http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Trent Ashley/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Trent Ashley en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:00:54 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:00:54 UTC So we've had our first visitor Allison came from Edmonton to stay with us for a few days and we had a great time We celebrated her birthday with cake and pizza went up the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere 88 stories and did some exploring around the city. I've put some pictures up of our time together and of some landmarks throughout Melbourne. She left this morning to go to New Z http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-347979.html Good DaySo just a short update for you guys on whats been happening...We've been busy applying for jobs and getting things like Medicare and Tax Numbers completed. Last Friday we went to an International Rules match which is a combo of soccer rugby and Aussie footy at this MASSIVE stadium called the MCG. Then we headed over to the Crown Casino to walk around and check it out. Its massive too http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-341454.html Hey everyone Hope you are all doing wellSo last weekend we went up to a mountain range about 3 hours from Melbourne called the Grampians. We drove our sweet ass ride up there our 1998 Hyundai Excel to visit with one of Trents dads friends named Mark. He lives on an acreage near a small town called Pomonal. We had a great ride up seen some kangaroos and lots of birds and arrived at Marks http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Grampians/blog-338238.html So we are finally in our BRAND NEW PLACE Completely loving it here It's in Port Melbourne and we're living in an apartment building. Its a newish building we're on the 2nd floor and there is a pool. The good thing is that our patio goes right out on to the pool so we don't have to walk through the hallways with wet swimmers on We have 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms perfect for guests Toda http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-334991.html Hey everyone So we've completed our first week in Australia. We arrived last wednesday and are currently staying with Rohan and Leanne Leanne is Trent's cousin. The past week has been kind of a whirlwind We've made numerous trips in to the city right now we're about an hour outside of Melbourne city to find a place to live go shopping and visit with Trent's sister Karyn. Karyn is wond http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Mornington-Peninsula/blog-332454.html As promised here are some more pictures from the Cook Islands http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Cook-Islands/Aitutaki/blog-330871.html Well the Cook Islands were GREAT We had an excellent time besides our little flight delay problem...but that was easily fixed by beautiful beaches and warm weather. As per the previous blog entry we were delayed in LA for about 6 hours and then had to be rerouted to Hawaii to pick up a new captain not sure how we flew to Hawaii without a captain..hmm...We arrived on the main island of Rar http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Cook-Islands/Aitutaki/blog-330283.html So....Our flight got delayed out of LA to the Cook Islands because the Captain got sick. Hmm...So now we fly out at 5am tomorrow morning Monday and have to stop in Hawaii for a few hours to pick up a NEW captain.They put us up in the Sheraton Hotel and gave us 100 to order room service so we ordered EVERYTHING on the entire menu. Literally..wings burgers milkshakes salad. This screws us up http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/LAX/blog-326181.html Hey Everybody So we're in Los Angeles. We arrived here on Wednesday night went for some amazing sushi and then prepared ourselves for some busy busy days aheadOn Thursday we went to Disneyland Unfortunately we do not have any pictures of Disneyland because we didn't feel safe taking the camera on all of the rides. Little did we know there were pouches on each ride to keep your camera safe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-325805.html Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas Well sort of fabulous... Vegas went well. It's a pretty crazy place.. money is everywhere. It's amazing how much is spent on everything in the entire city. After a tearful goodbye to our families at the airport on Monday morning we flew direct to Las Vegas. We had a bit of a struggle getting out of the airport as we had a ridiculous amount of extremely heavy luggag http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-325159.html Our day went by amazingly fast We're now scrambling to pack and get as much as we can done. We're completely looking forward to our awesome vacation but it'll be hard to say good bye to our families tomorrow. Up at 3am and at the airport by 430am We will blog more from Vegas if we canWe love you all so much and thanks to everyone that helped us and spent time with us this past week. And than http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-323664.html 8 Days Till We LeaveOur big farewell party went great Considering it didn't wind down until 5 am it looks like everyone had a great time The food was amazing thanks so much to Frank Laura for all of their help and the use of their home. It was really nice to see everyone a little bit sad because we don't know when we'll be seeing them again. Our families and friends all got along great a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-321043.html 3 Weeks Till We Head OutWell this is our first entry. We are preparing to leave for our adventures in 3 weeks from today. Once it is closer to the date and we are headed out it will be updated more.Here is a little bit of background information on our plansMyself Ashley and Trent my boyfriend are moving permanently to Melbourne Australia. Trent grew up in Australia and so because he is an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-316178.html