Blogs from Mornington, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Day 82 After arriving in Darwin in the early hours of the morning and all feeling very tired we prepared ourselves what was sure to be a stressful time through immigration and the notorious Australian customs. First stop, immigration. After nearly 3 months of panicking that Australia might not even let me in it quickly becomes apparent that they don’t really care! After taking my passport to scan the 30 second conversation with the immigration man went like this... Him: “working?” Me: “yes” Him: “in Darwin?” Me: “well all over really” Him: “here’s your passport back, have a good stay” Next stop customs. Australian customs is very strict and after being warned that if in doubt declare anything thats what I did. On the form I’d ticked the boxes saying I had medication (malaria tablets) food ... read more

Hi guys!!! a bundle of new pics for ya!! This past weekend we went up to a spot called Daylesford, apparently its some sort of hippie nice little small town and common weekend get away for a lot of melbournians and well we didnt find too much to do there but camp and relax and it was perfect!!! we were told there were hot springs and water falls. However, the natural springs were all cold ones and the 'hot springs' you could go to were like spas/bathhouses that cost oodles more than our pocket books would have preferred. So we chose and free and secluded camp site and had a roaring fire and enjoying a whole lot of happiness together :) Amanda, Becky, and one of our Australian friends, Adam come along with us and we ... read more