Blogs from Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

So i just wrote this massive travel blog for the last 10 days and hit save...then it made me sign in agian didnt save it and ended up erasing it! so i hope pictures speak 1000 words in this case!! alan(see ya in 3 days!!)... read more

Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooo all! Well well well well well.. here I am in my mom and Dale's hotel room.. *snazzzy!* Things are going very very well, having a blast with my momma here, and very much enjoying showing her and Dale around. IN the last few days I've been extremely busy with the Sustainable Living Festival which was a smashing success! I worked long hours, but really I couldn't complain when it comes to hanging out backstage, and having a grand time with talented musicians and friends. The festival took over Federation Square which is literally in the center of Melbourne along the Yarra river. We had record numbers, plenty of laughs and not much sleep. My great cousin Zack (Dale's Nephew) flew down from Brisbane and spent Saturday night with us. We had a riot, although all ... read more

Well well well.. I'm a slacker for not writing a blog in so long! Sorry all! Lets see... what is going on so far?? Well I'm 7 hours away from picking up my wonderful fiance from the airport, and couldn't be more excited. I'm looking forward to seeing him again, as the 10 weeks apart proved to be quite difficult at times. However good for us for getting through it, and once again our powers will unite to tear this town apart! ;-) In the past few weeks I've kept myself busy. I went up to the mountains... ( errr... well Australia's version of the mountains.. which were cute) with Libby and some of her Uni friends. It was a great time, and it was a wonderful girls only weekend which included lots of wine, chocolate, ... read more

The first thing to say is, my mother didn't disappoint. Well, she never does, does she? The pressure was on for Mags Meade to pull out all the stops in a foreign country and with alien kitchen utensils and produce a feast of a dinner on Christmas Day. And a feast it was! The celebrations started about 24 hours earlier when Sabrina's boyfriend Paul arrived (no flight delays thank lord) on Christmas Eve morning. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, the happy couple reunited at last; sure twas lovely altogether. That night we all went to PJ O'Brien's in Southbank to toast the festive season. Now, I do not believe in the tradition of Irish people spending all their time watching GAA matches in GAA jerseys in Irish pubs for 12 months while supposedly spending a year away (honestly people save ... read more

Hello World Here I am checking back in after a prolonged and event-filled absence! I have been blissfully disconnected from the computer for awhile, experiencing life and its general busy-ness! Of course this includes kisses on the toes from kangaroos and jetting off to Sydney to ring-in the birthday. Where should I start? Perhaps at a point when I still lived in hostel-land and this graceful ballerina went a-tumblin down the stairs. Do not fret! My water did not spill! As my bum met the hard stairs I couldn’t help but laugh and laugh, knowing the riot mum & sis would have had seeing - no, hearing me go. Sometime after that, a few of us Canadians took in some fireworks Aussie-style during a festival downtown. The festival was celebrating… wait for it… Water. Don’t ask, ... read more