Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 641

Sunday, 12 September 2004 It was a wet morning when I said goodbye to my girlfriend on the steps of her unit. Its been ages since I have left for a country job without booking ahead but could not decide where to stay. Once I got over the hills near Yea the weather improved and progressively brightened up as the car got closer to the New South Wales border. I had read all the details concerning this job and wasn't too impressed with the numbers. Families: One-hundred and seventy. Children per day: Sixty-six. All housed in four rooms but that number was over five days I must add. A new centre in a new suburb of Wagga. Could not find the street name in my New South Wales road directory. Found one street that looked the ... read more

With only having a short time in Austrialia I thought I should cram as much as possible. Organised a trip along the Great Ocean Road and a wildlife trip to see the Phillip Island penguins. The Great Ocean Road trip turned out to be a geographers/geologists/photographers dream. We got to see wild kangaroos that have made their home on a private golf course, as well as a wild Koalas. The main part of the trip was to see the amazing coastal scenery that Victoria is famous for. Victoria as in the state in Austrialia - not me! The following day the trip consisted of visitng a wildlife sanctuary which involved getting up close and personal with orphaned wombats, kangaroos, koalas and not so personal with dingos Phillip Island was the next stop to see tiny timid ... read more

Sunday 8 August 2004 Last week I was in the east of the state. Tonight I'm in Warrnambool which is on the west coast of Victoria. Most of the day was fine but it started to rain this evening, so much that I had to drive to the pub for my meal which was a bit annoying because the establishment was within walking distance. I'm here for a couple of days working in town. I don't know what has come over me. Its as if the end of the financial year and I'm ready to give up photographing children. This job is getting the better of me. I'm visiting the same towns and because I have photographed all the interesting sites on previous occasions I'm now finding these towns boring (except Glenrowan which I hadn't worked ... read more

Monday, 2 August 2004 I had been to Bairnsdale early on this year. On that occasion I spent a lot of my spare time looking for wild life in the local swamp. This morning I carried my gear next door. The centre is next to the motel. I worked my way through all the rooms, doing what I could until time ran out. The children that missed being photographed will have to wait until tomorrow. Back at the motel I trimmed twelve exposed spools of film, (results of three hours work) packed them into a box and headed off to the post office. Tuesday, 3 August 2004 I dreaded going to work this morning, I knew it was going to be hectic. Baby room first, soon run out of new children in that room. Into the ... read more

2nd July 04 Another week, another dollar. After work today, rob and I left for Melbourne. Some strange poeple on the train. I got boredd so I got tipsy. Had a great plan to strip but naked and run around the train to liven things up. I realised it was a bad idea when I stopped laughing to myself and everyone was looking at me. Did a cross word thing with rob. Got of the train at 19.40. We met Sonja around 9. She picked us up in the car. She looed so beautiful and stunning that I couldn't think of any words to say. So instead, I just said Hiya. NICE ONE!!!! Mind you, she didn't have to dress up, she looked just as beautiful wearing a tracksuit!!!! The night was fantastic. We went to ... read more