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Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne December 14th 2005

Ok, 4 days to go and just about totally organised! I spent a little over $3,000 on bills yesterday which was a totally thankless experience but at least it's done now. Had a nightmare last night that someone planted drugs on my bags and I ended up in jail in Costa Rica. Actually, it is a recurring nightmare I have had about four times this year. I have to admit I'm rather nervous about this whole having to have your bags open for inspection in the US, they could put anything in there! Argh. Ok so thousands of people go to the US everyday, I'm sure it will be fine...... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne December 13th 2005

hello sports fans. leeroy here hows everyone keeping? good? swell. i'm doing grand finally getting used to my own place its a big shift from sleeping with 12 other guys to going it solo, but to be honest and a tad crude sleeping in the scud has been sorley missed! but i feel i must let you know of the two scariest dreams i've had so far in my new place which has been maybe 1o days and two 'mares, alright: Number one. I had this dream that i was in a bar and got so drunk i fell asleep in my stool at the bar, which later turned into a gold velevet recliner, and i wake at the bar and its pitched black and i was scared and start to panic as i'm sure theres ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda December 13th 2005

Australia always seemed so far away, so far down the line, that to actually arrive here is quite a suprise. Since I have not yet left the city, it still doesn't entirely seem like i am really in Australia. I haven't seen any bush or outback, and have so far had no encounters with creatures likely to kill me. So far. I have been here getting on for two weeks now, staying in a suburb of Melbourne called Prahan, not far from the old school beach resort of St. Kilda. Melbourne is ok. I'm have never been the biggest fan of large cities, but as large cities go it isn't bad. It has an amazing arts scene, not that i have really taken advantage of it. In the city centre the ACMI (Aus. Institute for the ... read more
Melbourne
St Kilda Luna Park
How Now

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne December 12th 2005

Hi all: We have made it back to Bangkok, safe and sound, after a fantastic trip. This blog entry will be in two parts - one for Australia and one for New Zealand. The first one will be for Australia. Before I go on, just a friendly reminder to those whom we haven't heard from much that we love getting your messages so please send emails when you can. Sometimes the problem with a blog is that you hear from us, but we don't necessarily hear from you. If any of you are Skype users (and if you're not, I strongly recommend getting it since it's free and easy to use - just go to www.skype.com, but you will need a headset or something that plugs into the computer that you can speak on), we can ... read more
Max, Dad and camel
Rebecca holding Max
Sign in St. Kilda

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda December 12th 2005

Hallo allemaal!!! Nou...hier dan even een berichtje van mijn kant....Jac...voor de verandering!! Zal jullie weer even updaten over onze avonturen hier in OZ! Ten eerste....de vliegen....nog steeds NIET aan gewend!!!! Waar zal ik eens beginnen...nou ging van de week weer eens boodschappen doen....en kwam bij het schap van de tortilla's, naan, faijitas, wraps...hoe het ook mag heten....terecht! Ja...wat zal ik daar nu eens over zeggen....na ruim een half uur als het al geen uur geweest is...voor het schap te hebben gestaan en alles te hebben bekeken er maar een gekocht. Het moge duidelijk zijn...als je er een uur over moet doen/kunt doen (degene die mij kennen denken natuurlijk...jac kan overal uren over doen..maar ok, dat even terzijde ja!) ....dat er dan genoeg..of beter gezegd MEER dan genoeg keus is...je kon gewoon kiezen tussen een stuk of ... read more
Nog een keertje dan...
We wonen echt in de rosse buurt
Ik word moe van de buren....

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne December 11th 2005

We didn't actually do any lazing as such, but it was a very relaxed Sunday wandering around Melbourne. Enjoy, Laura Lou x... read more
Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road December 11th 2005

Hey All Im in Melbourne. Been out to see Ginny and Roger which was awesome. Staying with my friend Gary for this week and yesterday he took me down the Great Ocean Road. Check out the pics. So Ive been all around the city in Melbourne. Been to the Observation deck and going to see the Gaol tomorrow (thats jail in australian). Had an awesome weekend - went out to meet some of Garys mates on friday night - you saffas wont believe how many places there are to go and how many people there are!!!! Then on saterday night did the camp catching up which was awesome. Ginny and Roger looked really good and it was so good to see them again. On sunday basically chilled out and later went to one of Gary's friends ... read more
Out with Gary's friends

Oceania » Australia » Victoria December 10th 2005

Meredith Last weekend four of us went to the 15th Annual Meredith Music Festival. 10,000 tickets sold out in 10 days so it promised to be a good one. The venue was a farm just outside the little country of Meredith, which is half way along the road between Geelong and Ballarat. We left Melbourne at 6am on Saturday morning to beat the queues. We were third in line so not bad, although when we entered the campsite it was already pretty packed?! We were directed to The Top Paddock and here we found a place to park. It was pretty windy in The Top Paddock as was emphasised when our 'neighbours' informed us that their tent had collapsed on top of them the night before! We hoped we wouldn't be so unlucky. After setting up ... read more
Queuing at 7am!!!!
Queuing at 7am!!!!
Oh, why are we waiting

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne December 9th 2005

mas fotos de my viaje. yo visito al sologico y my final dia de claces de ingles .... read more
zoológico de Melbourne.
zoológico de Melbourne.
zoológico de Melbourne.

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda December 8th 2005

yes yes yes, i got my pictures back, i can't believe it. i walked the whole day in Melbourne smiling, people thought i was maybe a bit crazy but i couldn't care, i was just happy. so everything is fine now, no worries as aussies would tell you. we're still in Melbourne, i really like this city, it's so laid back, people are really nice and always smiley. Jacky has gone on a tour to Tasmania, it's famous for its wildlife there, but i think i've seen enough of those in Thailand. i'm still missing Thailand, i'm trying to work out a cheap way to go back there, i miss the people and the nice beaches. i'm very happy to be in Australia, it's just that it's not like Asia, i got used to be impressed ... read more
Bangkok's floating market
Tuk-Tuk
yummy food




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