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Treacle Skiing in Oz
Posted 3rd September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Perisher, Australia: Distance Travelled = 27,603 miles
Afternoon!
I'm really, really loving Australia! I'm having a really cool time! We've travelled to the ski resort of Perisher. I had no idea that you could ski in Australia, a total surprise! I expected hot and sunny weather the whole time, wild! Once I found out you could ski though, I had to try it out! You can see me trying to ski, but the ski poles where just too long for me, sigh!
So I decided to go for a walk instead, but it started to snow and I was really quickly covered up to my head in snow. It was just like being on the beach all over again. Luckily my trusty friend Dan was there to rescue me. Unlike sand though it meant I got a bit of a clean, which was quite nice!
There is actually quite a lot of snow in Australia, especially if you are a little bear! Another update very soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Adelaide
Posted 7th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Adelaide, Australia : Distance Travelled = 28,163 miles
Hello!
Our next stop on this trip around Australia was Adelaide. A lovely city, but we didn't spend long here. You can see me here waiting for a bus before carrying on with our journey. We sped our journey along to get here by flying a bit, which did feel like cheating, so it's back on the bus and hopefully another train ride soon!
Another update soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Perth
Posted 11th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Perth, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,487 miles
Morning!
I've now travelled further west and arrived in Perth. We decided to stay in a lovely hotel the Sheraton hotel to be exact, yay! You can see the fantastic view out of the window of our 19th floor room. Wow! The best bit about staying in lovely hotels is that there are lots and lots of pillows, so comfortable! But sometimes there can be too many pillows for little bears and I fell off :( Oh well. That's the dangers of travelling I guess! Another update soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Perth Part II
Posted 15th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Perth, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,607 miles
Morning!
There are always adventures to be had, wherever you go and I had a little adventure this morning! We are now in a new hotel, still in Perth. It's just as posh as the last one, so I though, I need to tidy myself up a bit. I've been on the road for a while and it's probably time for a shave! So I had a shave and this was fine. Next I thought, it's probably time to have a wash, so I got into the sink and began to have a wash with the soap (you can see it in the second picture). What I hadn't realised was that it wasn't soap, it was bath foam, so I got covered all over in bubbles. I didn't mind too much though, it was much lighter and nicer than sand or snow and made me nice and clean, although it did tickle a bit! Luckily there was a drying stand nearby, so I could dry out nicely.
oh, well. Another adventure very soon, I'm quite sure!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Perth Part III
Posted 16th September 2009 - travel companions - Dan & Lizz
Perth, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,607 miles
Evening!
I was so right about having adventures anywhere! I'm still in the same hotel as yesterday, but I managed to get into trouble again! In every hotel room I've been in there is always a safe so that you can lock your valuables up safely. I managed to get myself locked in! Luckily my friend Dan was able to rescue me, phew! It's not just safes that are dangerous though, even food is! I was busily trying to lick the last tiny bit of honey goodness (did you know that bears like honey?) out of a little pot when I managed to get my head totally stuck inside it! I saw the funny side of it though and decided that I should wear the pot like a helmet from a suit of armour, just like Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly was a bushranger and folk hero, he was always getting into trouble and he was known for wearing a suit of armour with a helmet just like my honey pot here!. You can see that I did my research in the fourth picture, I'm reading up on Ned so that I can avoid getting into trouble like him!
We're leaving this area now, so an update from somewhere else very soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Augusta
Posted 17th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Augusta, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,663 miles
Evening!
We've made our way to Georgina Park in Augusta. It's a lovely place where the sea is very warm. You can see me at the beach. You can catch a boat from here and go whale watching to see humpback whales. I decided that it would be better if I stayed on dry land though as I do get a little bit seasick and I remember trying to row a little rowing boat back in Sweden earlier in the year! I was happy though because I did get to see whales from the beach. You probably can't see, but they're in the photograph, behind the boat in the distance. I was happy to have seen them from there! I had so much fun watching the whales in fact that I was nearly forgotten and left behind. Luckily I spotted that I was about to be left behind and jumped up in front of the car. It's not really a good thing to do because I was nearly "akterseglad", which is Swedish for mown down, or sailed upon. Everything was ok in the end though and we carried on our journey to our next adventure!
More soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle is South Westerly
Posted 18th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Augusta, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,666 miles
Evening!
I've now gone to the most south westerly point in the whole of Australia. It's the point where the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean meet. I know this because there was a lovely sign telling me so! We had to travel out on a really point bit of land to get here, I did think it looked like a tongue, you'll have to look on the map, very funny!
More soon from Down Under
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in the Magic Cave
Posted 19th September 2009 - travel companions - Lizz & Dan
Augusta, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,672 miles
Evening!
