Shiggidy

Firstly, Ipswich…awful. Seeing Aunty Robyn and Michael was really good. But Ipswich itself isn’t the nicest of places. I stayed with Michael and Lynn whilst I was in Queensland in the house that Aunty Robyn actually grew up in. Aunty Robyn lent me her ute so Michael and I drove in to Brisbane itself just to have a look around. Stupidly Michael had forgotten that parking was ridiculously expensive so for 2 hours parking it cost $40. It was great to land in Perth knowing I was only an hour away from home. Terry picked me up from the airport (THANX TERRY!) and it was nice to see a face from home. Unfortunately I couldn’t go back to my house as Ben and Steph were house sitting, so I had to stay with Lynn and Keith ... read more

Since I have been here I have lost all perception of time, therefore it's hard to put events in order . Today we went kayaking from departure bay. We had to first blow up the raft and then carry it down to the water hoping that it could carry both of us and wouldn’t leak air. We jumped in and set off trying not to be hit by any boats travelling around. We paddled over to a little island and chilled out in the cove. On our way back we saw that a plane was coming in to land and it was dropping in altitude quite quickly and it looked as if it were going to land on us, luckily it didn’t. We got back to the land, packed up the kayak and headed for home. ... read more

I am having so much fun here. Whether it be hanging out with Justin and his friends or Canada it self I’m not sure. Unfortunately since I have arrived the weather has been pretty average, so 3 days of bad weather hasn’t been that fun . Also due to the fact I can’t withdraw any money and Justin doesn’t have a vehicle, combined with the bad weather we haven’t done a whole lot. We went for a quick spin in a car we borrowed so I got to see downtown, Departure Bay and another few places. But most of the time we have just been “hanging out”, playing video games, etc and it has been grand ! Yesterday we went out to lunch with Justin’s mum to the “Crow and Gate” which was a traditional English ... read more

Just to let you know Glasgow didn’t blow my mind, compared to the rest of Scotland i thought it was shit. I got to Glasgow yesterday around 1pm, I made my way to the hostel and dropped of my bags and set out to see some of the city. I walked down the main street and saw some less than average break dancers busking for money and then made my way to the park by the river and relaxed for a couple of hours. I went to back to the hostel which is massive by the way but quite nice, I stayed in a 4 bed room dorm with ensuite which was very nice. I sat around and spoke to the people in my room and then decided to have an early night as I had ... read more

Today I got up gorged at the free breakfast provided by the hostel and the decided that I would phone home *done in creepy ET like voice*. I spoke to Mum and Scott for around 1.5 hours and also played a few games of checkers and dominoes. I then called Steph and got to speak to Ben and Steph , as per usual…drunk. LOL. It was around 2pm when I left the hostel. I had met some girls from America that asked if I wanted to join them on a tour that they were going to do, I was going to meet them at Starbucks on the Royal Mile at 2.30pm. I got there and waited for 15mins but they didn’t show so I went back to my original plan of climbing Christopher’s seat which is ... read more