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I've been pretty busy the last few weeks trying to work and save up some money but instead I've been seeing the sights of Melbourne with my friends! My english friend Hattie (who has lived here in Aus for the last eleven years) works with me at Bread and Butter and we have somehow managed to have the same days of for several weeks! Hattie is heading back to the UK next week and I'm really going to miss her :( Our day off usually ends up being a Thursday and so we decided to make the most of the time we had and go see some sights around the city (Hence the name Thurs-day of fun!). We took a trip to the Eureka tower in the CBD and took the lift to the 88th floor ... read more

We took another trip to see more animals, this time at the Healesville sanctuary, a relatively small but more natural and open. They even have an animal hospital, which visitors can walk around and sometimes watch surgery. We saw the cutest little Tasmanian Devils and they just reminded me of some people I know back home! The sanctuary only has animals native to this part of Australia, which was quite scary as there was a whole poisonous snake enclosure but fortunately not big crocs! The weather is starting to get cooler now as Autumn approaches but we had some awesome sun over labour day weekend (unfortunately I was working most of it!) I’ve been out a few times into the city with different friends (but not Matthew because he was all tucked up in bed!) my ... read more

Last weekend our plans to head down to Philip Island to ee the penguins fell through so we took the train the Royal Melbourne zoo instead! We weren’t sure if we really wanted to go because caged animals isn’t really our thing but we heard that a lot of the animals were rescued. It turned out to be a lovely day- the weather was glorious and I got to see koalas, kangaroos and a platypus! The bush area of the zoo is open plan so you can walk right up to the animals if they come near the path. I stroked a friendly roo, who was surprisingly soft and smooth! When the zoo shut we were going to head back home but someone mentioned that we could see the small penguins at St Kilda beach, which ... read more

Australia Day is a huge public holiday here- obviously, and I bought a top with an aussie flag! It was another boiling hot day so I made sure I had lots of suncream on! I managed to get tickets to the Astralian open, which was great :) I watched Sharapova play Kvitova in the womens semi finals in the rod laver arena- it was jam packed!!!! I found them training earlier in the day and got some close up shots!!! We stayed later to watch Nadal and Federer but the seats were sold out so we watched on the outdoor screen at the open! In the evening they interupted play for a fireworks display (they were almost as good as at New Year!) Last week I had a trial shift at a local cafe called Bread ... read more

We decided to take a spontaneous trip down to Portsea surf beach with Sal as a friend had lent us a car. It was a bit cloudy on the way down but ended up being nice and hot! The water was freezing but I jumped in for a swim, only to be wiped by a kid on a body board!!! I must have collected half the sand on the beach as when I got home and showered I found it all in the bath!!! New Year was much better than I expected! We managed to book a table at Il Pomodoro, an Italian restaurant on Federation Square! They gave us the table for the whole night but we only stayed until about half 9. We watched the show in the square, which was great especially as ... read more