While Sarah and Jason were at work I headed up to the Red Hill Lookout which is in Kambalda. You can see the big salt lakes from up there. Kambalda is split into two parts, Kambalda East and Kambalda West. I did a little drive around to check out the place. I picked Sarah up from work and then we picked up the girls from daycare. On Saturday we decided to head into Kalgoorlie to do some shopping. Jason was working this weekend. So Sarah, me, Lucinda and Isobel had a girls day shopping around the town. We stopped at Mt. Charlotte lookout which is also where the town's water supply is piped into. Lucinda had a great time with my camera taking tons of pictures. We had lunch in town at the cafe which was ... read more

I'm getting really excited to get to Southern Cross to start my country pub job. I don't start until Sept 21 though. Today was really sunny out so I decided to hop on the train and go to Cottesloe Beach. Heath Ledger grew up in this area of Australia and this was the beach he apparently hung out at a lot. It's a gorgeous beach as you can tell from the pictures. It wasn't very busy as I was there in the middle of a working day. I stuck my foot in the water and it was freezing! I did see a couple of people swimming but not for very long haha. When I got home I had a message from my cousin Sarah who lives in Kambalda, close to Southern Cross. So I gave her ... read more

Hey everyone, Yes yes, it's been a while since you've heard from me. Sorry, but my life isn't that exciting right now. When i'm not sleeping I'm looking for a job and it's soooooo boring. After saying bye to my irish flatmates, Leahanne came and picked me up to take me to the airport. I couldn't ask for a better friend while I am over here. 4 hours and a nap later I arrived in Perth. Lucky me for having such awesome friends as Kevin was there to pick me up. Kevin and I met back in Ireland as well. He drove us in through Perth and along the Swan River. Perth is SO much smaller then Melbourne but it's super nice and very sunny and a lot warmer!!! We drove along some of the coastline ... read more

Well, I've had some ups and downs since i've moved to Australia. Leahanne and her roomie Karen were so awesome for letting me stay with them as long as I did but it was time to move on. I found a backpacker apartment to move into in the same area as Leahanne. It's an agency that has a couple of apartments and rents them out to backpackers and puts small groups and singles together. So, I went to check them out and while they aren't the greatest of places it will do in the meantime. Because it's winter these apartments aren't full at the moment. I moved in on Monday to a 2 bedroom apartment. am in the larger room which has 3 single beds in it but lucky for me, no one else is in ... read more

So Leahanne got us tickets to an AFL game. Her mom is a huge Carlton supporter and they were playing Collingwood on Saturday. So the three of us headed down to the MCG stadium. It was pure craziness down there. Thing Stanley cup finals crowd wise....soooo many people. These Aussies love their Aussie football. Melbourne is a city really into sports. There is something like 20 or 30 stadiums here i'm guessing haha. Anyways, we headed in and found our seats. The crowd was announced later on at 76, 980. Thats insane!!!! It's a very confusing game but everyone was really into it. I started really getting into it in the end. We were cheering for Carlton. But our team didn't really show up and we were getting our butts kicked! It's a really interesting sport, ... read more