Wellington
Some impressions of Wellington and the Weta Cave visit.
Category: City
Auckland
Auckland is hilly and they have been transforming the waterfront into a pedestrian friendly stroll area. There are also numerous beaches and islands around for hiking (bushwalking) and sun bathing. I also visited th maritime museum with a exhibition about the America Cup… surprinsingly they didn’t say much about the time Alinghi won the Cup…
Hobart
Hobart is a mix of some nordic city mixed with Australian landscape. Starting point of many expeditions to the South Pole and largest city in Tasmania, it is organized around the harbour. It is a lively city with markets, music festivals in the summer and diverse architectural styles.
Sydney
Sydney is busy, loud and chaotic (what the hell where the urban planners thinking when they planned it?!?). The tour guide said that the motto of Sydney could be: « we don’t know what we are doing, but we are doing it anyway ». However, the city has much too offer and not just pretty…
Brisbane
A few impressions of Brisbane.
Noosa
Noosa is a little touristic village with a fancy line up of shops on the main street (think Gstaad but for surfing), except you will find quite some hostels and campervans spots for the surfers and backpackers with their surfboards (or without). I took the oppportunity to go surfing in the gentle waves on that…
Cairns
The city with no beaches is organized around the toursim industry and the city center is made of hostels, travel sgencies, bars, restaurants and shops for the tourists. However, the waterfront is pretty and has its own colony of pelicans as well as a public swimming pool called the Lagoon. From Cairns itself you can…