Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 640

G'day my little chickens, I will have soom pictures for everyone as soon as i figure out how to get my pictures from my new digital camera onto the pc, but don't worry i will let you all know when i do. :o) Fri 10th Dec 3.30am and hardly had any sleep, it doesn't really help that my inflatable pillow decide to die on me after about an hour into the journey. The driver stops at 3.30am so a muffin for bekkie i think, blueberry yum yum. I eventually get some sleep with the aid of two seats on the coach an eye mask and ear plugs, what a sight i must of looked but luckily enough there was no gorg surfer dudes on there. The coach arrives in Melbourne an hour late which was a ... read more

Time seems to be rushing by now with 11 more days left. We are currently in Melbourne staying with Helen. Went to Healsville Sanctuary today returning home in torrential rain. Anyway, back to Hervey Bay........ Fraser Island was really different, but enjoyed the day driving around and on the sand dunes and beach "highway". Saw a real wild Dingo, a ship wrech and lots of birds. We then rented a car and drove down the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane. Stayed one night with friends of a friend near Cooroy. These friends have a little dog and to cut a long story short, Val, who had been told to keep her hands away from the dog didn't and finished up getting bitten and having to get five stitches the next day. All is well and her hands ... read more

In Echuca, Vic. Spent something like 10 hours on the bus getting to Melbourne and then had all day in the city to wait for my bus to Echuca. First impressions of Melbourne - FANTASTIC! So much going on! There's the fringe festival, an arts festival, something like 5 sports stadiums, and an outdoor music venue near the botanic gardens. Another place I wish I had more time to check out... I've got to return to Australia in the future when I'm rich. It was a shame saying goodbye to Paul after such a short time. I'd only known him for a week but he was such a gem of a travel buddy: easy going, lots of laughs. Hopefully we'll meet up in Melbourne at the end of the month when I go back there. Work ... read more

Sunday, 12 September 2004 It was a wet morning when I said goodbye to my girlfriend on the steps of her unit. Its been ages since I have left for a country job without booking ahead but could not decide where to stay. Once I got over the hills near Yea the weather improved and progressively brightened up as the car got closer to the New South Wales border. I had read all the details concerning this job and wasn't too impressed with the numbers. Families: One-hundred and seventy. Children per day: Sixty-six. All housed in four rooms but that number was over five days I must add. A new centre in a new suburb of Wagga. Could not find the street name in my New South Wales road directory. Found one street that looked the ... read more

With only having a short time in Austrialia I thought I should cram as much as possible. Organised a trip along the Great Ocean Road and a wildlife trip to see the Phillip Island penguins. The Great Ocean Road trip turned out to be a geographers/geologists/photographers dream. We got to see wild kangaroos that have made their home on a private golf course, as well as a wild Koalas. The main part of the trip was to see the amazing coastal scenery that Victoria is famous for. Victoria as in the state in Austrialia - not me! The following day the trip consisted of visitng a wildlife sanctuary which involved getting up close and personal with orphaned wombats, kangaroos, koalas and not so personal with dingos Phillip Island was the next stop to see tiny timid ... read more