrento Penniless and tired, we arrived in Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula (after a brief visit to Melbourne, where we stayed just long enough to visit the Crown Casino) to start work as waitresses at a members-only sailing club. The Place Similarly to the Hughenden job, we'd applied for the positions online, so I spent the entire journey to Sorrento worrying that it'd be a similar experience. My anxiety wasn't helped when we approach...

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Jan 4, 2010

Canberra On our way to Sydney we decided to stop off in Australia's capital, thinking that, being the capital city, it might have something going for it. Another reason to visit was the fact that my cousin now lives there and I felt that as I'm finally on the same continent as him in God knows how many years, the least I could do was meet him for a drink. The Place My first observation of Canberra was of its similarity to England's Milton K...