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Login/Join to ParticipateRunning hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
hello!
thought i'd better start a thread here....
so i've got 6 weeks left in new zealand
which is crazy.... and from that moment on i'm gonna be racing around like a mad thing on a stupidly rushed tour of australia before heading to singapore and borneoi know its short - i wish i could make it longer but after much thinking i dont think there's much i can do... so here it is...
8th july... arrive in melbourne
(fire night on sunday?)
11th-ish head up to sydney - spend time in sydney and stuff... including a couple of days tramping in the blue mountains
18th-ish Byron Bay - or so i was advised to visit...could change
20th-ish - Brisbane (Moonfest on the 21st
)23rd fly to perth (such a long way - ah well all fun fun fun)
(perth beach spin? tuesday night - if i dont have to get to airport?)
27th stupidly early flight back to melbourne to connect with plane to singapore....
too make things more entertaining i might have to spend an afternoon in each of the big cities doing research for my dissertation!
but anyway i'm all excited...
was thinking bout transport.... how easy is hitching?
otherwise maybe the train? (country link trains have a pass thing...?????)
and erm...campsites....i'm sure if i look i'll find the info...
any comments, ideas, places to visit or people to come see
.....x
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veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Yayayayaya!!!! your not missing us over here in Perth!!! So many people come to Oz and skip us all together.
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2,474 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
well your missing off adelaide .... which has the best regular fire meet in the whole of the world
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veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Hitching in Perth is hard and illegal.
If you get busted you get fined....and not many people like picking up hikers simply because it is just not safe.
Depending on where you are staying in Perth we can get you the public transport info quite easily.
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
No hitching then.... thats cool i'd actually prefer not anyway...
I'm sorry for missing off adelaide... maybe if someone could lend me a time machine and instant transporter devise thing....
next time i promise.... Ðraghkyre - maybe i'll meet you in the uk.... if you come back after europe?
Yay!
x
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Oooo... a Lemming!!!!
Really hope you have a late Tuesday flight, or is it on Wednesday??.. then you can make it to one spin at least. Mondays have died here I am told until summer!!.Sword stuff Sunday if you want, without me
but with Bill .Go to Adelaide!! Skip somewhere other than Perth
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Sweet talented nutter
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Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Lemming see you hopefully when you hit brisbane .
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Member
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Location: Syd-en-ey, Australia
please don't hitch in Oz. Its just not safe at all. Take the train where you can - you'll see more that way and meet some cool people along the way........
If you book your train tix in advance you get them cheaper. Try booking about 14 days prior.
veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Ivan Milat prime example of how safe it is to hitch hike in Australia.....*shudder*
I think that is why it is illegal now....just cause it is too unsafe
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Actually flying is also pretty cheap here now with Virgin and Qantas doing lots of cheap deals. Jetstar is a horrid airline though.. if you fly with them be aware they shut their checkins an hour before the flight and it's easy to miss out....
I agree about trains, nice way to travel. Better than buses. You can move around and trains go through lovely places.
Byron is a beautiful beach, worth a day, but not so tempting in the winter. The hills around there are nice, but Byron itself has become very commercialised and touristic, not a lot of soul.
Glad you'll make it to Moonfest!
What's you dissertation on??
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
yay! more travelling Hopers!
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Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Oh I dont know If I will be able to meet you as that is when the baby is about to be born... But if Im not in the hostibubble Arsn and I would love to connect with you!! More than likely we will be that the moonfest cause we love that gathering... PM us closer to the time and we will send phone numbers and see if we can help out in anyway....
for you, beautiful soul TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Written by: newgabeyay for trains, i think it will work out easiest... havent been on a train for ages - there isnt many over here
I agree about trains, nice way to travel. Better than buses. You can move around and trains go through lovely places.
! Written by: newgabeerm.... its all a bit unorganised but something along the lines of people & urban ecology across NZ, Oz and the Uk...
What's you dissertation on??
are there regular sydney meets?
valura... i'd love 2 meet you and arsn... maybe it'll be the baby's first moonfest??? you gotta be taking care of yourselves then tho.... so we'll see what happens x
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Written by: Psycho_lemming
are there regular sydney meets?
theres a few - check out the Sydney thread in the event section. Send me a note when you know approx what dates youll be here.
cheerio!
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journeyman
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Location: Malvern, UK
Hopefully see you in Sydney x
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
oooh, how exciting i get to meet you!
member
35 posts
Location: singapore
hey hey hey,
there are some spinners in singapore.... and i could give you ideas on things to see here... not much but there is some... msg me...
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i'll miss you in melbourne by 3 days.
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
tau neutrino - pm on its way!
so excited to meet people....MiG sorry
x
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Running hippy spinning lemming
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Location: Scotland
yay... melbourne on sunday 10th!!!
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Location: Bali, Australia
If you need somewhere to stay in Brisbane after Moonfest we have a bit of a HoPstel here at my house...lots of people pass through...It's a big house in the burbs, I'm a mummy type person, with teenagers...(if you'd rather stay inner city groovy style I'd understand!)
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering...
QuackerJack
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Location: over your left shoulder, Australia
hooray for melbourne in sundays!
come say hello and we'll run around with coconut shells!
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Running hippy spinning lemming
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Location: Scotland
Written by: Psycho_lemming
so i've got 6 weeks left in new zealand
eek! 13 days!!!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Ive tripled booked that weekend so far, have got rid of some of the engagements and Sunday Arvo onwards is all yours. As long as you admire my felt that I will have made
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Hey PL you sound so excited to be travelling! Still planning on making it up here around 20 July?. Would be good to plan to be here on the Monday (18) cos our Monday spin night is still going strong .. well I'm told it is.. I havent been myself for a few weeks
But it is a good space to meet the folks here before Moonfest on the Thursday. There's plenty stuff to do/see etc round here anyway.
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
here's it again with a few more details
newgabe - i could come to bris for the 18th...and miss byron... what do you guys think... i'm not really sure whats where.... just that lots of people coming over here have said that byron is lovely... but i'm not too fussed about missing things, hmmm... thinks.... its def a possiblity
Gnu (when you change that???
) thank you... i will admire lots... if you want to do things tho dont worry bout me being in perth... its ok i dont want you to have to cancel things
awww...
8th july... arrive in melbourne at 8.10am
(fire night on sunday?)
11th head up to sydney - spend time in sydney and stuff... including a couple of days tramping in the blue mountains
18th-ish - Byron Bay or maybe straight to bris???
20th- Brisbane (Moonfest on the 21st
)23rd fly to perth - leave bris at 7am, arrive perth 13.05
(perth beach spin? tuesday night - if i dont have to get to airport?- could spend night at airport to avoid early morning chaos!)
27th stupidly early flight back to melbourne to connect with plane to singapore....
- leave perth at 6am!much love and hugs to all
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Make sure you get in touch when you are in Syd!!! Actually, it is kind of a shame you are not arriving a week sooner. I have just got a new job, which starts on the 11th, but I have a week off beforehand. I could have beem mostly yours!!!
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What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...
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