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Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Leinster October 11th 2007

As much as I adore the curly headed one no amount of love could prevent me from spreading his passport shame. I consider it well deserved payback for all the movies, TV shows and radio announcements my travel seasoned boyfriend has interrupted with a nudge and the words ‘I’ve been there’. To which my usual response is, ‘alright Johnny Cash, settle down.’ It needles me because I have a long list of destinations under the heading ‘I wanna go to’ with very few ticked off. England. Scotland. Corfu. Zimbabwe. South Africa. The last three were really short trips and the earnest backpacker in me still debates whether they should be counted at all. The boyo has no such scruples. I caught him trying to include airport stopovers on his facebook travel map. Blush, baby, blush! Still, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Leinster October 9th 2007

My sleeping self, by switching off my alarm and then hitting the snooze button three times, inferred pretty damn clearly this morning that it's done with work. Which is nice, because its my last week. Of course, as much as I fantasise about missing the plane to work, my inner honesty stops me every time. Furthermore, I knew missing it on my last swing would leave me W I D E open to the level of sniggering my erstwhile colleagues usually reserve for the times ‘Storm the skimpy’ is in town. (An explanation for the non-Aussies: a ‘skimpy’ is a topless barmaid. Slather them in vegemite and you’d have something dinky di enough to open the next Sydney Olympics. Unfortunately for me, one of the regulars at the local pub goes by the stage name of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Leinster September 29th 2007

Every proper-bo traveller (which I am not but have aspirations to be) puts a dental check on their pre-trip to do list. It's the right thing to do because, in my head at least, Africa + dentists = a dirty great big pair of pliers and Storm screaming in pain. No doubt this assumption is wildly incorrect but the image was enough to get me, last week, to make my first dental appointment in five years. With my confidence buoyed by a one-filling track record it wasn't until the dentist hit the front teeth and said 'good' for the first time that I realised how much trouble I was in. It could be the rain water I drank as a kid on the farm, which was treated with whatever fell in the tank (i.e. Fluffy the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Leinster September 26th 2007

For the precious few of you that haven't had to sit through the agonizing months of 'do I, don't I' decision making and might now be wondering WHAT the hell is going on.... The boyo is going to Ghana for work. His stints are stupidly long and after a year of doing the fly in/fly out, seeya next month thing, being apart just doesn't appeal. On that basis I'm going too. Obviously we are still in the disgusting phase of our relationship! Ghana is in West Africa, between the Ivory Coast and Togo, below Burkino Faso and fronting onto the Atlantic Ocean. I feel the urge to clarify this because a miner I was talking to asked if it was a mine in the Northern Territory. We will be based in Tarkwa, the town closest to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Leinster September 25th 2007

The 'Goodbye Australia, Hello Africa' weekend went well....a lil too well. Everything hurts! I blame Kristy. And Drewberry. Az. Emma (especially Emma). Everyone but myself in fact. Despite the pain unmercifully inflicted on me it was good to catch up and the "Silversnowfinger" gigs were truly inspiring. As was watching the curly headed wonder show off his 'guns' to all and sundry. Even though departure day is still three weeks away everything seems to be coming around real fast. With two swings of work left to do (am kicking myself for not resigning earlier) I actually only have one week of break to organise, well everything. I'll also be missing alot of people, who know who they are and should heed the following: for chrissakes get a real job in the real world (i.e. not mining). ... read more




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