Travel Stories

WOMBY
One Trip my partner and kids went to the Nullabor, on the way we spotted a wombat, so we pull to the side of the road thought we catch him we'll have him 4 tea, so my boys and partner jump out of the . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : pamela on 13 November 2008 at 15:45:46

THE POISON APPLE
We were on a bike ride in Germany, when we rode past this house. We stopped for a break in front of the house. Suddenly a lady came out in a g-string and a shirt, and she walked up to us and asked Eth . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Abby Moore on 04 November 2008 at 17:45:58

PUMPED TWICE
I was on holidays in Victoria, I was only 18 when I ran into a man while in a lil caffe in Moe with a smile I said sorry and went on my way....That week I couldn't get him off my mind and saw him from . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sam on 04 November 2008 at 12:42:52

CHIHUAHUA
I was on a trip to Salt Lake City , UTAH. I was so amazed by how beautiful it was, I was coming back home from a wedding when i spotted a sign on "walmart" saying "CHIHUAHUA" for sale. I was sitting n . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ruth on 15 October 2008 at 15:26:29

HANGING ON ACROSS AUSTRALIA IN 1968
It was in the good old days, when people would stop & help you if you were stranded. I was travelling with my Dad & Mum & 3 sisters to WA for work, when suddenly our FJ broke down. One of the truck . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Deneace Beamish on 14 October 2008 at 15:08:41

COWARDICE TURNED INTO BRAVERY
It was the best day of my miserable life. My family and i were finally going to go to Jamberoo! I couldn't wait. When we got there we went straight to the jumping place. I was waiting in line wi . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Helena Qian on 21 September 2008 at 11:57:05

WHAT THE!!!
Several years ago I worked for a special developmental school for children under the age of 15. Each year the staff planned a special getaway for the children, and this particular year we had decided . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kate Batty on 28 August 2008 at 22:27:55

TWO IN ONE
While arriving in sydney after a grueling nine long hours on the train it was dark so there was no time to go sight seeing so my dad called a taxi and soon we all piled in. We drove around for abo . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : karla on 26 August 2008 at 21:01:29

TRAVEL TO WORK - AUSTRALIA
Happily cruising down the middle lane of a motorway with either indicator flashing, but going nowhere. Happily cruising down the middle lane of a motorway even when the road is almost entirely empt . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : stacey-lee on 31 July 2008 at 16:08:22

TO PEE OR NOT TO PEE...
To pee or not to pee… Whilst on holiday in Vietnam, I badly needed to make use of their public toilets. However, as I opened the door I saw a flat concrete floor with a tiny hole in the far back co . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Scarlett on 22 July 2008 at 10:06:23

DIARRHOEA IN TURKEY
As if having the runs isn't bad enough at home, let me set a grimmer picture. Me alone, in a flaky hostel in Istanbul, chained to my drop toilet and praying for the next installment of loo paper. Not . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Anne Dyson on 12 July 2008 at 23:57:28

I SAID NO...BUT SHE DID IT ANYWAY!
I was traveling around France with my mom and two brothers and sister. My dad had some work in France, so we traveled while he stayed at work. Now my moms a bit crazy, and does stupid things at tim . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Chrissy on 02 July 2008 at 23:53:33

THAT NIGHT...
One Night I went to bed really Scared, because the possoms were a wall away from me making scratching noises, and thumping against the wall, I was up just thinking about things for 10 minutes until m . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Anya on 08 June 2008 at 15:11:06

HE HAD A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
We were holidaying with my sister and her family and her husband John and I were enjoying a nice glass of Scotch and Coke each. My son unknown to us picked up John's glass and drank it without us not . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Phillip Cunningham on 04 June 2008 at 23:53:53

IRELAND IN A TRUCK
It was the year 1984. I had a twofold excuse to adventure overseas as I'd just finished University and my brother was getting married in Ireland. After jigging, singing and drinking all night at th . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Liz on 23 May 2008 at 21:54:43

TOO EARLY IN THE DAY
I'd arrived in Korea the night before. Had been met at the airport by my new employer who drove us to the town I'd be living and working in and dropped my off at my new apartment with a 'see you on M . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : jen on 03 May 2008 at 19:03:14

KERRIN KOIGHT
Last September my girlfriend Kerrin offered to take my two girls to Landcruiser Park along with her husband and two girls. On a day trip she decided to educate the kids on how to survive in the bush w . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Rita Ellis on 26 March 2008 at 15:16:39

SURVIVOR HUT FIASCO
For a surprise my partner and I decided to take my parents for their first overseas trip to Vanuatu. I was anticipating the surprise and wanting it to go perfectly, so of course something had to go wr . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kimberly on 17 March 2008 at 21:30:39

