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OKAY WHAT THE FUC.
WHERE THE HELL IS MY SHOUT MIX BOX? NASAN MO NILAGAY BLOGGER, KING-INA. LABAS MO!
23.3.09
Arnhem Land, Darwin, NT [AUS]
Things to do:
• The beaches of Nhulunbuy Islands
• Pristine beaches and wilderness areas: Nanydjaka (Cape Arnhem), Lurrupukurru (Oyster Beach), Rangura (Caves Beach), Baringura (Little Bondi), Ngumuy (Turtle Beach), Garanhan (Macassan Beach), and Daliwuy (Daliwoi Bay).
• The nearby Wessel Islands, Bromby Islets, English Companys Islands and Elizabeth Bay are one of the world's last great, untouched fishing areas.
• Gayngaru Wetlands
• Fishing
• Scuba Diving & Snorkeling
• Cultural and Eco Tours
• Museums and Galleries
Camping is prohibited. Accommodation is available - Walk About Lodge. No rates were posted, but for further info click here.
For more travel tips click here.
Traveling in Arnhem Land also requires a Permit which you can apply for through the Northern Land Council. You may also require a recreational or special permit from the Dhimurru Land Management Council for areas outside the Nhulunbuy Town when sightseeing in East Arnhem Land. Helpful links!
- http://www.nlc.org.au/html/visit_tourist.html#6
- http://www.dhimurru.com.au/
How to get there?
By Roads - The Central Arnhem Road leaves the Stuart Highway 52 km south of Katherine. The first 30 km is sealed but from then on the road is corrugated, slippery with loose gravel and in some places heavy with bull dust.
There are two major river crossings; the Wilton River near Bulman Aboriginal community and the Goyder River, about 400 km from Nhulunbuy. It is advisable to check road conditions with the Department of Planning and Infrastructure before traveling for a Road Report.
The last fuel stop on the track is The Outback Store (about 250km from Katherine) at the Mainoru River where you can camp or get cold drinks and supplies. There is no more fuel after this until you reach Nhulunbuy, so it will be necessary to carry jerry cans of fuel.
By Boat - If entering Nhulunbuy via Gove Harbor in a yacht or boat be sure to contact the Australian Customs Service for quarantine information on 08 8987 1744.
regulations should be strictly adhered to when on the water. Be cautious when traveling at high speed, as there may be hidden marine debris. If possible, avoid standing in the water when launching and recovering your boat.
Nitmiluk National Park, Darwin, NT [AUS]
Things to do:
• Boat Ramp
• Canoeing
• Fishing and Swimming
• Walking, walk, walk, walk :) - The Jatbula Trail
• Edith Falls
• Visit Nitmiluk Centre at Katherine Gorge
• For more details click here.
Camping permitted.
How to get there? Nitmiluk National Park is located in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory.
The Park has two main points of visitor access.
- The Park's main entrance is located 30 km northeast of Katherine via a sealed road. Katherine is located 310 km south of Darwin along the Stuart Highway.
- Leliyn (Edith Falls) on the western side of the Park, is reached by turning off the Stuart Highway 42km north of Katherine then following a sealed road for a further 19km.
Tiwi Islands, Darwin, NT [AUS]
Very strict with tourists. Must require a permit from a host to fill out a request form which describes the purpose of your visit, the length of your stay and the community you wish to visit. The Tiwi Land Council will then issue your permit and it may be collected, faxed or posted to you.
Consists of two islands: the Bathurst Island and Melville Island.
* There's no way na mag-stay ako dito ng overnight. Wala lang, ayaw ko lang (if ever). HEHEHE.
How to get there? A ferry runs between Darwin and Bathurst Island but most visitors travel by air. The flight takes 15 minutes.
You need to go on a tour with a recognised company to visit the Tiwi Islands. Aussie Adventure has a one-day tour which costs $325 (yay) per person and includes return airfares, morning tea and lunch. There are also overnight camp trips.
Litchfield National Park. Darwin, NT [AUS]
Things to do:
• Wangi, Florence and Tjaynera Falls
• Visit the Lost City
• Buley Rockhole
• Sight-seeing of the the Reynolds River, no swimming allowed
• Short walks
• Plants and Animals
Camping is available at a rate of $3.30 per night, maximum of 3 days.
Download this for more helpful infos.
How to get there? Near Batchelor, 100 km south-west of Darwin, the Park is generally accessible all year (sealed roads) via Batchelor. In the dry season it is also possible to get to the Park via Cox Peninsula Road (which is unsealed).
Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, Darwin, NT [AUS]
The markets run from the last week in April until the end of October and is open on Thursday from 5pm to 10 pm and Sunday 4pm to 9pm.
How do i get there? The markets are located within a 15-20 walk from the city and a taxi from the city will cost approx $10.00. Public buses connect the markets to the City and Northern Suburbs. Bus number 4 goes directly to Mindil Market. For bus route details click here.
Alcohol is not sold in the markets but you can bring your own alcohol and ice is available at Mindil. You can also rent tables and chairs and enjoy a drink in comfort as so many patrons do.
There are over 25 cuisines from virtually every continent: Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Indian, African, Mexican, Pilipino, Malaysian to name a few. Please see the information booth if you have any particular dietary needs, we have Halal, vegetarian stalls. The markets have a variety of ways to keep the kids amused. Pony rides, petting zoo, laughing clowns, jumping castle with some great music and acts for the children’s entertainment and a beautiful beach by the Arafura sea.
Kakadu National Park, Darwin, NT [AUS]
No park fee :) Just a camping fee of $5.40 per night, these campgrounds have solar showers, toilets and other amenities.
