http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Ballarat en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:50:52 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:50:52 BST It's been a while so we thought we'd let you know what we'v been upto since we left hervey bayWe made it upto airlie beach and arrived at 6am so we spent the day umming and arring whether or not to fork out the money and go on one of the sailing trips. The next day we were sat at the harbour waiting to board a classic sailing schooner with another 12 people for a 2day2night trip around the wh http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-307324.html Well finally our departure date has arrived.9 hrs 28 minute until departure as I write but who's countingThe past couple of weeks has been hectic with us moving out of Langwarrin and making sure everything is right for the move to Ballarat on return Had to move Tim out of his Ballarat digs we managed to break the drought. It started raining as we packed the trailer didn't stop for http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-298969.html Day 454 to 460 23.06.08 29.06.08Monday and Tuesday were much the same as usual. We hosted Andre for dinner on Wednesday and we got smashed yet again at basketball in the evening hellip never mind Thursday evening we went into town to meet up with Sarah our Nora friend who had told us about a free concert in the city at ABC radio. It was a collection of musical acts from all over Melbourne http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-293010.html Only 13 days to go until i finally leave for London My Visa was granted so i now hold a 2 year working holiday visa for the United Kingdom No luck with the teaching assistant jobs..decided i wanted to sort out some work before i leave home have arranged to be placed in a livein job in a pub somewhere on the outskirts of London or in a rural community..not sure yet they will let me know by ema http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-288287.html After a long bus journey from adelaide we arrived into ballarat and caught another bus out to the Ballarat grammar school. upon our arrival we were greeted by our host Peter and shown around our lodgings. From our previous conversations with peter we'd figured he was a nice guy but the warmth and welcome we received from him and the entire school was amazing for the duration of our stay we had http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-280569.html One of those things with moving to another city or country is getting your friendsfamily to visit you. I've been quite creative in the past even forceful I'm not saying blackmailing here but I could be blamed for that as well. A little triumph again this time getting Anthony across from Sydney.... How about going to Ballarat and surrounds.... which has a lot of history revolving around http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-260128.html MY NEW TRAVELBLOG IS www.travbuddy.comSteffnadler http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-253526.html My first ever trip overseas is almost hereOn the 29th of June 2008 ill jump on a plane headed for old London townIll spend two days kickin about ye old city before getting on a bus at 600am in the morning at the St Christophers Inn Shepherds Bush where ill be staying and heading to Paris The first stop on my whirlwind tour of EuropeIll visit France Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Vatican http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-252866.html Copy cat from Ballarat went to school and got the strap We used to say that when we were kids. We have been doing lots of day trips from Bendigo. Anita tooks us to Malden and Daylesford to visit lots of great shops Kris did't think they were so great but he enjoyed a pie and was very patient. We visited Castlemaine and took the girls to the butterfly sanctuary had a lovely picnic in the Bota http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-243990.html well of to rainbow to meet up with martia and timo...tony and helena...jo...jim and cory and michelle....what a cool time was had....we hired a wicked camper and off we went met the others at the site and set up camp....with all the other wicked campers in the field...lol....after the festival off we set with marita and timo to the grampians wow what a place so nice.... http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-242524.html Hi EveryoneI thought I would get this travel blog thing up and running before I get on the road then in the sky.It is three days until my big journey across the sky and I have been spending the last week back in Creswick. And the town has been kind to me In getting me ready to take on the freezing temperatures in the UK the weather here has been stormy and bordering on cold. I was thinkin http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-229689.html While I was on a flight to somewhere in Oz I can't remember which one exactly I read an article in the Qantas inflight magazine about a place near Ballarat called Sovereign Hill. It's a recreated 1850s gold mining village and I thought it sounded pretty interesting. And then I met someone in Melbourne who said he was on his way there and that they put on a show every evening in which they b http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-228968.html Well mom told me this morning when I was talking to them on Skype that I hadn't updated all week.....guess that was my sign that it was time to make an update on here. Sorry that I haven't just hasn't been a top priority as school has me kind of bogged down....plus I was trying to soak up every last second of the weekend that I could.Well my weekend got off to a great start as I caught the http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-194299.html I've just returned from a week in Ballarat. The town is about an hour and a half drive from Melbourne. I stayed in a serviced apartment which seems to be really popular here. I didn't have any internet access so that's why you haven't heard from me. They don't have many hotel chains. No one has heard of Hampton Inn and I think there are only 9 Hiltons in the whole country. Hostels and