THOUGHT MY DAD WAS GOING INSANE
Kangaroo with a coller NO WAY! Came back from fishing while my dad was resting at the tent for the day and he said i was feeding and patting a kangarro with a collar. We where totally like your goi . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : michelle on 12 March 2008 at 19:33:47

GERMAN OFF-THE-BEATEN TRACK, PARTICIPATORY TRAVEL GUIDE PLANNED
“A long journey”: German film and online project about Australia Bamberg, Germany – How is anti-snake venom serum gained? Who works for the Royal Flying Doctor Service? And why do some peopl . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Diet Simon on 10 March 2008 at 08:21:13

CAMPING MAYHEM
We were going camping, and just before we left town, we got some petrol. Just as we left the block, dad had forgotten something so we had to go back. After waiting for dad to find the camping poles . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Lachlan Smyth on 05 March 2008 at 18:40:05

OUR BRUSH WITH AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS
“Hey. Look at this. There is an ‘Adelaide Prison tour’ in this brochure. I think we should take it. Might come in handy.” I said to my husband in our Adelaide hotel room. I was leafing through Adela . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Anuprita on 03 March 2008 at 17:24:25

SHOPPING IN BRASIL
Our first trip overseas, how difficult can it be, after all, we are the Big 5 from Africa, South Africa! People use to tell us that their is always one in the group, while you were traveling that can . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : JOANIE BRITZ on 20 February 2008 at 18:10:01

STINGY
Recently my family went to Thailand. We got off the plane and didn't Know where to go. This lady came up to us, she asked us where to get a taxi from.We told here we didn't know. We started to walk, l . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : sara on 16 February 2008 at 10:35:43

TRAVEL BOOK - AUSTRALIA
Hi everyone, I've just finished writing my first travel book about Australia and have dedicated a website to it. If you are a gap year student, it has some great links and useful travel information . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : John on 14 February 2008 at 06:12:02

NAKED AT THE SEASIDE...
Me and fourteen mates were setting of for a weekend in Blackpool, in Lancashire. On the first night we were walking across the seafront when the lads grabbed me and teared all my clothes off. Then the . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : ALEX WINSTANLEY on 12 February 2008 at 07:30:57

HOW EMBARRASSING
One day I thought I would go for a trip on the train with my daughter to the city, whilst on there I was busting for the loo and so I went, mind you not, knowing there is a lock on the toilet door I w . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sheralee on 01 February 2008 at 17:14:06

HAIRY ON CAMPSITE
Last year the whole family and I went camping up north at a caravan park on the beach. The boys had gone fishing and had left all us girls back at camp and was drinking some champagne. My sister had j . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Fionna on 01 February 2008 at 12:00:36

BAH BAH
When I was younger we were travelling around W.A as a family. My mum, dad, brother, nanna, aunt and uncle. We often camped out at night and of course nature was our toilet. M y brother and I heade . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Nicki on 25 January 2008 at 15:25:58

SPEWIN!!
This story is funny now but at the time I justed wanted to die of embarrasment! I'd just finished a weeks holiday in Fiji.It had been a dream holiday until the 2nd last day. I came down with a terrib . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ali on 10 January 2008 at 09:37:38

WALKABOUT
Hi All Have had to move my web site Walkabout to a new url http://www.4wdaus.com Thanks for the emails everyone Cheers Alison . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Alison on 26 December 2007 at 08:30:44

IT WAS SNOWING!!!
Recently my partner & I had a trip to Las Vegas & had a fantastic time.We had the chance to go there for 5 days see the vegas strip, dine in restaurants and see three shows. We even managed to fit in . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Melissa Scrivener on 28 November 2007 at 20:08:43

I TOLD YOU SO!
We had been travelling in the Australian Outback for 9 days. From Quorn to Quilpie to Yowah and we were heading home. Jack our 4 year old son had not been happy about our camping adventure from the st . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jacqueline on 15 November 2007 at 16:44:16

CARAVANNING TO NOWHERE
In the sixties mum and dad bought a lovely old colorbond caravan. We all thought we were the ants pants. Off down to the seaside for one week. Geelong. Which was around one hours drive. We started pac . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Barb Scicluna on 16 October 2007 at 17:55:24

LOST WITH SCOTS!
A friend and I were in Edinburgh at the height of the Da Vinci Code phenomenon. I had read the book and was aware that the Rosslyn Chapel was an hour or so by bus from the town centre and decided to u . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Corzy on 03 October 2007 at 23:17:02

THE MOST IMPORTANT
My family and I were fishing along a river when my brothers started fighting. My mum came down from the car with food in her hands and one of my brothers said "your the most important person." As she' . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Bianca on 02 October 2007 at 11:15:02

BLOODY BLUE BOTTLES
Going to the beach was an awesome holiday for me when we were kids and being that i lived in a small rural town i was not very familiar with the sea life. so when my father told me that blue bottles e . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : kylie williams on 24 September 2007 at 14:13:20

