Crocodile Dundee

We done a runner from our hostel in Mildura cos we owed them money!! Ha ha! Don't worry tho it was only $16 so i'm pretty sure we're not one of Australia's Most Wanted!! Anyway, we flew down to Melbourne from a tiny airport (maybe the same size as Dundee's!). We were meant to be getting the bus from Mildura to Melbourne bus as usual we left it too late and it was sold out so had to fly down on a rather small 74 seater plane! We stayed with my family at their house in Endeavour Hills which is just outside Melbourne. We were all taken very good care of by my uncle Ian, aunty Alexandra and cousin Katrina and not forgetting Darren (Katrina's boyfriend). We are all looking very healthy after being fed some ... read more

We spent just over a week in Darwin. It was so hot there and very humid. Most of our days were spent at the library, free internet so had to make good use of it. When we weren't there we were usually found at the hostel across the road from ours using their facilities, the bar! Happy hour (or hours 4-7pm) jugs of ice cold beer for $8. Friends from apple picking Becky and Ailbhe stayed there so they joined us every afternoon for a few drinks too. Thursdays and Sundays were the famous Mindil Beach Market. We headed along there twice, took about a 20 minute walk. I have never seen so many food stalls and there was even a road kill stall. I have no idea why anyone would willingly eat food that they ... read more

We left Bundaberg and headed up to Rockhampton, which is the beef capital of Australia. We spent 5 nights in a little hostel run by Robby, lovely little woman. One night we headed down to the river to have a bbq, cheap snags and even cheaper goon. Crocs have been spotted in the river so we decided to throw down some sausages but unfortunately they did not take our bait. It's ok we were too far up for them to get us if one did happen to appear. Me and Jen went to see Wolverine one afternoon, which we both loved! Then we headed to the local park for a walk. There was a lovely waterfall so i thought i would go closer to the waters edge to get a better picture and then i saw ... read more

Thought i'd better write a blog and keep everyone up to date cos i've not been here for a bit. I flew down to Sydney from Brisbane on 7th April to meet my Dad and Elaine. We stayed in Sydney for a few nights in a nice little guest house at Potts Point which is beside Kings Cross. This place was luxury to me! I had a single room all to myself. I thought i might take bad being in a room on my own since i hadn't done that since October but it was brilliant! I was the tour guide and lets just say we pretty much covered everything and dad and elaine were shattered by the end of the first day! We then flew done to Melbourne to visit family. My uncle Ian lives ... read more

Anyone who knows me well enough should know that my favourite apple is a Granny Smith....well i hate them now!! Eventually after a few weeks of sitting around Brisbane spending way to much money we got offered a job apple picking. Obviously we took it, how hard could it be.....very!! We took a bus from Brisbane and 3 hours later we were dropped off at the Big Apple in a place called Thulimbah (that is where the orchard is). 10 of us started together that day, only 4 of us left (not bad going for 4 weeks of work). We joined the other girls on the bus and Tony (the orchard owner) drove us back to our new hostel in a tiny place called Wallangarra. I found out the other day that Wallangarra/Jennings has a population ... read more