I've journeyed to a magic cave. It's actually called the Jewel Cave and it's on the road northwest of Augusta. You can see me in the cave. It was very dark and a little bit scary, but was so beautiful with lots and lots of stalagmites and stalagtites. You can see me on a magic stone, well I'm not sure if it was magic or not, but the guide told me it was, so it must have been! It definitely glowed and was very very pretty! I'm on my way back to Perth now and onto a new fabulous adventure!
More very soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in a Suitcase
Posted 20th September 2009 - travel companions - Dan & Lizz
Perth, Australia: Distance Travelled = 29,839 miles
Afternoon!
Today is a very exciting day. I've said a very sad goodbye to Lizz and Dan and have started on a new adventure. (Although I know I'll see them both again I've had a wonderful time with them!) I was put very carefully into Björn and Emma's suitcase and started a new adventure! We're in Perth at the moment, but I know I'm going to have a wonderful time coming up. I can't wait to see what adventure I go on next!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in a Pilbara
Posted 21st September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Pilbara, Australia: Distance Travelled = 30,617 miles
Evening!
My new travelling companions and I have travelled north in Australia. The suitcase was very comfortable, but was glad to come out of it again! We're now in Pilbara, which is one of the regions in North Western Australia. The name came from the Pilbara Goldfield. My companions went out working, but I was too tired after travelling so far north and had to stay behind. This was probably a good thing though as I'm sure I would have definitely got into lots and lots of trouble! You can see me all dressed up in the work clothes, they didn't really fit, so I was definitely safest at home, I could easily have been run over by the 600 tonne trucks.
Another adventure soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle Back in Sydney
Posted 23rd September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Sydney, Australia: Distance Travelled = 32,724 miles
Evening,
Well, after spending some time in Pilbara working it was time to move on again. To move onto a new country we had to go all the way across to Sydney. It might not seem a long way to go from one side of Australia to the other, but if you compare the size of Australia to Europe you'll see that Europe will nearly fit in Australia, it's a really, really long way! You can see the view out of our hotel window over Hyde Park. I wonder if this park got its name from Hyde Park in London? Anyway, this is my last adventure from Australia. After all this hard work I think I need to go somewhere to relax!
A brand new adventure from a brand new country very soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Fiji
Posted 24th September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Fiji: Distance Travelled = 34,705 miles
Afternoon!
We've now reached the wonderful island of Fiji. It was quite a long journey! I felt quite tired, after working so hard in Australia and the time difference was so great that I was quite jet lagged, so we all slept for a very, very long time. Not quite as long as the koalas in Australia do, which is 20 hours per day, but still a very long time. You can see the view from our hotel room. Totally awesome, this is the life. I could get use to this!
More about Fiji very soon, I think it's time for another little sleep!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in the Fiji Sun
Posted 26th September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Fiji: Distance Travelled = 34,705 miles
Evening!
It's so lovely to be here in the sun, relaxing. It was such a hard time in Australia working, that sitting and basking in the sun is just the ticket! It was actually winter in Australia, so some of the places were quite cold, especially Perisher, where it was perishingly cold! The local drinks in Fiji are very nice, the beaches are fantastic! I really do think I'm in paradise! Could any beach be nicer anywhere? (I'll have to do some research!) Because of the sun though it is always best to cover up a little, especially your head and you can see that I covered up very carefully to avoid getting sunstroke. I think my favourite part of the day the though has to be sunset, I'm sure you can see what I mean in the photograph!
Another update soon.
*cuddles*
Treacle
Driving Round Fiji
Posted 28th September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Fiji: Distance Travelled = 34,746 miles
Evening!
We're still on Fiji and there is only so long you can lie on the beach before you have to go and do something else for a while! So we decided to hire a car to drive around the island. It was great fun, lots of trees and sun!
More soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in the Fiji Mountains
Posted 29th September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Fiji: Distance Travelled = 34,791 miles
Evening!
We've driven round the island and reached the mountains. They're really exciting! The roads got smaller and smaller and more rugged and stoney. We were really glad of the sturdy car that we had! It was really misty and very pretty. Made a real difference to the wonderful sun on the beach! My time in Fiji is nearly at an end now. Sigh, it's lovely here, I think I'd like to stay! Another update soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle Leaving Fiji
Posted 30th September 2009 - travel companions - Björn & Emma
Fiji: Distance Travelled = 34,827 miles
Afternoon!
This is my final blog from Fiji. It was definitely time to leave, I could feel that getting into trouble feeling coming back again (well, I was hungry and I was sure I could smell honey and bears are supposed to forage......) I've had a wonderful time with Björn and Emma, thank you so much for looking after me so well. i didn't get into nearly as much trouble as usual, so thank you!! It's a good time to go home, there has been a big earth quake and now Fiji is on a tsunami alert, so it's good to be heading back to Europe again. (I wanted everyone to know that I am safe and sound!) This has been a brilliant adventure though!
*cuddles*
Treacle