G’day mate and welcome to check my adventures down under
As you can probably figure out from the title or address, the subject of this blog is to write down my experiences during my adventures in Australia. It’s my first blog ever, so bear 🐻 with me.
The end of the journey
As with all good things, also my adventures down under are coming to an end. After my vacation, I had a little less than two weeks left for relatively normal living in my apartment. I had figured that like at the start of my journey, I would also now book an Airbnb place for the…
The Tropical North Queensland
This is the second part of the vacation trip to Queensland. If you haven’t yet read the first part covering the first six and half days of the trip, check it out here. Day 7 – Tropical enough in Townsville The destination for my middle of the trip flight was Townsville, which is about 1100…
To the Sunshine State
One week after coming back from Tasmania it was once again time to board a plane. This time the direction of travel was almost the opposite of Tasmania, as I headed north-east towards the Sunshine State, which is also known as Queensland. Compared to all my earlier road trips, this consisted of guided tours instead…
Tour de Tasmania part 2
This is the second part of my trip to Tasmania. If you missed the first one covering the first three days, you can check it out here before continuing to read this post. Day 4 After breakfast, I went to visit the Cataract Gorge in Launceston. It is a public park in the city containing…
Tour de Tasmania part 1
The second attempt to travel to Tasmania was a success as the five-day snap lockdown ended as planned. Also, the hard border to travel to Tasmania was lifted a couple of days after the lockdown ended and no more covid cases surfaced. Since this was a week-long trip, I decided to split it into two…
On the eve of the summer vacation
It’s now about 18 months since I have had an annual leave from work. Surely I had a few long weekends during last year but there wasn’t a good time to take a vacation down under as it consisted quite much of restrictions and lockdowns. Now that I’m in my last months here and the…
Hiking and time travel to the gold rush
Just before Christmas, a surge in local covid cases appeared in the Sydney suburbs. Between Christmas and New Year it also leaked to Victoria. After a streak of 61 days of no local cases in Victoria, the corona again raised its ugly head. Of course, I was concerned as I was in my last four…
The odd combination of summer and Christmas
Back in Helsinki whenever December has been black (as in without snow), it has been difficult to get the Christmas feeling started. Of course, one part of that is, that I don’t have any Christmas decorations in my apartment. It changes when I travel to my close relatives where I usually spend my Christmas holidays.…
On the road again
After five months since my first road trip, it was time for a new road trip within the Victoria state. The covid situation here is very good as when my road trip began, the Victoria state had its 28th day in a row without any new cases. It is usually remarked as the point when…
Long dark winter is finally ending
The title refers more on the long lockdown rather than the actual season. The winter as a season here has felt more like a long late autumn in Finland. The lockdown finally ended last Wednesday after 111 days in stage 4 restrictions. The four reasons to leave home was removed and retail could open again,…
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