THE JUNGLE AT NIGHT...
We were on our beautiful honeymoon in Sabah and had decided to go along on the "nocturnal jungle tour". Hoping the trek would live up to the hype, we set off into the blackness after our silent gui . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : anthony simpson on 21 September 2007 at 13:07:46

COKE RESTRICTIONS...
It was my sons 8th birthday and we had a little party..as a family i do not allow alot of coke or lollies but we do have a few on one of our birthdays. So i brought the coke and lollies out and the ca . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Louise Amos on 11 September 2007 at 17:49:59

ANOTHER FUNNY DUNNY STORY
We stayed overnight at a caravan park near Rotorua in N.Z. I approached the ablution block and could hear a bloke singing in the shower at one end, so I walked down to the opposite door. I had my . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Linda Truss on 06 September 2007 at 14:21:44

FUNNY DUNNY STORY
I was in Canada on a music tour. We were assigned a room mate for each hotel room. On the second night my room mate went out for a while and I was bursting to do a poo, so I did. This thing was a m . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Tara on 26 August 2007 at 17:57:54

HONEY HAVE WE LOST A KID?
My mate his wife and 4 kids and my wife and I went for a day trip in our 4X4's out of Perth, after a great day on the beach and dunes near the Pinnacles we headed for home, on the way down the highway . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Rob on 25 August 2007 at 12:40:49

KILLER GEESE
I was recently given a Barossa weekend getaway from my parents. My husband and I arrived around 5pm unpacked and were relaxing before dinner, one of the attractions where we were staying was a large . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Caroline Smyth on 10 August 2007 at 10:08:38

LIZARDS OF NORTHERN TERRITORY + MY DAD = DISASTER!!!
We have a family of 8. 6 kids and mum and dad. During the Spring holidays a few years ago we decided to go on a camping trip out to Uluru. So we all hopped into our big troop carrier, connected the ca . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Renae on 04 August 2007 at 19:03:20

SNAKE IN POOL
Me... in the pool. I'm with a friend having a good time just muckin' around and what not. He lived in the bush, I hate snakes- and he was a pranker. Bad mix. I vaguely see something hurl over me fr . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : cln on 25 July 2007 at 12:50:14

MINI-BAR MADNESS!
My sister and I were traveling through Europe, and were staying overnight in a rather posh London Hotel. That evening, we bought a few items at an inner-city supermarket, and decided to cool them in o . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Anna Hill on 21 July 2007 at 12:48:11

FIRE ALARM
Taking an early morning shower at 6a.m. Y.H.A.London. Fire alarm started. Flung a towel around my naked body which only just covered my front. Ran back to my room with my clothing; against people . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ann Nikas on 17 July 2007 at 14:20:04

PORT MCDONNELL , VIC
Hi there all with the travel bug, when I went to S.A. we spent the night at Port McDonnell, and then kept driving the next day along the ocean. We stopped at some stairs, and went for a walk on the . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : bindi johns on 05 July 2007 at 18:51:39

CITY GIRL /COUNTRY GIRL
Some years ago I was travelling in a car Rally and our over night stop was Boomi NSW . Being the middle of July the weather was below freezing. A city girl who was travelling in another car was taking . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : D. Nugent on 05 July 2007 at 09:19:38

GIANT SPIDER
After I left school I took up employment with Ansett Airlines as a baggage handler at Tullamarine Airport. This involved loading and unloading baggage and freight from aircraft from all around Aust . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Steve Francis on 27 June 2007 at 17:01:26

LITTLE GIRL LOST
I was a 15 year old girl when I first travelled to the US. I got lost at LAX and missed my flight to memphis, so I was redirected to Minneapolis, half the country away! When I landed I was sick all . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Nichaud Griffin on 19 June 2007 at 19:02:47

GERMANS CAN`T DO THE DISHES!!
Did you ever ask yourself why we german girls never do the dishes during our stay in Australia?? It´s because your soap says: "KILLS GERM(an)S" ;-) ***** Have a look at my story "A very ex . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sabine on 13 June 2007 at 05:45:45

ANYONE FOR A BIT OF THE BUBBLY?
My friend and me had just arrived at a resort in Airlie Beach. After a fifteen minute walk into town in the thirty-something heat we decided to grab a bottle of wine from the local bottle shop and hea . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : evagirl on 04 June 2007 at 22:13:33

GOOD LUCK
I was on a return flight from KL and was in the middle isle. Part of the family were in the row with me. There was only 1 family member that was seated elsewhere. After listening to a family discus . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Rhonda Dwyer-Prentice on 25 May 2007 at 10:12:21

