Australia – Kieran Campbell

Australia: Take 2

Thursday 4 November 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Above it all As usual, it's been ages since I posted anything on here, but I've been pretty busy over the past few months. I do still plan to fill in the gaps in my last year of blogging about travelling round Australia – i.e. finishing off Tasmania, Cairns and…

16 Days of Brisbane

Wednesday 14 July 2010 by Kieran

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Strikingly Gloomy I've had a pretty good couple of weeks in Brisbane, although most of that is owed to a couple of people, the city probably only kept me amused for about a day before I ran out of things to do on a budget. Vicky and Darryl came through…

Tasmania Day 15: Cradle Mountain

Tuesday 13 July 2010Tuesday 13 July 2010 by Kieran

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Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain - Tasmania Today David was going to start his 5-day hike along the Overland Track, and we were were going to follow him as far as Cradle Mountain, although a 'probably' was quickly added to that plan as soon as opened the tent to find everything…

Mount Buffalo

Monday 12 July 2010 by Kieran

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Other-worldly For over a month I'd been soaring over Mystic, using the looming lump of Mount Buffalo to the west to gauge how high I was, but I'd yet to make the mere 25km trip to the mountain. Leanne and Greg thought we could go up there and camp out…

Day-Tripping North Stradbroke Island

Thursday 8 July 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Dunwich On Monday I thought I'd knock off my first Lonely Planet 'highlight' of Queensland and check out Stradbroke Island, just off the coast in Moreton Bay, not far from Brisbane. In a nutshell, staying a couple of nights would have been way better. I left my camera at Claire's…

48 Days Later…

Tuesday 29 June 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

What I Drive I've made it. It's done, over, complete and signed off. 7 weeks of living and working in almost complete isolation, bar the company of a boss who I only ever looked forward to separation from, has paid off, and now I'm hopefully in with a pretty good…

Tasmania Day 14: Zeehan & First Impressions of Cradle Mountain

Sunday 20 June 2010Sunday 20 June 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Meet David Yesterday was Australia day. Obviously we did our bit as temporary residents of the red island continent and had a few drinks in one of Strahan's pubs and so next morning I woke up crumpled up under a duvet in the driver's seat of the car with David…

Getting Stuck into Bright

Thursday 17 June 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Littoria With the 9-day licence course completed, I was at a bit of a loose end. Having spent almost every day last week flying, I'd now to make do with the more typical forecast of intermittent days of flying, giving me, initially, time to rest and reflect on what I'd…

Tasmania Day 13: Australia Day in Strahan

Monday 31 May 2010Monday 31 May 2010 by Kieran

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Burbury Dawn Waking up to the quietly moody atmosphere hanging over Lake Burbury, I had two surprises awaiting me. Last night, I'd left my camera running the black-frame noise-reduction for the 23-minute long exposure I did of the Milky Way over the lake, and it was great to dig the…

Tasmania Day 12: Lake St Clair & More Western Wilderness

Sunday 30 May 2010Sunday 30 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Lake St Clair Now that I'm writing about Tasmania 4 months after it happened, and I've left what notes I wrote about it back in Bright, some of these days' posts might be a bit vague. It's funny how much I can forget about what I've done on my travels,…

Tasmania Day 11: In to the Wilderness

Saturday 29 May 2010 by Kieran

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Razorback Ridge Our short time as civilised back-packers was over this morning, as I, as usual, annoyed Kevin until he woke up so we could make the most of the day that promised to take us into some of the most pristine land in the world: the Tasman wilderness world…

Tasmania Day 10: Hastings Caves

Wednesday 26 May 2010Wednesday 26 May 2010 by Kieran

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Hastings Caves Waking up on a very comfy sofa for the third morning, I was definitely starting to feel as though we should be moving on and seeing the rest of Tasmania before it was time to get back on the ferry, but it wasn't even half-way through the trip…

Tasmania Day 9: Tahune Airwalk & Hartz N.P.

Tuesday 25 May 2010Tuesday 25 May 2010 by Kieran

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Tahune Forest Airwalk After 2 nights sleeping in a proper house we were probably getting a little bit too comfortable with our new-found high-quality living, and it was already getting harder to wake up at a decent time to do anything with our day. Liz worked remotely for her employer…

Tasmania Day 8: Dossing About Round Huonville

Monday 24 May 2010Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Life of a Backpacker I was a bit surprised to wake up slightly hungover from the meal and pints from last night, so it was yet another slow start to a day for me. My GPS logger had been playing up ever since we got to Tassie and had got…

Tasmania Day 7: Skipping Bail for the Beach

Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Fortescue Bay Breaking out of the rich atmosphere of the tent – rich from the three of us having nachos, cheese and dip, with about half a bottle of tabasco added, before going to sleep – we took stock of our surroundings that we'd stumbled into the night before. We…

This Month, I’m a Farmer

Thursday 13 May 2010Friday 14 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

This Month, I'm a Farmer It's a week since I got to Moree and started my 'ideal' job – at least as far as jobs go that I can do to fulfil my working holiday visa requirements. I'm staying on a 7000 acre farm 50km north of Moree, mainly doing…

Tasmania Day 6: Passing the Capital & Heading to Prison

Sunday 9 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Pirates Bay Feeling pretty crap from what was the worst night's sleep ever, we got to the information centre at the head of the Freycinet Peninsula to find the weather wasn't looking that great. We'd planned on doing the overnight hike round the peninsula, which meant camping somewhere near the…

Tasmania Day 5: Douglas-Apsley & Bicheno

Saturday 8 May 2010Saturday 8 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Bay of Lagoons Sleeping in the car overnight disposed of our usual morning routine: me putting off getting up for an hour, spending the next couple of hours trying to get Kevin up before the morning was over, then spending the next half hour packing the tent and stuff back…

Back to Backpacking

Thursday 6 May 2010Thursday 6 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Porepunkah Fall May: winter is definitely on it's way, the soaring days are few and far between, I've quit my brewery job, and the hostel is closing up so Greg and Leanne can have a holiday in a few weeks. It's time to ease myself back into backpacking, but it's…

Tasmania Day 4: St Helens & Binalong Bay

Monday 3 May 2010Monday 3 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Parked up in a campground, in a forest, miles from anywhere, the last thing we wanted to wake up to was a flat tyre and an empty radiator. It turned out to be more of a setback than a disaster though, as our spare tyre was good and Kevin had…

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