Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4451

I don't want to go home.....I don't want to go home.....I don't want to go home..... Nope doesn't seem to work. well nothing to do but unpack and save up for the next trip!!!!!!! the trip to India was wonderful but oh so short for such a rich and ancient country. My tablas have arrived and I am sad to say that they are a little worse for the trip. the little tabla is totally out of tune and the big one has a ding in it. I found my beautiful box which I padlocked and then cocooned in calico with lovely red seals was completely busted opened by customs (I think) and then roughly repacked. so there goes my 8,800 rupees of shipping! which is more than I spent in total in varanasi for accomodation ... read more

Hi All, again! I now it's nothing short of a miracle that I've managed to blog so much in the last few days but its the working life that ties me down and now I'm not working I have all the time in the world, well kind of anyway! Ok, so firstly I would like to apologise to everyone about not sending emails letting people know personally what I'm doing, but once again the Orange email is down (yes I will be complaining) and so I thought this would be the second best way to let everyone know what I'm doing!! As I'm sure some of you will be aware, the girls (Lauren and Lydia) have run or are running out of money and so they have decided to go home early to avoid getting further ... read more

Päätettiin tänään olla reippaita ja oikeesti tehdäkin jotain. Eli suunta kohti Taronga Zoo:n lauttaa. Siellä oli todella mukavaa ja ilma ei ollu liian kuuma. Kierrettiin kaikki elukat. Siellä saa kävellä kenguruiden seassa ja meitä otti hirveesti päästä, kun siellä lukee ”älä poistu polulta” ja sit ihmiset menee ottaan kuvia nukkuvien kenguruiden viereen tai syöttään niitä. Eikö ne osaa lukea vai onko ne jotenki tyhmiä! Oishan sitä iteki halunnu mennä ottaan niiden kaa kuvia, mutta ei niistä eläimistä ikinä tiedä varsinki, ku ei oo henkilökuntaa paikalla.. Kirahvit oli aivan yli-ihania ja merileijona oli erittäin esiintymishaluinen. Kasteli vähän siinä ohi mennen ihmisiäkin. :) Valitettavasti Minnan kamera temppuili eikä hirveesti saatu kuvia ja mullaki oli mun tavis kamera vaan mukana, niin siinä on sitten oikeita kuvia, mutta eihän niitä tänne saa. Oltiin sit siinä eläintarhan lahja... read more

Hi lovelies! well, after three days on another tour bus, we've made it safe an sound to Adelaide. Our time in Melbourne was great! We spent nearly a week with Benji's second cousins the Kohns. We had such a blast hanging out with our Australian family. Maurie and Fay have four children: Naomi, Simon, Josh, and Benji (married to Ella). They are all amazing people who we were so glad to be able to get to know during our short stay with them. Definate highlights of our stay were the Australian footy game on AnZAC day, and overall fun times with the family :-) Needless to say, we were also fed amazingly well. We also managed to see Rabbi Guevertz (from Temple Bat yahm) and, yes Edie and Papa, we contacted your friends in Melbourne though ... read more

Cant believe it has been 4 years since I was last here! Things never change and I still remember a lot of it. I always said I would be back and here I am! Anyway, this is only a quick update to let you know where we are and what we've been up to. We arrived in Brisbane last Saturday and thats where we've stayed the past week. Its a bigger and much different city from Perth but its ok. To be honest I dont really like city life so we're looking forward to getting to the coast again. We've spend most of the week looking around the city and sorting everything out for the rest of our trip now we have decided to come home in August. We've booked a 25 day tour around the ... read more