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Published: December 8th 2006
Well phew what a couple of weeks we have had travelling down from Brizzy as Kirsty and i have taken to calling it! We fit right in with the Aussie abbreviation of everything trust me! For Exmaple Brisbane = Brizzy , Catlemaine xxxx = xxxx , Hello = G'day , Arvo = Afternoon, Pom = English person , Kiwi = New Zealand person, Aggro = aggravation. You get the picture!
On with the Blog , as previously stated i was in Brisbane which was kinda nice as we hadn't seen a city for a while. Brisbane was quite relaxed and we were staying in the "Westend" which is not like London"s west end i can tell you , although it does seem to be the haven for the extravagant Brizzys eg Lesbinems with lots of piercings and men as women etc etc - you get the idea!
We had quite a relaxed time in Brisbane just generally hanging around at the hostel which had it's own bar and a little party every night - lovely. We got drunk on cosmos and i had to walk about 3 miles in heels to get a cab! Apart from meeting some funny Dutch
dudes , one of whom i'm sure thought he was Bjorn Bjorg (constantly wearing a headband) not much to report.
We left Brizzy and headed on to Surfers Paradise which unfortunatley for us coincided with schoolies week - schoolies is all the kids that have just finshed exmas - about 10'000 17 year olds. We were obviously the oldest kids on the block and were made up when once again we got asked for ID well i did , Kirsty didn't , it's her eyes that give her a way you see , lot of wizdom behind those eyes! Anyway other than hanging out on the beach and getting drunk - again we pretty much chilled other than attending SURF SCHOOL! Yaye i am surfer dude!! Out of the 50 attempts i probably stood up twice but my surfing instructer insures me this is quite normal! And i was extra proud of myself as this took place in the ocean with the sharks and stuff!
We left Surfers Paradise and headed on to Byron Bay , hung out with the old hippies in Byron and soaked up the sun , the only interseting thing i done here was get a
tattoo - sorry Chiz i know you'll be mad at this but it's not a bird i promise!! We headed out one night to a bar and got suitably drunk - rude not too innit?!
Departed Byron for another of our all to frequent 13 hour coach rides - this was the last one thank christ! Left at 7pm and arrived in Sydney at 8am the following morning, journey wasn't too bad as i got the whole back seat to myself - yaye me! Actually the most traumatic part of the journey was when we stopped at a service station called the big prawn - i assumed it must have a seafood restaraunt attached. No it had a giant prawn stuck to the top of it , approx the size of a house , why would ya why would ya!? You all know how i feel about seafood!
Anyway arrived in Sydney and to be honest i wasn't that fussed , it's nice but not a patch on London and once you've seen the bridge, the opera house and the sky tower i was at a bit of a loss as to what to do! So obviously i checked out
the shops! We stayed in a nice hostel in Sydney which is the best in the world apparently , nice and all that but it's no Marriott! Did have a good bar in the basement with cheap booze so all good , they also made shepards pie and veg - heaven! Me and Kirsty had a fun night in here where i got told off for dancing on the chairs - say no more!
Left Sydney and headed to NZ - Am here now , i'm sorry i really am a slack blogger!
Will do NZ on a seperate blog all of it's own because it defo deserves it - it's lovely here (if a little cold).
Sleigh bells ring are you listening.....................
Any pictures of xmas lights or songs are gratefully received , i'm really missing the build up!
Wade - out
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Rach B
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As gorgeous as you look in your little shorts surfing - seriously where are all the pictures of the hot aussie surfer dudes?!!? We're teaching Stacey the words to 'Little Donkey' but she's not a patch on you! So are you home in time to make us Christmas sandwiches.......? Be good to see you xx