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All about our adventures in Oz.
Australia / November 6, 2006 / John / 1
Nobody tells you they come into the garden! Everywhere you look, they’re bouncing all over the place. Went in and registered with Medicare yesterday, which went fine and dandy. The rain has gone and the sun is out – hooray! Of course, I’m saying that now but it’ll be a different story in a week
Australia / November 5, 2006 / John / 1
Well, we did go to Newcastle for the soccer but it we chickened out – there was a torrential downpour. So, we bought some beer on the way home and watched it on the telly instead 🙂 Yesterday we drove to a tiny little out of the way place where one of our relatives’ band
Australia / November 3, 2006 / John / 0
It’s been raining overnight and it’s all good – there’s green everywhere and it shut the kookaburras up. Sent off my first job application yesterday and registered with a couple of agencies, so that’s the ball rolling. I also have a shot of a car for the weekend – looking to buy it from the
Australia / November 2, 2006 / John / 1
Kookaburras. Bane of my life. It would be less annoying if they didn’t sound so damned funny. Yeah, they wake us up every day, but they wake you up laughing so you can’t really complain. Anyway, there’s a thunderstorm rattling away at the moment. The land needs it too – Australia is in its third
Australia / November 2, 2006 / John / 4
Well, we’ve arrived safe and well. The flights were fine, if a little dull, with only the Edinburgh->Heathrow hop being particularly bumpy. With the exception of the Aussie pilot on the Hong Kong -> Sydney run, of course, who said “It’ll get bouncy for a minute cos we’re about to fly through a typhoon, but she’ll
Australia / October 31, 2006 / John / 0
A 4am start isn’t a natural thing. But we’re up, and the taxi to the airport is due in 45 minutes. I don’t feel like I’ve had any sleep at all. Gaaaaah!
Australia / October 28, 2006 / John / 4
Theres no time for tears – they ll come later when we look at pictures of our friends and family once the journey is over – we have had to be strong for the sake of the kids cos kids are very perceptive!. Theres been quite a few moments when Ive had them but Ive
Australia / October 26, 2006 / John / 0
Oh God, make it end soon. We’ve been packing for what seems like days. We have a baggage allowance of 20Kg each. There are five of us. That’s a tenth of a metric ton of luggage. No problem, right? Wrong – we seem to have twice that amount of rubbish kicking around. We’re filling case
Australia / October 23, 2006 / John / 0
I hate packing. This is a well documented fact. It’s also why I’m sitting here writing about packing instead of actually doing it. So far, my morning has been spent dismantling Bionicle models after being nagged into photographing them from every conceivable angle to aid in their reconstitution. As if they’re going to have time
Australia / October 22, 2006 / John / 2
Well, it’s been done. The flights are booked for the 31st of October, so we’re off to Oz. We’re spending the coming week doing all our pre-departure visiting, as well as fun things like setting up bank accounts and packing. It’s all going to be a bit of an adventure really!