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Well the time has come for me to leave my beloved home town of Canberra, Australia and travel half way across the world to be with a boy! Well mostly, i am also looking forward to getting out there and seeing the world and different cultures and basically to gain some much needed 'Life Experience'! So i am heading over to the UK and will be playing hockey and living with Byron for 6mths. We will be travelling around England and Europe and will be trying to fit in as much touristy sightseeing stuff as we can, as well as hopefully [View Full Entry]

Taylor Odell - Emma and Byron | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 12th 2006 | 188 Views | [diary=94698]

Aussie Summers...
Aussie Summers...

And so as the date of departure draws ever closer time seems to be moving at a rate unknown. So much to do (well actually there is very little to do) and not enough time to do it. I finish work on the 17th of November and the day after I return to the small fishing village where I grew up, gently nestled in the hills of the Great Dividing Range; yes that's right Portland NSW. There I shall remain until we depart the rock on the 30th of November bound for Viet Nam. Sarah only has two weeks left here [View Full Entry]

Jaso - Jaso & Saartje | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 20th 2006 | 124 Views | [diary=96583]


Floriade: Canberra's (and Australia's) premier tulip festival. Possibly Canberra's (and Australia's) only tulip festival... [View Full Entry]

Sandra Simon - Sandra and Simon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 14th 2006 | 106 Views | [diary=95267]

Lots of tulips
Lake Burley Griffin from the park
More tulips

Sunday we awoke, savored a few toasties, checked out of our hotel and, headed north-east from the Yarra Valley to Canberra. The weird directions we got from our motel stalled our progress but at least led to a stop for coffee (and new directions). The lady slinging coffee appeared not to want to be held liable in case we got lost and mauled by koalas and would only say that we should buy a map. Once we got the map at the local gas station we discovered both that the directions were simple (pointing down the road would’ve done it) and [View Full Entry]

Around the World - Amy and Roger | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2006 | 186 Views | [diary=93759]

Top of Parliament
View from Parliament

WARNING. This blog entry is about a school trip with 86 students. It's not really very exciting... The final week of Term 3 took us to Canberra with our school's Year 6 classes. This was a great way to see the main museums, parliment buildings, and other attractions of the Nation's capital but we did pay a heavy price - supervising 86 eleven year olds. After lunch on Monday we loaded up two coaches at school and landed in Canberra around 7:00pm. Our lodging for the week was at the Canberra Motor Lodge - a combination of motel, cabins and campsites. [View Full Entry]

Sarah Tom - Sarah & Tom | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 22nd 2006 | 182 Views | [diary=90316]

Checking out the waterfront
Wall of Remembrance
Canberra City Plan

We marked our leaving of the nations capital with an epic bus trip to a bunch of wineries near Bungendore. A great turn out with 22 people packing into the bus for some wine tasting and general stupidity. [View Full Entry]

AroundOz - Jack and Christine | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 1st 2006 | 67 Views | [diary=142701]

Al, Brent and the Bus
Nato
Chris, Zoe and Dan

Hi all, Just letting you know I have set up a blog, so I will try to keep this up to date. This means that you may not get big emails from me, but I will try! We leave in 4 days! Wooooo Whoooo! I'll try to miss you all, but I think I'll be too busy having too much fun! Hehe! Luv ya all lots, xoxo [View Full Entry]

bekmac - rebecca macintosh | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 24th 2006 | 137 Views | [diary=84038]


Well, can you believe only nine days to go! Argh! Most things are organised (not my passport, but that's only a minor detail, right? ......Right???) Come on Amanda, get your oversized posterior into gear! (I'm not 100% certain if it is Mrs V but she does seems so cuddly and friendly). In case you are uninformed, the plan is Rome for 5 weeks, Salerno (on the Amalfi Coast) for 3 weeks, and Florence for 4. Italia here I come! [View Full Entry]

la marziana - tess | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 14th 2006 | 77 Views | [diary=81799]


Hello! This is the first time I have had access to internet (that worked) so I apologize! We have done a lot, but I will try to keep it brief. Our first day we toured the Olympic Park Grounds and Telstra Stadium. It was a good frist day, the pool was very refreshing. On our second day we had a group photo in front of the Sydney Opera house and Harbour Bridge, then went to an opal museum. (If anyone doesn't like their gift, just let me know and I am sure any one of the leaders would love to take [View Full Entry]

nmgilbert - Nichole Gilbert | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 30th 2006 | 200 Views | [diary=78482]


We were all super tired after our bus journey...the junky up the back of the bus meant that we had to sleep with one eye open the whole way! Not happy!!! You could hardly see one ft in front of you when we arrived in Canberra...freezing and foggy! Not great! The story of Canberrra...the Capital is that it is really boring, nothing much to do or see and well its just full of bored civil servants and their equally bored children! As it turns out there is a little fun to be had but I can be forgiven for staying for [View Full Entry]

Fifi s travels - Fiona | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 9th 2006 | 137 Views | [diary=78457]

On the road again...
Mid Phil Collins rendition...