FILIPINO FLAVOUR....
We were on a rusty old ferry heading to Zamboanga, the very south of the Philippines coming form murky old Sandakan in Malaysia – it was the cheapest way to get to the Philippines. The trip was sched . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : ANDREA CROME on 17 May 2007 at 12:45:14

SNORKEL TANKS??
While working on the Great Barrier Reef, I was assisting a very nervous guest with their snorkelling equipment. After getting all the gear on and about to enter the water, with a look of concern the l . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Alison Stebbing on 17 May 2007 at 11:28:11

A TRUE SNAKE STORY, HONESTLY!
Quite some years ago I was visiting friends in a lovely seaside spot (well very near the sea) called Pottsville in New South Wales. An appropriate name it seemed at the time. My friends had an E . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : caro on 10 May 2007 at 12:11:40

GULLIBLE OR JUST STUPID
i always knew i was a gullible person but i think now i will replace that word with stupid. We were on a tour bus on our way down to Sydney to watch a Hamlet play. I asked my friend why we werent trav . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Danielle Elsey on 07 May 2007 at 18:32:49

THAILAND - DAY 2
Its 1030am here and hot, hot, hot. I woke up at 5am after falling asleep in my stinky shoebox at 630 last night. I was so tired that if I had flung myself over a clothes line, I would have slept well. . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : RDownie on 04 May 2007 at 11:27:58

OMG POOR, POOR, POOR MOUSE!
While i was looking out the window before tacking off i saw a mouse crawling on the airoplanes wing. it was walking carfully and when we started to take off it was slowly being dragged further and fur . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Eva Basford on 20 April 2007 at 10:34:57

SYNCHRONIZED EMUS' PLOPING
well i was out about 4 hours out of north-west NSW and me dad and freinds were in the car and stummbled apon 2 emus they looked normal at first but then we saw them poo at the exact same time, now tha . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : john on 17 April 2007 at 19:28:22

14 HOURS IN DUBLIN AIRPORT!
After 4 days in Ireland, we headed for Dublin Ferry Terminal ready for our pre booked ferry to HollyHead in Wales. Despite the ferry company having all our contact details nobody contacted us and we . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jemma Leckenby on 11 April 2007 at 19:44:19

FUNNIEST STORY
it was our first trip to cairns, I was very excited about being outdoors. Im not a good one for animals and bugs. Our first adventure of the day was to visit one clear running water hole. I ended up c . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : julie wilson on 21 March 2007 at 21:13:32

A VERY EXPENSIVE WAY KILLING A HUNTSMAN SPIDER
I am from Germany and I was spending a year in Australia in 1999/2000. Until then I newer knew hat big spiders like that exist on our planet. On the third day I was alone on the farm and I got i . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sabine on 17 March 2007 at 23:32:53

THE QUIET CAMPER..
My partner and I are quiet campers. We love a nice secluded camp site and on arrival to Innusbruk (Austria) we thought we had hit gold. A view of the alps from our tent, and not another camper at the . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Abbi McDonald on 13 March 2007 at 14:04:19

THREE STOGERS.
Well my friend and i went to kangaroo island with my family for a little holidays, and as we were there we came across a fair amount of stoggers, the first one being, the caravan park keeper, the si . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Georgia on 09 March 2007 at 15:09:27

FUNNY STORY
My husband and I were travelling around Tasmania in August 2004. We had visited Port Arthur and on our way up the east coast towards Bicheno, being a keen photographer I was looking for places of inte . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Karin on 01 January 2007 at 19:12:00

A WEE STORY
I teach and took a bus load of 11 year olds to Sydney from Bathurst. One boy needed to go to the toilet in the middle of nowhere - no toilet on the bus in those days - the bus stops, it was dark - dri . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jill on 30 December 2006 at 22:00:00

WAITING AT THE AIRPORT
I was in Rome with my mother, when I was younger,(about 7) waiting for the our connecting flight, and I previously almost sat on a chair with water or something on it. Lucky I didnt, anyway...this man . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Mel on 30 December 2006 at 21:29:00

FEAR N LOATHING IN BARCELONA
Fear and Loathing in Barcelona By Aaron Smith 2006 It was ten years ago since I last visited Barcelona. Then it was a week without sleep or seeing daylight. I started like a typical tourist, at a . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Aaron Smith on 30 December 2006 at 02:46:00

CAMPING DISASTER
well i was going camping with my father and my brother with some friends and we were in a blue ford and they were in a white van we were looking for a perfect camping site than suddenly we lost everyo . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : jessica king on 19 December 2006 at 23:40:00

EASTER
My Dad makes all kinds of dad jokes, that sometimes are funny, and other times aren't. Anyway, we were travelling to the Goldcoast, the whole family was in the car, I was 5 at the time and was really . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ryley on 07 December 2006 at 20:00:00

