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37 days ago: Will86 published a blog
13 Days
June 17th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
Only 13 days to go until i finally leave for London! My Visa was granted so i now hold a 2 year working holiday visa for the United Kingdom! No luck with the teaching assistant jobs..decided i wanted ... [full story]

Ballarat Grammar
58 days ago: Vardy published a blog
Ballarat Grammar
May 27th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
After a long bus journey from adelaide we arrived into ballarat and caught another bus out to the Ballarat grammar school. upon our arrival we were greeted by our host "Peter" and shown around our lod ... 6 photos [full story]

83 days ago: Will86 published a blog
ONLY 8 WEEKS NOW!
May 2nd 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
Only 8 weeks to go and i head to London! the excitement is now setting in and im also a little nervous about going on my own..i keep telling myself ill be with 30 other people when i join the tour but ... [full story]

Easter in the goldfields.
113 days ago: WIRN published a blog
Easter in the goldfields.
March 22nd 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
One of those things with moving to another city (or country), is getting your friends/family to visit you. I've been quite creative in the past, even forceful (I'm not saying blackmailing here, but I ... 23 photos [full story]

139 days ago: Stefi_13 published a blog
!URGENT!
June 1st 2007  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
MY NEW TRAVELBLOG IS: www.travbuddy.com/Steff-nadler ... [full story]

The Goldfields
167 days ago: UtrackUs published a blog
The Goldfields
February 8th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
"Copy cat from Ballarat went to school and got the strap", We used to say that when we were kids. We have been doing lots of day trips from Bendigo. Anita tooks us to Malden and Daylesford to visit l ... 5 photos [full story]

Rainbow Serpant
171 days ago: ian jason published a blog
Rainbow Serpant
January 25th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat
well of to rainbow to meet up with martia and timo...tony and helena...jo...jim and cory and michelle....what a cool time was had....we hired a wicked camper and off we went met the others at the site ... 29 photos [full story]


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