Playing tour guide for Erin. Lamington and Byron October 1st 2007 A gift from home. Yay my first visitor, well in Australia that is. Erin stopped in for a 2 1/2 week holiday on her way to explore NZ. She arrived and I drove her straight to a BBQ, bombarded her with some new faces and then took her out to a live comedy show, that was full of local Australian humour that left us both kind of staring blankly at eachother.
Without giving her time to be jet-l ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
Two roads diverged in a wood - and I--I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference (Robert Frost)
I'm off! Travelling is something I've always wanted to do. So after thinking about it for a bit, flipping through the Lonely Planet Blue List, I decided La Tomatina would be the perfect place to start, so I got up one morning, and just booked my flight. Those who know me best, realize this is a very un-like-Shauna thing to do, as I'm normally very organized and like to have all my ducks in a row. But I figure, you only live once, and if I wait for the perfect timin... full info