WEEK 13 - TRIP AROUND OZ _ SJ & AJ
Hi All Another week, and yes this one is a little late, still proof checking week 14 so it may be a little late too! Take care all Cheers Steve & Alison http://walkabout.tekcities.com/ . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Alison on 07 November 2006 at 16:31:00

HONEYMOON HORROR
My husband and I were driving back to Tassie after our honeymoon on the Sunshine Coast. We had planned a night at a large conference centre in Melbourne the day before our trip on the Spirit of Tasman . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Emily Toms on 03 November 2006 at 10:58:00

CORAL BAY
freinds pulled out leaving sun 29th oct from perth. Email Greg. . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : greg on 24 October 2006 at 15:34:00

EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
My sister and I are young travellers, 21 and 19 respectively, and as a result there were many hiccups on our travels around Europe. The most memorable mistake that I made was when we were in Tallinn. . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Andrea Murrie on 12 October 2006 at 15:55:00

YEAR LONG TRIP OF EAST OZ
Hi - I'm a 24yo female originally from Victoria - wanting to spend a year or so travelling up and back the east coast of Oz. I want to leave Vic in early 2007, and am aiming to get to far north QLD f . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Nicki on 06 October 2006 at 12:12:00

PARANOID? US?
To set the scene... it was the end of a magical two weeks in Borneo. We had trekked through the jungle, climbed a mountain and spent the last few days sunning ourselves on a beautiful island. We board . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : jlongred on 04 October 2006 at 14:50:00

WEEK 8 ACROSS THE TOP END - SJ & AJ
Hi All Another week has flown by and another update is ready. Enjoy and thank you for the encouragement of your emails. Until next week Cheers Steve & Alison http://walkabout.tekcities.com/ . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : STEVE & ALISON on 26 September 2006 at 13:11:00

FUNNY TRAVELLING STORY
A couple of friends and I where going on a roadtrip to Surfers Paradise. We decided to book a travel hire van for the trip. Being poor students we decided to go with the cheapest available. Being unor . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jess Frost on 19 September 2006 at 11:00:00

HOW ARE YOU GOING?
Hello! I'm 20 years old male, Polish.I've been to the UK now and am planning to visit Australlia.Please,write the best places to visit and say why. I'd be glad to get any messages on my mail. I'd . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Mike on 17 September 2006 at 19:58:00

WEEKS 1-6 ACROSS THE TOP - SJ & AJ
LAST EDITED ON 14-Sep-06 AT 10:19 AM (GMT) by australia (admin) Hi All We are 6 weeks into our trip across the top of Australia. If you would like to follow read aout our adventure and see our ph . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Alison on 14 September 2006 at 09:11:00

FUNNIEST STORY ENTRY
My friend and I were on a bus from Eilat to Jerusalem in Israel. She (predictably) fell asleep and I was engrossed in a book. I looked up, but the other backpackers were still on the bus, so I went ba . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Melissa Tan on 23 August 2006 at 10:50:00

A NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP IN DARWIN
Being middle aged, but young at heart, my sister and I decided to stay at a Backpackers hostel during our recent trip to Darwin. And we can certainly say that this scruffy, loud and street savvy esta . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Mary-Leigh on 10 August 2006 at 15:28:00

ANYONE TRAVELLING UP TO DARWIN ON THE WEST COAST?
Hello, I'm a 25yo Irish girl looking for a lift to Broome and/or Darwin. I'm in Karratha at the moment. Happy to share travel expenses and driving if you provide the vehicle. I'm fun loving and easy g . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Dee on 09 August 2006 at 10:54:00

FUNNIEST TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
My 2 year old daughter and I went to Fiji, and visited the local school. Beautiful Fijian kids sang us traditional songs, and some even dressed up as warriors and chanted war songs at us, while waving . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Stacey Fuller on 02 August 2006 at 15:24:00

TRAVEL STORY
Visiting Paris on the way back home from an English holiday we stayed at D'louvre Hotel,and very nice it was too.My husband thought he was very clever when he rang down from our room and ordered an ex . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : louise on 07 July 2006 at 00:08:00

THE ONION RING THAT WAS NOT
I was living in Ottawa, Canada on an exchange. One night after a night at the pub myself, my mate erin and our french canadian mate john decided to grab a bite to eat to sample some 'poutine' a french . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Maggie Maloney on 03 July 2006 at 10:56:00

AUGUST 20TH: FROM PERTH TO ?
I will do a training period near Perth who is finish the August 20th. I have a other one in NZ who start October 1st. So I have five or six free-time weeks to discover Australia. Don't want to do it a . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Baballe on 06 June 2006 at 00:23:00

FUNNY STORY
This one was one I wanted to share with everyone else who was not there who will now wish after reading you had been !!! My family and our best friends went to Tenerife for a holiday together just be . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ali on 04 June 2006 at 15:20:00

