Tag: National Parks
Fiordland National Park
Posted: February 27th, 2011 by Scott
After Queenstown we drove to the Fiordland National Park, which is a series of fiords on the southwest of the south island. The most famous is Milford Sound (its really a fiord). After spending a night in Te Anau, the closest town to the National Park, we set off down Milford Road to the Sound. […]
Christmas in Tassie
Posted: January 15th, 2011 by Courtney
Since we weren’t going to be able to come back to the States for Christmas, we decided to go to the coldest place in Australia, Tasmania. Â Tasmania is an island state off the the southern coast of Australia, known for its seafood and national parks. Â We left Melbourne on Christmas eve and flew to Launceston […]
The Great Ocean Road
Posted: October 3rd, 2010 by Courtney
Since the weather was sunny and warm we decided to get out of the city and take a trip to the Great Ocean Road with friends, Rachel and Carl.  The Great Ocean Road is one of the most scenic and well-known stretches of coastline in Australia and its just south west of Melbourne. We headed out after work […]