Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Day 1. 21 May 2012 After years of planning the day had finally arrived, we were ready and set for our big adventure. The car and the van were packed, and the house cleared of furniture, there was no turning back. It was a tearful good bye for mother and daughter, Mandy and her mum Cheryl gave each other final hugs and kisses, we all piled into the car and........nothing, the battery was flat, great start to the holiday. I knew the battery was getting a bit old and probably needed replacing, it was on my "to do list" but never got quite there, so a jump start of Cheryl’s car and good-byes take 2 and we were off. The first destination was my mum’s in Lindenow, just near Bairnsdale, about 250 kms east of Melbourne, ... read more

Party Time ... but no photos... read more

Singapore - Thursday 31st May – Saturday 2nd June Paris, France - Sunday 3rd June – Wednesday 6th June Tours, France - Wednesday 6th June – Wednesday 13th June Pontcharra, France - Wednesday 13th June – Monday 18th June Arles, France - Monday 18th June – Thursday 21st June Cavalaire Sur Mer, France - Thursday 21st June – Friday 29th June Antibes, France - Friday 29th June – Saturday 7th July Bagni di Lucca, Italy - Saturday 7th July – Saturday 14th July Levanto, Italy - Saturday 14th July – Tuesd... read more

7 days to go until Im strolling the streets in LA... It my last day of work in the office today...and everyones wearing purple for my last day :) ....Butterflies are begining!... read more

I've been pretty busy the last few weeks trying to work and save up some money but instead I've been seeing the sights of Melbourne with my friends! My english friend Hattie (who has lived here in Aus for the last eleven years) works with me at Bread and Butter and we have somehow managed to have the same days of for several weeks! Hattie is heading back to the UK next week and I'm really going to miss her :( Our day off usually ends up being a Thursday and so we decided to make the most of the time we had and go see some sights around the city (Hence the name Thurs-day of fun!). We took a trip to the Eureka tower in the CBD and took the lift to the 88th floor ... read more

Flying out this Friday to US. Sooooooo looking forward to it!... read more

Yay!!!! Chantelle - you are a champ! You are the FIRST person to accept my invite to view my blog!!!... read more

17 days to go and we can't wait. I know it's early but I have already packed both mine and Ruby's bags. I call it de-stressing. After catch up drinks this weekend with our friends, there will be no more concentrating at work. My head will be in the clouds and that's not just because I am on the 49th floor of the Melbourne Central Tower, but dreaming of that plane ride to an awesome holiday.... read more

A few extra steps to getting the travel sim up and running on the i phone before we use it on our travels. 1. Call phone provider to unlock phone, 2. back up and restore the i phone on i tunes after the phone has been unlocked, 3. insert new sim and follow new sim card activation. These few steps were left out before the activation part but are the most important to getting this working. Thanks to the Telstra guy that was actually helpful. What a change usually they just cause me further stress. Nice to know we can stay in touch without a gazillion dollar phone bill, from roaming, when we return.... read more