Things to do:
• Bowali Visitor Centre
• Rock Art Sites - Ubirr, Nourlangie and Nanguluwur art sites
• Fishing and Boating
• Viewing the wild
For permits click here.
How to get there? Click here.
Uluru National Park, North Territory [AUS]
Things to do:
• Visit the Cultural Centre
• Sunrise and Sunset Viewing
• Rock Art Sites
• Walking, walking, walking..
Park Fee - $25 for 3 consecutive days (SHIT)
Click here and here for inquiries and processing procedures of permits (for filming).
Visitor Safety and Responsibilities --> click.
AYERS ROCK RESORT
Campground
$18-$20 a night for a powered-site camp which are spacious offering plenty of room to relax. Each site is featured on a shaded and grassed area with power for added comfort - electrical outlets 240/250 Volt, 50Hz AC. Close to all facilities. Plus shared facilities: Swimming pool, reception and kiosk gas fills, campers’ kitchen, van storage, guest laundry, public ISD/STD phones, free gas BBQ and security.
Angelatin!
Gusto ko 'yun route na ginawa mo :) Post lang ako ng mga places na pwedeng pag-canvassan kung pupuntahan naten. Trip ko lang! Haha. Start ako sa Australia ah?
16.3.09
Reduce Impact At My Home
• Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl). CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. If every family in the U.S. made the switch, we’d reduce carbon dioxide by more than 90 billion pounds!
• Move your thermostat down 2� in winter and up 2� in summer. Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment. (We dont actually have one at home)
• Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 (or 5,000PHP) a year on your energy bill.
• Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases.
• Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket. You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. (We dont need one! Its damn hell hot here)
• Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
• Turn off electronic devices you’re not using. Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Unplug electronics from the wall when you’re not using them. Even when turned off, things like hairdryers, cell phone chargers and televisions use energy. In fact, the energy used to keep display clocks lit and memory chips working accounts for 5 percent of total domestic energy consumption and spews 18 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year!
• Only run your dishwasher when there’s a full load and use the energy-saving setting. You can save 100 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.
• Be sure you’re recycling at home. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
• Buy recycled paper products. It takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
• Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.
• Get a home energy audit. Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Switch to green power. In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar.
• Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.
• Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
• Seek out and support local farmers markets. They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth.
• Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
• Avoid heavily packaged products. You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
• Eat less meat. Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
There's nothing wrong if we'll try these bit by bit. Please TAKE ACTION and let's help prevent global warming in our own little ways, 'cos seriously our planet's suffering will also make us suffer.
Gusto ko pa maabutan na maganda at maayos ang mundo pag nag-bagpacking na ako.
• Move your thermostat down 2� in winter and up 2� in summer. Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment. (We dont actually have one at home)
• Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 (or 5,000PHP) a year on your energy bill.
• Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases.
• Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket. You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. (We dont need one! Its damn hell hot here)
• Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
• Turn off electronic devices you’re not using. Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Unplug electronics from the wall when you’re not using them. Even when turned off, things like hairdryers, cell phone chargers and televisions use energy. In fact, the energy used to keep display clocks lit and memory chips working accounts for 5 percent of total domestic energy consumption and spews 18 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year!
• Only run your dishwasher when there’s a full load and use the energy-saving setting. You can save 100 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.
• Be sure you’re recycling at home. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
• Buy recycled paper products. It takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
• Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.
• Get a home energy audit. Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Switch to green power. In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar.
• Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.
• Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
• Seek out and support local farmers markets. They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth.
• Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
• Avoid heavily packaged products. You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
• Eat less meat. Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
There's nothing wrong if we'll try these bit by bit. Please TAKE ACTION and let's help prevent global warming in our own little ways, 'cos seriously our planet's suffering will also make us suffer.
Gusto ko pa maabutan na maganda at maayos ang mundo pag nag-bagpacking na ako.
The Woman I Greatly Admire (My Travel Icon, for now.)
Fun Asia's pretty face: JANET HSIEH :)
People know her as the:
- Professional worldwide bum (Traveler and lifelong student of the world).
- Starving musician, violin toting from the subways of Buenos Aires, churches of Europe, White House and concert halls of Taiwan.
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the Tien Mou fire department in Taipei.
- Sushi Chef from Santa Barbara.
- Au Pair from Paris, France.
- Mother of two children in the McDonald's TV commercoal in Taiwan.
And
- Host of the travel show "Fun Asia" on Discovery, Travel and Living Channel.
Plus, she also has a hot body and fantastic face.
OKAY i know she's Asian but whatever i love Asians and i am big fan of our race. So nagegets mo na ba ha? Gusto ko maging sya! Hahahaha. Not the chinky eyes, not the perfectly-toned trunk.. 'Cos its not about her total physique.
It's WHAT SHE DOES (er do? haha) and THE FUN SHE GETS FROM IT!üü
People know her as the:
- Professional worldwide bum (Traveler and lifelong student of the world).
- Starving musician, violin toting from the subways of Buenos Aires, churches of Europe, White House and concert halls of Taiwan.
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the Tien Mou fire department in Taipei.
- Sushi Chef from Santa Barbara.
- Au Pair from Paris, France.
- Mother of two children in the McDonald's TV commercoal in Taiwan.
And
- Host of the travel show "Fun Asia" on Discovery, Travel and Living Channel.
Plus, she also has a hot body and fantastic face.
OKAY i know she's Asian but whatever i love Asians and i am big fan of our race. So nagegets mo na ba ha? Gusto ko maging sya! Hahahaha. Not the chinky eyes, not the perfectly-toned trunk.. 'Cos its not about her total physique.
It's WHAT SHE DOES (er do? haha) and THE FUN SHE GETS FROM IT!üü
24.2.09
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