http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Alena/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Alena en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:13:13 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:13:13 +0000 Hello to all and welcome 2008 Hope that everyone enjoyed xmas and had a fab new year. Mine was very..erm...DIFFERENT FYI i did manage to convince Di into having a roast dinner on xmas day but somehow i ended up cooking it with Diane... not very nice stood in a kitchen over boiling veggies when it is 28 degrees By the time we got to eat i wasn't hungry anymore Anyway all in all it was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-234274.html Hello to all Don't worry not going to bore you all with some more pictures just wanted to say 'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year'. For those of you with time off enjoy Will see you all in 2008 Alena xx http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-229259.html Hello to all Well looks like it's that time again for another update from down under and haven't i been busy i have had a hire car over the last few weeks so i have been able to get out and about and do some exploring on my own rather than rely on Di and Alan for lifts everywhere It's not too bad driving as it is on the same side as UK but the drivers over here are a little bit more crazy W http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-226475.html Hello to all Well we finally had our first visitor in Diane's house... a MASSIVE wolf spider I went to dry my hands on the towel and the thing ran at me it could smell my fear We had to call Diane's husband to come and catch it. I was quite surprised that it didn't run away from us as we were screaming so much i have got a picture of it but can't get it onto the PC so will show you al http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Sunshine-Coast/Mooloolaba/blog-222762.html Hello everyone... well apologies on the delay of the photos but have been a little bit busy i have ventured out to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary which was a brilliant place. The amount of wildlife just strolling round the parks was unbelievable Everywhere you go the are so many lizards and geckos just wandering around.. pretty surreal I was lucky enough to hold a koala called wilbur... he was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-220279.html Hello to all Well I have finally made it to the land of Oz...after a LONG journey Got here at 12.30 local time Tuesday once I got over the excitement of seeing Diane I had a hard job of fighting jet lag Gave in about 6pm and slept until 4am when I was wide awake Today has been the first sunny day since I arrived... my face was a picture when i got off the plane I was like 'WHERE'S THE SUN http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-218030.html Well... where do I start For those of you that don't know I have got 2 weeks till I head out to Oz not that you wouldn't know because it is pretty much ALL I have been talking about Can't believe how quickly this has come around... feels like yesterday I had booked my flight and had about 35 weeks to go Hopefully my time away won't go so quickly. I know most of you are going to want me to mak http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Hampshire/Portsmouth/blog-211230.html