Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4516

Whilst at work Me and Vix finished off Sarah and Pauls photo album that we had made for them- can't wait to give it to them!!!! We finished work and headed off to meet them. Their friend Andy was coming with them too........ Arranged to meet them at Federation Square...... we saw them get out of the taxi- we were hiding!!!! We followed them and jumped out at them........................................................... At that point I think the whole of Melbourne came to a holt!!!!!!............................................. Scream! scream! scream!!!! Never heard so much- it was like a dream seeing them in Oz- it was so strange- thought I was having a bloody heart attack!!!! Was so excited my heart was beating so fast!!!!!!! We set off tp our gaff, stopping off to stock up on the evenings supply of wine!!!! ... read more

Well, all good things must come to an end including long vacations. We're jumping on a plane home soon. The benefit of a extra long vacation though, is that you are actually looking forward to some things at home like your own bed and having a home. Moving every 2 days gets tiring. I don't know how people travel for months on end. We were at Byron Bay for the last few days. Byron is a very cool place that was a little different than I thought it might be. For example, we stayed at The Arts Factory which is a 5 acre site that started the Byron Bay boom of arts and music and hippies. Naturally, I thought we would be living in a hippie commune but there was surprisingly few hippies. It turns out ... read more

I arrived in Noosa expected great things, and frankly I was dissapointed. Perhaps it was the misnomer of the sunshine coast, or perhaps I've just been to so many beautiful places, but it wasn't what I'd hoped for or expected. It's not an ugly town - its just tropical suburbia with more than its fair share of waterfront. And its raining.... read more

The boyz, (Chris, Tim, Joseph and Danny), arrived on Wednesday, flying down from Sydney to sample a bit of Melbourne....and to see me of course! We had a lovely day, wandering around the city, and luckily the sun had come out, so everyone was in good spirits. That night we explored Commercial Road, paying a visit to Exchange and the Market, which was a good laugh, althought the Melly queens dont seem to like partying on week nights, so it was rather quiet, but after the odd tipple, we livened the place up with a DIY pole-dancing session, making complete tits out of ourselves on the stage. Thursday night we checked out Q&A (Queer and Alternative), which turned out to be a wicked club, really mixed, good venue, playing some classic old school and modern Indie ... read more

31.03.06 We headed out about 12 down to Fremantle and first stop was the E-shed Markets where we managed to pick up a few cheap souvenirs. Also bumped into a girl from Easyjet..Wallis Harvey..which was a complete shock, i couldn't believe i was the other side of the world in a local market and i knew someone-small world! After all that excitement and shock we headed down to the sail & anchor pub for a few beers and met up with Jackie & Daves son, Kenny and his girlfriend Jamie. We spent the afternoon there and then slowly walked over to the beach front where we saw one of the most beautiful sunsets and then headed out for some traditional fish & chips! 03.04.06 This morning we headed down to Mandora Bay as we were going ... read more