When we got to the car rental depo little did we know that it was our lucky day! Not only was the relocation price from $25 a day dropped down to $1 a day, we also had our car upgraded to a Nissan Primera. After saying our goodbyes and thank yous to John and Sheila we packed up 'Priscilla' and set out on our 3 day Great Ocean Road trip. The first day we drove from Adelaide to Mt Gambier. I was still in the Wicked van lifestyle and suggested we slept in the car to save on cost. It didn't help not being abled to find any campsites so we parked on a quite country road... NOT! It turned out to be the route for road trains transporting logs to a nearby depo every 30 ... read more

The tenth day of our road trip was one of the most random nights when we got chatting to a tour guide at a petrol station. His group was really boring so he invited us to stay at the farm they were staying at that night and let us have some of their dinner!! So obviously we agreed and me, Laura, the tour guide and one of the blokes from the farm stayed up drinking wine till about 1. We also had the opportunity to hold a joey. We mentioned to Glenn (tour guide) that we were going to Kalbarri the next day so he gave us the number of his mate who would put us up for the night. His name was Dino and he was a dude!!! He let us drink his beer and ... read more

We arrived at the Wicked van depo in suspense to what design would be on our van. Having only seen an Elton John van sitting out the front (don't mind him but the picture was dodgy) we were a little disheartened, however, we were then led out to the back where our little "Sheila" was waiting for us!!! The design on the van was neither Elvis nor Spongebob, it was a passive choice of "Wicked" written on eitherside and the quote on the of "It's only kinky the first time" on the back :) Just perfet for us... Having not properly thought out a plan of our route and not purchased a map we set out on our 16 day road trip from Broome down the West Coast to Perth. We decided there was no point ... read more

After having faith brought us to Kununurra, a small farming town, we thought it was only right to try out some harvest work. Laura is trying to extend her year work visa to 2 years by doing 3 months of agricultural work and I would like to keep my options open so I thought I would try extending my visa too, plus I need the money so how hard can it be? We were told pumkin and melon picking was hard so we opted to work on a corn farm instead. It was a 5.30am start to 4.00pm finish with one 15min and one 30 min break throughout the day under 38 degrees + heat detassling, hoeing, picking and packing corn. It was so full on and me and Laura found it hard to stay focused ... read more

What happens when you work, play and drink too hard? a) you have alot of good memories b) you're exhausted c) you're not short of cash cos you get men to buy you drinks d) all of the above With no hesitation I would tick option (d) for Darwin!!! I feel like I'm living a second teenhood! No one actually believes my age anyway so I'm just going to make the most of it!!! However saying that my active lifestyle has got the better of me and I am now taking a course of injections (in my bottom!) to cure my tonsilitis!! Ouch!!... I blame it on all the aircons!!! In the past 2 weeks I have been working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant called Chianti's. I haven't done hospitality work in years so ... read more