Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 597

First I must mention that on the day of my arrival at Torquay, the local newspaper, the Echo, grabbed me off the street and did an interview and photo. Expect an article this Thursday. After a casual Sunday drove to Melbourne. Nervous about arriving at dusk and the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was on. No real problem though and woke Monday for assualt on Melbourne. Went to Age, Sun Herald and local newspaper offices. Left contact details. Hot shower at train station. Weather cool and cloudy. Reasonable response. Met a guy who had done a flag design which he showed me on his laptop. He had spent a lot of money getting flags printed and websites. Hadn't really sold any of the hundred he'd had made. He called it the seven gold stars, one ... read more

Not sure what I did all day, but come 10:30, I was glad-ragged up, and heading down the road to The Greyhound. It turned out to be one of those half and half pubs, where the straights watch footy and fight in the front bar, where as out the back the gays mince along to cheesy numbers, and scream with the drag queens. Just what my Sat night was in need of! The place was rammed, with a good mix of people. I got talking to some dykes, one of whome was an exPat from London who'd married an Aussie, moved over here and then eloped with her aerobics instructor. Classy. I was sure Simon had said he was working that night, but I couldn't see him behind any of the bars, so just figured he'd ... read more

O god this has to stop!!!!! Roughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! And Vix was even worse!!!!........must tell you though I deserved to feel alot worse than I did!!! I shaped myself!!!! Made it down to the beach with Chris (one of the lads Irish friends who they met in Sydney- Darren knows his girlfriend from back home)................ sorted the hangover out! O gosh granny sure looked after us as another BBQ was ready for our return! Got the train back and ended up being back late not prepared for our new job tomorrow morning but ready for bed!!!!!!!............................................... But to cheer us both up good and proper- we found out that Paul and Sarah (our little friends we hung out in Koh Tao with) are flying down to Melbourne from Brisbane to come and see us!!!!!!! Both over the moon!!!! ... read more

We spent the day at the beach after granny filling us till we popped with a full English breakfast!!!!! The beach was lovely and chilled- we listened to music all day, messed about in the sea and played Harlam (an Irish game with wooden sticks and a ball................)................. Went back to grannys and again got stuffed with an amazing BBQ! We were joined by 2 girls that were staying at the B&B............ Stayed drinking with granny til late and she managed to drink us under the table!!! Made it out at about 11pm............... after drinking more than I think ive ever consumed in my life I think!!!!...................................................... Went out in a place called Sorrento to the Sorrento Hotel (reminded me of the Power Boat- it was alot nicer inside but full of shaggy haired surfer types!) ... read more

Helloooo everybody! After leaving Cobram and sitting on a bus for three and a half hours i arrived in Melbourne city centre. My first port of call was Melbournes beachy suburb of St Kilda. I was booked into a hostel there for three days to chill out for a bit and relax my aching bones. However my journey wasnt quite as easy as it probably should have been. i stumbled across the tram stop for St Kilda beach, which was where my hostel was, and climbed through the door of what felt like a moving sauna, and that i should have been wearing just a towel and definately not my big backpack. After making the mistake of getting off about thirty stops to early i decided that insted of wait for the next tram ill just ... read more