Blogs from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 378

i must say that it was a great flight. the almost 15-hour flight went by so fast. we had dinner (chicken & cheesecake) and breakfast (sausage and vegie tart). i read the in-flight magazine and watched the movie about a guy who walked across Australia alone (South to North). it was raining when we touched down @ close to half past nine (that's how aussies say it). getting through customs was a breeze - all i heard from the customs agent was: "here ya'go, enjoy!" while handing me my passport back. it didn't take long for me to find the SkyBus that'll take me to downtown Melbourne. from there, i took the tram to St. Kilda (about 20 mins tram ride towards the beach @ the south end). it's a happening place where my hostel is. ... read more

Hello everybody, I said i would maintain email contact, and so far i haven't really, but i guess it's only been just over a week. Nothing really too eventful to say so far. I'm in melbourne, in a beachside town called St. Kilda. It's really nice, although it's a bit of a trendy place. Full of trendy clothing shops and cool cafes. Places to spend money, when i don't really have the funds to spend money, or the room to accumulate things. But there's always just hanging out at the beach. But there hasn't really been much, if any nice weather yet. A bit of rain, and quite a bit of grey skies. I think i have about a month until consistently nice weather. I'm not minding it too much, because it's still better weather than ... read more

Well last night was so much fun.... just a shame it has taken me twenty-odd days to add another a journal entry.  Just in case you werent aware, I have spent the past 22 days travelling home, going back to work, watching olympics etc.  Anyway - the neighbours night!!  The pics will be on here soon or as soon as I am organised enough to move the pics between computers and onto the net.  Unfortunately Toadie couldn't make it but they managed to get Steph Scully at the last minute to appear at the neighbours night with Harold (who atually isn't that fat) Bishop and Carl (yummy) Kennedy.  After the crowd was warmed up, having sung or screeched the neighbours theme tune til we could we were hoarse like Madge the stars appeared.  They came around the ... read more

2nd July 04 Another week, another dollar. After work today, rob and I left for Melbourne. Some strange poeple on the train. I got boredd so I got tipsy. Had a great plan to strip but naked and run around the train to liven things up. I realised it was a bad idea when I stopped laughing to myself and everyone was looking at me. Did a cross word thing with rob. Got of the train at 19.40. We met Sonja around 9. She picked us up in the car. She looed so beautiful and stunning that I couldn't think of any words to say. So instead, I just said Hiya. NICE ONE!!!! Mind you, she didn't have to dress up, she looked just as beautiful wearing a tracksuit!!!! The night was fantastic. We went to ... read more

A warning to the reader: At times the content of my enteries may contain more than 'check-the-box' travel stories. To your dismay, it is entirely possible that you will be exposed to the thoughts and emotions (and general streams of consciousness) I experience on my little journey. Whilst, I hope that you will often find it to be entertaining, uplifting, inspiring, witting, funny, heart warming or just a little sad, I very much intend to use this as a resource to look back upon, and see just how far I manage to go physically and personally. So please just do as most people often do, and close your minds when you feel uncomfortable about getting to know the way I sometimes work...... With that little caveat out of the way, it's time to see where I am at. Well, I ... read more