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Well, the time has come. After nearly ten months, 31,047km, several hundred photos of tame parrots and nearly getting wiped out by road trains a couple of dozen times, its time for us to leave Oz. We're back at Tony and Vals in Koo Wee Rup packing our stuff up ready to be dropped at the airport in a few hours time. We'll stay in the motel there for the night and tomorrow fly out to Kuala Lumpur where we've got a choice of two onward flights to take, either south to Johor Bharu (near Singapore) or north to Kota Bharu [View Full Entry]

Claire and Tel - Claire and Terry Hewitt | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 30th 2008 | 46 Views | [diary=328974]

Watching us take pics of the echidna
Pulpit Rock
Thats a long way down!

Rhyll Inlet
Rhyll Inlet
quiet spot on Philip Island
Well here we are in Tasmania, and I have finally sat down to update our travelblog! After our first stay in Melbourne, we headed down to Gippsland for 9 days, then returned to meet Alister on March 9th. He came over for the Grand Prix car racing, more on this later! Anyway, Gippsland is really south east Victoria, and probably best known is Lakes Entrance, but there’s lots more! First stop was Philip Island, well known for its famous fairy penguin parade, which we skipped, but we did see penguins nesting at The Nobbies, a wild coastal headland with lots of [View Full Entry]

Kate and Blu in Oz - Kate and Brian Lang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 24th 2008 | 61 Views | [diary=259188]

view from walkway,Rhyll
Fairy penguins chicks , the Nobbies on Philip Island
view from the Nobbies

Went back to Marks place for a few days to catch up with my aussie family and also edith. Edith is on holiday in Australia for about 6 weeks and will be metting up with the lads she's looked after whilst they were in the UK. Might even do a trip to Tasmania with her if we can work the dates out. Was great catching up with everyone again, glad to see that everyone is well. Thanks for the comments. By the way you were right about the weight Simon. I was getting pretty heavy but i've got it back off [View Full Entry]

Calvino - Calvin McFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 20th 2008 | 83 Views | [diary=248166]

Me & Edith

Ryan the pom is leaving tomorrow to head back to sunny England. The A grade season has finished now and I think he's ready to get back. He decided to have an initiation 20/20 cricket match to go out in style. I was asked to play more for a bit of English support I think, but It was great fun and not very serious. We started drinking before the game started and continued throughout play and after till the early hours of the morning. It's pretty tough fielding with a stubby in your hand and even worse when you’re trying to [View Full Entry]

Calvino - Calvin McFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 15th 2008 | 76 Views | [diary=246581]

H
Jimmy
The boys prepare for a grewling innings

Hi all! Well, in two weeks we are off to see the world and start our adventure. At the moment we are just kicking back in Yarram and Sandy Point, enjoying the wind which is preventing us from enjoying a surf before we go. At least we'll be used to the wind for when we arrive in Ireland. If this travelblog thing is quick uploading photos etc, I think we will use this as our online diary - rather than Facebook. I hate all the added extras on that thing and it takes too long to upload photographs. At least all [View Full Entry]

Zoe and Dave - Zoe and Dave | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 18th 2008 | 91 Views | [diary=236918]

A woman of many talents
The Prom
Taking the plunge

...she shall bring snow. Not around here she don't; more like a forty degree wave of heat from the furnace-like interior. So, to avoid frying, we are up with the cockatoos and cycling by daybreak. This strategy is working remarkably well, delivering comfortable rides in cool temperatures and on quiet roads, and arrival at destination by lunchtime, thus giving us the afternoon and evening for assorted domestics and relaxing. The major disadvantage of the early shift is the legion of ravenous mosquitoes queued up outside the tent waiting for the first succulent limb to emerge. So, by this me [View Full Entry]

Rich n Di - The Pearts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 14th 2008 | 123 Views | [diary=235721]

Wombat Joey in man-made pouch
Swimming Kangaroo
Sausage-Stealing Kookaburra

A fleeting glimpse...
A fleeting glimpse...
of Melbourne...
And it's all "Harry Potters" fault!!! We asked him which way to go through Melbourne and he took us on the toll road through the tunnel! He said, "The invisibility cloak would help.... But it didn't work, we saw the flash of the camera! No toll booths here! So we had to make a run for it! The race was on to dodge the toll police......... We then promptly broke the law again, by illegally parking up for the night at Venus Bay. We weren't spotted! The invisibility cloak must have worked this time. After a sleepless night we rolled int [View Full Entry]

skid skim - Ron & Avril | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 2nd 2008 | 57 Views | [diary=241216]

Ok! Which lane Harry?
Are you sure Harry?
Make up your mind!

By Calvino
December 4th 2007

Leaving Traralgon

 Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Gippsland
The Family
The Family
Mrs Rawson, Ali, Mark, Me & Big D
Well its time for me to move to my next destination. I'll be spending Chritmas in Queensland with Sarah and Deon. Marks mum and Dad decided to have a BBQ to say bye and invited some friends round. Amazing how many people i've met since i've been here. Also had a miny christmas as i won't see them on the day. Heres a few pictures. [View Full Entry]

Calvino - Calvin McFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 14th 2008 | 35 Views | [diary=246054]

Me, Aussie Mum & Big D
Me & Mark
Big D

By Calvino
December 4th 2007

Progressive Dinner

 Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Gippsland
The cricket club put on a progressive dinner on Sunday. For those who don't know, this is where you go to 2 or 3 houses to eat depending on the number of courses. We all met at the club around 11am with a slab each. First job was getting the beer in the coolers. After a swift couple we set off to the first port of call which was Pongo's house for starters. It was another really hot day so it was important to carry a few beers whilst walking to keep the fluid levels up. After a grueling 5 minutes [View Full Entry]

Calvino - Calvin McFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 15th 2008 | 39 Views | [diary=246064]

Ryan & Fabby
The 2 poms
Mr & Mrs Fabby

By Calvino
December 1st 2007

A Grade

 Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Gippsland
Here are few mixed pictures from cricket while i was in Traralgon. There's also a few of when i was asked to coach some juniors for Milo cricket. It's basically the same as quick cricket that we have in England. The kids had a great time and i really enjoyed helping out. [View Full Entry]

Calvino - Calvin McFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 20th 2008 | 31 Views | [diary=246068]

Ryan
Coaching the Kids
imperials Club Rooms


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