ap http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-193277.html VICTORIA THE PLACE TO BEI almost didnt make it down to Victoria. This was thanks to an airport bus that decided not to bother running in the evening in Brissie. Luckily a formulaonelike taxi driver raced me round so I didnt miss my flight It was probably one of the worst flights I have been on though as I was so hungover due to Jesse's 21st the night and day before...After crashing in my http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-190430.html AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE Well as our final homage to Ballarat we celerbrated in style on Australia day a big thanks to everyone in the BALLARAT MASSIVE that thought up the TShirts they are a great idea and we promise to load up pics wearing them in random and strange places around the world. We just really wanted to say a big THANKYOU to everyone you know who you are WE MISS YOU ALREADY anywa http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-123832.html Well its only one week to go as everyone can imagine we have had a lot of going away parties to attend i just wanted to publish some more photos of everyone here in Ballarat and Melbourne. Finally we just wanted to say a BIG thankyou to all our family and friends for making such a big effort to ensure that our last days in the 'rat' were fun filled and not to sad Love Glen and Steph xoxoxox http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-120348.html Very Cosy Victorian Town and amazing Wild park the animal just walk around u and there are not scared and u can feed and pet them my first Kangaroo everwish I can download more pics but dont have much time left now so please be patient next time I'll try to put more I have plenty of Melbourne as well hope u enjoy talk u soon ciao http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-119199.html The lighthouseand then on the way back we went to Ballarat wild park and u can feed the Kangaroo see the Wombat and few other animals never seen before... see next entry thought http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-119194.html A good drive out of Melbourne and all was looking good. Had to have a short stop to shove some cushions behind Eden's car seat so she could sleep without looking like a nodding dog About 2 hours northwest of Melbourne is Ballarat a beatiful lakeside town where the olympic rowing took place in 1956 so obviously we headed for Lake Windouree but could we find it There were boat sheds rowing http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-118949.html Dear Friends and Family I am creating this Travel Blog for Glen and I so you can all chart our trip around the world hopefully this form of media will be interactive for you all and i hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy traveling and having FUN adventures in far off placesOur first port of call is to leave behind YE OLD BALLARAT our home and sanctuary of many many years we have both had s http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-117690.html Yes we've made it home safely. Got out of the UK in time is my guess what with the terrorist threats etc but I needed to close this blog off. It was a great trip hopefully not the last. Linda suppose I should use her given name and I have got the travel bug and would like to do some more. We'd really like to explore this big country of Oz at some stage plus we'd like to go back to Singap http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-82034.html Carol's last week in Ballarat before she set off for the Big Red Dirt is a long long story she twas slightly disorientated as evidenced by the photo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-72272.html Whilst in Melbourne Kam came over to stay for a week thanx Kam and I think we crammed a lot in well I had to keep her from the house of horrors it just wasn't a nice place to spend your time. One of our adventures involved a trip to Ballarat with Katie.An hour from Melbourne is a small town called Ballarat. Our 2 days in Ballarat provided an opportunity to catch up with Kieran thank you aga http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-71174.html 6 sleeps to go and we are still in Ballarat. We are certainly looking forward to getting on the big silver bird and getting 'out of Dodge'. One day stop over in Singa's and then it is the big hop to the UK. Meet up with Jaimee in London for a few days signtseeing then catch the train to Paris. So will try to keep you all informed of our travels and adventures as we move around. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-70078.html This is an openair museum about Victoria's Gold Rush in the 1850's they've recreated the township during those times in this place of about 25 hectares.Staff and volunteers there are actually dressed in 1850's costumes and go about their daily routine as if they lived in those times. The stores are recreations of the 1850's with real craftsmen at work in the 1850's trades. You can spend about 3 http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-58486.html On the way to Sovereign Hill we did a tour of the Wildlife Park. I still get excited seeing kangaroos They're just so friendly and come up to you hoping you'll feed them. As we sat waiting for our tour guide there must have been at least 6 kangaroos surrounding me.Got to see a lot of local wildlife up close here we completed this tour in under an hour. A recommended stop if you're going to Sov http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-58484.html Two months ago I changed my occupation. After countless years of student status I've been promoted to research student. As a coursework student last year I clocked my hours alongside my companionable classmates in the computer lab. We were a chatty mob who gradually acquired a haggard appearance from excessive multitasking attempting ludicrous feats such as Multiple Regression Statistica http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-53899.html I have loaded up some of my favourite photographs of Lake Wendouree taken over the past month or so. I hope you enjoy them. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-40470.html