PAIN
I was 18 and living in Sydney at the time, and my best mate Sean asked me if I would like to ride to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on our racing bikes. When had travelled from Coogee, to the city about . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Cliff Rollins on 29 May 2006 at 01:01:00

UNMCHAPPY MEAL
On the way home from a really exciting and exhausting day out my brother was grumpy and tired.Everyone was hungry so we decided to stop at mc donalds.My brother wanted a mc happy meal so when we pulle . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : sunbrix on 21 May 2006 at 21:39:00

MAGNETIC ISLAND STORY NO 2
My parents had decided to visit us in Townsville, from Brisbane, and so we decided to go over to Magnetic Island. There would be seven of us - my parents, my husband, my three children aged between 10 . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jem Stone on 21 May 2006 at 17:31:00

NAKED GLORY
Many years ago, my husband and I were exploring Magnetic Island, (which is about a thirty minute trip by cat from Townsville), and feeling rather brave, we decided to investigate one of the many nudis . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jem Stone on 21 May 2006 at 17:14:00

DRIVING STORY
We were on the way to Sydney or somewhere not too sure and we were driving along with my husband driving. I was really tired and almost falling asleep. Whilst we were driving we came to a goat that wa . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Angela on 19 May 2006 at 11:19:00

KEEPING SMILES
ok let me just say that when you go to an airport make sure you tell them you have a metal plate in your body, i didnt, and i was taken in one of the back rooms, i used to wonder what goes on in there . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : julie deckard on 03 May 2006 at 09:55:00

A SIGN I SAW AND DONT UNDERSTAND
hello all. I dont know how many active users are in here right now. But i was wondering about this sign that i saw and what it means. I wanted to ask someone when I was in australia but i didnt want t . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : jonathanober on 20 April 2006 at 04:17:00

EASTER BUNNY
I was packed into the back back of my parent’s wagon. My Dad smiled at me as he clicked down the back seat, locking my lanky legs in to the position they would stay for the duration of the ten hour dr . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sallly on 19 April 2006 at 13:14:00

CUSTOMS CATASTROPHE!
My husband and myself recently had a short break in Vanuatu. As we were only there for four days, we placed our dirty clothes in a garbage bag and left it in the corner of the room. As the room was se . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Danielle on 11 April 2006 at 14:37:00

FUNNY BUS STORY
We recently visited LA and decided to catch a bus from Hollywood to Santa Monica Pier. This required changing buses along the way. We asked our driver to advise us when we had to get off to catch the . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sonya on 26 February 2006 at 12:22:00

HONEYMOON FROM HELL!
Last December Rebecca and I went on honeymoon to Sydney and Cairns, and whilst this travelling story was not so funny at the time, I now look back at it and laugh... We're all excited, Rebecca's firs . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Murray on 26 January 2006 at 04:45:00

DOUBLE MUSIC
In October of 2000, I went over to Nepal to work/volunteer in a small village called Nangi. It was for Industrial placement at University and I organised it with the village, which is situated North . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : luke fletcher on 21 January 2006 at 10:34:00

A WASHING MACHINE KEPT US ON THE MOVE
We had been for a holiday to Adelaide to pick up our twin tub washing machine from our previous home. It was precariously loaded in the back of our hatch back with the boot part way up and Octopus str . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Sue Lewis on 12 January 2006 at 22:14:00

VIBRATING LUGGAGE
I had just checked into Melbourne airport, running late to catch a flight home to Perth. I was walking rapidly towards the Gate (Gate 23 from memory - the one furtherest away from the entrance) when a . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kelly on 08 January 2006 at 20:05:00

WHISTLING WILLOWS
It was christmas Day 2005.. I had work on this day so left the family gathering to which my brother asked for a lift.. I agreed that it wouldn't be too out of my way to not do..being christmas and all . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Natalie on 05 January 2006 at 03:33:00

CANE TOADS
On our recent visit to Cairns we visited Hartley's Crocodile Farm. Whilst we were being given our guided tour the presenter asked us if we'd noticed that the ground was moving and looking down we saw . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : dianne on 26 November 2005 at 20:25:00

THEFT IN EUROPE
So many incidents happened when my parents and I went for a trip together overseas quite a while ago that I could write a book on the event! My father was truly a prankster and with our organized tour . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Donna on 26 November 2005 at 00:40:00

FRIENDLY CHAT
I was in montreal canada and one of the tour guides was going on about how great canada is and how theres not much crime or povity there and how fresh the air is. As he was saying that a homeless gu . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Michael on 20 November 2005 at 14:17:00

MY MUMS TEETH
We were holidaying in queensland and staying on the 16th floor in surfers paradise, sitting around the table having lunch when we heard the fire brigade in the street, so we all rushed out to the balc . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : anne anderson on 19 November 2005 at 18:53:00

