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Published: June 25th 2006
heeeeeeeeeeey guys..back form trip..was amazing.. i feel like iv been away 4 a whole week..away from melbourne that is..felt like coming home 2nite!..iv done so much on this trip- was so beautiful and fun...started off driving to the grampians, but before stopped off at a cultural centre about the grampians which was cool..but the cooler thing was seeing wild kangeroo's- they were amazing!! then headed up the mountains..there beautiful mountains with stunning views n went 2 a waterfall(makenzy), which we climbed down 2 take the most gorgeous pics....the grampians are amazing!! i then switched groups and was taken 2 a hostle were i met some awsome people...we cooked a huge spag bol- very good n then ..got sum well earned sleep- didnt sleep the night b4 because a) was worried that my alarm wouldnt wake me n id miss the trip and b) the football was on all that night-- including oz at 5am- shuld i have gone to federation square where 20,000 ozzie turned up-- but was soooo cold and abit of a walk in board shorts seeing as id made the error of washing all my trousers b4 the trip(nearly didnt get them all dried)!!!..neways had the best nights
sleep ..was in a smaller hostle of just 4 ...n it had girls in it and it didnt smell, it was quite, n the paint wasnt peeling-----yyyyyaaaaayyyyyyyyy...i was so happy- had very good night sleep. this was a good thing cos we woke at 6 so that after an hours drive we were treking up Mount Abrupt...was cool walking through the forest( helen n lecock u woulda loved it)..then became very hard--scrabbling over rocks which seemed vertical for an hour...oohhyy!! neways would have been very worth it if there was a great view but because the sun had only just risen it was realli misty so couldnt see a thing-- then got a bit lost so we turned around otherwise we wouldnt have been able 2 whale watch~!!!!!!..so yer got 2 Warnaball..n went 2 a look out to look 4 sum whales-- which we saw!!!!--ok...not very much n it was far away...we saw a slight rippling in the water--but was still cool knowing they were there!!---aa well---ill find 'em diving!!..so then we got onto the great ocean road- which is everything its cracked up to be-- we went to all these lookouts, london bridge, bay of marytrs.etc n then ended
the group at Mount Abrupt
as you can see- not much viewup at the 12 apostles which were incredable...but the adventure doesnt stop there---went in a HELICOPTER over the cost so saw the honeycombs, other points n then the 12 apostles from air---was incredable!!! poss a highlight of the trip. this coastline is all sandstone and there are the most beautiful rocks and coves- i have so many pics---ull get so bored wen i try n show u every1!!!!-- then headed off to another lush hostle where we were given a huge BBQ and then were able 2 vege out watching films all night which was sooo nice!! began next day early and by visting another lookout (loch ard gorge) and then went on for a tree top walk....this was amaizzng ---we were about 40 m up in the canapies of the trees-- quite high!!!!! we then carried on along the beatuful ocean road and then stopped off at this random bit of forest--where we saw wild koalas--soooooooooo cute n a paroquette which came down and fed from our hands...was awsome!!!...the carried along..past bells beach- the famous beach where the ripcurl competitions are held- but waves were kinda lame at the moment!! anyway ended up in torquey where there were 30%
me millie and jen and london bridge
story goes that there was a buisness guy who took his secretary out here- the rest of the rock fell - they were trapped out on the rock- the news team filmed it n he was busted not only by wife but also work as they were suppost to be on a buisness trip! sales on ripcurl/billabong- which made me very happy..bought a blue hoody n boardies for about 13 quid each...yesssss!!!...then drove to melbourne and am currently staying with 3 poeple from my trip at a lush hostle- exaclty the same price as BakPak- just got a free thia green curry- n its sooooooooooo nice with lodsa free stuff. o yer i have 4got to mention the realli cool people iv met. their amazing, the 2 girls...yes girls, dad..finally met sum girls--- there both from england n there wicked..glenn is from canada n a good laugh 2!! anyways were chilling at the hostle 4 a bit n then heading out 2 show jen melbourne seeign as none of them have much time here n then going to watch england most likely loose...hopefully going on neighbours tour 2mo-- appenrlty the one i kep trying to do was lame n not wot i thort it was!!!...anyway thanx 4 message--o yer am guna plan i think...cheking prices but a 3 day trip to Ayres rock cos appantly its amzing..soo wooooo!!!! kate n em ur guna love it out here!!!!!!! right ...hope everyones well n good
lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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donna
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those pictures are great. looks so amazing. =] xxxxx