Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4468

fy faen!! i et litt smaa impulsivt oeyeblikk bestemte vi oss for aa skydive. hmm, hvilken hoeyde skulle vi naa velge..?? vi kunne velge alt fra 20- 70 sekunders fritt fall. stedet vi booket fra hadde spesial pris paa 14 000 fot, altsaa 70 sekunder. vi er da backpackere, saa tenkte med en gang - budsjett. saa oekonomiske som vi var, kjoerte vi paa med 14000 fot, billigst, men ogsaa det hoeyeste som overhodet er mulig aa hoppe i australia.... jadda... pissenervoese og vettaskremte troppet vi opp paa byron bay skydivers loerdag morgen. det at det smaaregnet og var overskyet roet ikke akkurat ned vaare overtroiske nerver. men ingen grunn til bekymring. da vi saa bestemor hoppe foer oss, tenkte vi at det her skulle vaere piece of cake. magen var ikke helt enig med oss ... read more

Hiya, we've just finished our last day in Sydney and although we packed lots in in 4 days it's definitely not enough. For those of you who've spoken to me recently ignore the Brisbane and Port Macquarie entries I'm just about to write--- it's more for my own record to remember when I get back, as I didn't have time to write last time. Brisbane We spent 2 days drawing our aboriginal masterpieces onto canvas in an art studio. Mine is pretty rubiish as expected and I then went and rolled it while it was still wet so it all stuck and peeled. Oops. But we loved doing them and it saved a lot of money having us shut up in the arty basement for all that time. After that we spent a day at the ... read more

Hey everyone! Soo, my two days of birthdays is over...im 19...crazy thought. Awww it was sooo nice to get emails and messages from everyone about my bday! I miss home like crazy now...but its really fun here. Im going camping in the aussie bush in 3 days (from wednesday - Friday)..should be fun...hopefully I dont find any snakes. Anyways - I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the emails and I Love you all! and cant wait to see you in August. Bye for now Love Steph ... read more

Wow, so my utterly fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime trip… was severely disappointing. I saw a lot of cool stuff, but so much bad happened it is pushing ridiculous. Let me start at the beginning… I arrive in Sydney and got a little lost while looking for my hotel. Well, that was fine. I made it to my place and was in for a pleasant surprise. I thought that I was going to a hostel and it turned out to be a hotel! Which was nice because of the beds and accommodations was really nice but I was kind of looking forward to making some friends to hang out with while I was there. Since I didn't I resigned myself to walking about the city by myself. I saw the ANZAC War Memorial and Bridge, Sydney Harbour Bridge, ... read more

Hi to you all. A while scince our last blog update. No we have not dropped off the face of the earth however now I am working there is less time to play up on the computers. However, now that I am at work, literally at work on a sleep shift I have some time to update while the residents sleep. After having some issues with starting work I have scince been in training. For a month. Not that I have not been doing this job now for 10 years and have more qualifications than most staff I am working with but I was not so much as allowed to take a resdents for a walk in the park unsupervised. Can you tell my frustrations in the tone of my computer voice. However, I have in ... read more