FUNNIEST TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
:9 When I was 17, my sister, myself, Mother and Father went on a wonderful holiday to the Snowy Mountains. What wonderful holiday it was. However, visiting Dubbo Western Plains Zoo on the way home le . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Anne Gibson on 13 June 2005 at 18:55:00

ACROSS THE NULABOUR
We crossed the Nulabour back in the 90s myself ,hubby ,my young son brother his wife and kids and not to forget me mum we left from Perth destination Adelaide in two cars with two trailors. We came . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Pauline on 04 June 2005 at 15:03:00

WAGGA WAGG GO ROUND!
After attending our nephew's Wagga wedding, we leave the reception to rush back with our kids to Melbuorne to board the Spirit of Tasmania to go home. It was pitch black dark and raining and after rec . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Heayherbelle on 30 May 2005 at 14:49:00

DRUNKEN DAD
One night my father went to a wine tasting night, something to do with liqour stores having some kind of wine nights. Well one night while mum was in bed she heard a thump, coming from down the bathro . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kylie Mitchell on 20 May 2005 at 11:52:00

GOLD COAST BLUNDER
2 years ago we went on a holiday (My Husband, the 3 kids & I) on checking in to the motel, my eldest daughter said to Dad, are you sure you told them the right date that we will leaving? "Yes of cou . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Joanna Shephard on 11 May 2005 at 12:59:00

MESSY ACCIDENTS
I was travelling around Europe during the summer last year. While staying in a hostel in Munich, Germany myself and fellow dorm members decided to sample some (or a lot) of the famous beer. After a lo . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Hema on 09 May 2005 at 20:28:00

NICE IS NOT SO NICE
Wel we finally arrived in nice, France. I wont say we got there without any trouble because that would just be lying through my teeth. It all started out fine! Toni, Pete and I got up at 7, got a tr . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Mel on 20 April 2005 at 12:29:00

DO NOT TRUST THE TAXI DRIVER
This didn't happen to me but my mum and dad told me about when they got home. My mum and dad went on a holiday to Malaysia. When they got out of the airport they hailed a taxi and told the driver to . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jess on 03 April 2005 at 15:32:00

ON MY HONEY-MOON
Well for my honey-moon my hubby and i went to kangaroo island. While there we stayed at American river. One fine day we decided to go fishing . so we headed to the local jetty. Now the slats on t . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : synni on 18 March 2005 at 09:36:00

MY HOME IS EVERYWHERE
I have travelled a few times around Europe, but my last trip was an exciting experience. I visited Austria, France and Spain for a few days. I have never thought that they have something in common, ne . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Desislava on 02 February 2005 at 05:29:00

DO ME LAUNDRY
While we were backpacking and staying in Cairns, my friend decided to do our laundry. I asked him if he wanted a beer while he was doing it. He said yes so I set out to find some. Bob, my friend is ve . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : treetopflyer on 29 January 2005 at 00:12:00

ITALIAN CHINESE
I spent a month in Italy with a group of friends about a year ago. One of the group members was Chinese and was starting to miss home, so being the caring bunch of people that we were, decided to go o . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Byte_me on 28 January 2005 at 19:42:00

TRAVELLING TO MACCAS
I've travelled around the world, but my funniest travelling story would have to be as I was travelling to McDonalds down the other side of my suburb! I was with my friend on rollerblades, and she wor . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : abbie on 19 December 2004 at 19:47:00

EVER BEEN TO DUBBO?
a good friend of mine, nigel, has spent all of his life growing up on the land and working in the bush, rounding cattle, sheering sheep, and generally been a hard worker away from the hustle and bustl . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : janette Louey on 16 December 2004 at 21:15:00

RAILS END - ADVENTURE IN PARIS
Rails End by Natalie Nicole Gilbert 200411.30 It was scary and amazing. Sitting alone there at the end of the rail car, facing where we had been rather than where we were going, not looking dire . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Natalie Nicole on 15 December 2004 at 00:32:00

RANDOM BRUNO
His name was bruno and he lived in the middle of australia, bruno was a very random guy, and did very random things. Just last week bruno thought that he would go 4 a stroll in the desert, and decided . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : ryan mobbs on 09 December 2004 at 15:24:00

A LOAD OF BULL
It was a calm still evening on Inish Mor in the Aran Islands off the coast of Galway. I had just sat down on the sea wall to contemplate the sunset when I noticed in the distance what I took to be a y . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Donna Spillane on 07 December 2004 at 14:14:00

THE NOISE
right well we was at school and the teacher told us to stop doing our work so we did then me and my friend heard a funny noise but we didnt quite no what it was then the next day the teacher told us t . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : fun gyal on 11 November 2004 at 05:04:00

FUNNY STORY ... LION KING & CAKES
Weeks before we went to the Lion King live at the Capital Theatre in Syd ... My Fiance and I were on holiday in Coffs Harbour. Sitting on the bed watching t.v. ... G.F. is cutting up a Sara Lee cheese . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Paul on 08 November 2004 at 10:10:00

A TALL TALE
A LIE WILL NEVER HURT A FISHERMAN The tree must have been at least 50 metres tall and ten metres wide but it was the only tree in the neighbourhood which I hadn’t climbed to the top yet. It was . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Jaime Sims on 06 September 2004 at 18:11:00

A DAY OUT FISHING!
On one early moring my wife and i went fishing in our tinny. As we where leaving our camp site we had no idea on what the day would turn out. Know i had series 3 Landrover Deisel and on the back was a . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kev on 10 May 2004 at 21:51:00

FUN FAMILY HOLIDAY - NOT!!!
A fine plan I had plotted to leave Melbourne on Friday night after work and travel the 5 hours to what I heard to be "beautiful Merimbula" on the NSW coast. With the car all packed and fuel filled we . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Bridget on 15 April 2004 at 19:09:00

HONK THE HORN HONEY
My husband and I were travelling home from a fun filled week in sydney we decided to go to Aubury, after a night in Albury we hit the road again and were on our way to hay, and decided to take what my . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Ange on 12 March 2004 at 22:45:00

HOLIDAY TO WOOP WOOP
My family had jus finished watching a movie about a small town in outback australia (what they call woop woop). We had plans to stay at a small town for 3 nights that following weekend (as we travel o . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Kimberley on 12 February 2004 at 15:48:00

MY DEMOLITION HUBBY
We were on an airoplane from Brisbane to Adelaide, with our two toddlers, which means that we need more space and more things to keep the toddlers happy, which off cause you can only do so much. S . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Marthie on 29 January 2004 at 17:09:00

THE TRAIN RIDE FROM HELL
A few years ago I was travelling from Brisbane to Cairns. We were stuck with this screaming toddler, not too different from those hollywood films where kids are running up and down the middle of a pla . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Lauren on 04 January 2004 at 14:29:00

HOW NOT TO GET EATEN BY CROCODILES
Well,a few years ago,myself and a couple of friends decided wed go 4 wheel driving to cooktown,queensland.We took 2 4 wheelers,myself and my ex in one,and our 2 mates in the other.Everything was going . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : karen blackwell on 15 October 2003 at 21:49:00

MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE THE DOOR PROPERLY!
came to perth for a holiday first thing i do is go into a dodgy littleute that had room for two people only. the problem being we needed to fit three in there so i had to queeze in with another perso . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : brooke on 12 April 2003 at 16:25:00

NEVER TRAVEL WITH LITTLE KIDS!
im travelling years ago on a bus from adelaide to perth with my little niece and she has this little computer thing that teaches you to read type etc. all afternoon she played this thing and if you go . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : brook on 12 April 2003 at 16:21:00

KANGAROO IN DRAG!
Whilst taking an American friend on an outback adventure we accidentally hit a kangaroo with our car. It was knocked out but not dead, and the American decided to take a photo. But this was no ordinar . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Nadia on 19 July 2002 at 20:27:00

FRENCH TICKLER - A WOULD-BE THIEF FOILED
Several overseas trips with the family have taught us that they can be rewarding - but you always have to beware of pickpockets. On a lovely visit to Paris an encounter with a pickpocket gave the wou . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : spryte1 on 16 March 2002 at 20:49:00

FREEZING JACUZZI
We took our family to West Coast America in December for our holiday of a lifetime....Disneyland, Universal Studios etc. The most absolutely amazing place we went though was the Grand Canyon. It was j . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : winglee on 11 March 2002 at 04:18:00

FUNNY STORIES - RHINO ATTACK - MORE FREAKY THAN FUNNY!!
After hiking in the Himalayas we travelled to Chitwan Jungle on the border of India. At dusk a group of us ventured into the jungle with our guide who was on 'work experience' from Kathmandu, replacin . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : lyndonald on 28 February 2002 at 12:12:00

WHAT JET LAG CAN DO!
G'day! Many years ago, my finacee sent me a plane ticket for my birthday to come and live with him in New Zealand. Needless to say, I was ecstatic! Within three days, I had packed up my house, sold my . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : mickeydownunder on 01 February 2002 at 13:21:00

JOKE - FUNNY STORY
There once lived a bear and a rabbit in a large Australian forest. One day after a delicious meal, the bear decided to take a poo, he then saw the rabbit and said, "Mr.Rabbit, do you ever have problem . . .
TOPIC POSTED BY : Matt Daniells on 28 January 2002 at 16:57:00