The Argyle Bed & Breakfast Ballarat

Hello again, dear travelers. I have had a most exciting time over the last few days. I am in Melbourne, and had a day off to see the city, so I went touring around some of the gardens in the city centre. Very pretty, though parking was a problem.

Then today, I was stationed in Ballarat, so yesterday I took the time to go and explore some of the goldfield history. There's a place in Ballarat called Sovereign Hill, which is a recreation of an old gold-mining town. It was ...

... and are counting down to Sep 23rd it seems to be taking for ages but there is only 61 days to go! So far im still in the middle of getting my UK passport just have to send a few more details and everything should be sweet so fingers crossed i get it real soon or otherwise it will be on to get a Aussie passport in time! Jake ...

... left with this lingering question, "who is Jesus the lord and son of God?" So I rolled out of bed with that thought and realized painfully my tooth still had an ache. Not very comfy.Have been taking Tylenol all day to fight the pain but after 3 hours it would come back and my health insurance is being whacked. I cant call the number from here so I geta friend in Canada to call it for me and she cant get through either... strange.. Later on that day after dinner around ...

... I moved.. I didn't want to argue and make him feel uncomfortable for I already felt strange. So I moved and I had no notes or coin in the case.. I wanted to see if people would donate some cash... so I closed my eyes for I was facing the sun and I forgot sun screen... and started to play... after 3 songs I looked in the case and someone dropped a 5 dollar bill and some coin... was pleased... I played for an hour and Jenny and ...

... region around the small town of Great Western. There we visited two winerys that began in the 1860's. Settlers moved into that area during that time as there was a major gold rush during that time. Two brothers started two winerys and those are the two we visited. The first was the Best Winery. The winery was started by one of the Best brothers and is run by another family that bought it in the early 1900's. It is ...

... We returned to the airport at about 17.30pm and boarded the Austrian Airlines plane at 18.40pm to Singapore. On the way we had an excellent meal with salmon and a delicious desert along with whatever we wanted to drink. As we had a cheap fare, we thought it was pretty good. It was a new plane and was reasonably spacious and comfortable.

... in bed because i thought i had malaria or some infectious disease. ended up having not so bad tonsilitis, getting some overpriced and out of date pills and heading to zanzibar after all. Spent a nice day in stone town where i was flattered that people I'd met 2 weeks before remembered me all over town and were very welcoming, then went back to that hostel and the friends i made in Jambiani (at the beach) who were starting to think i ...

... to bed at 10pm after watching Amelie. Saturday day and the troublesome two went opur different ways , Renee in search of a hairdressers to cut her mane of hair -she didnt find one but brought jeans and shoes instead . Lil spent the day with Rachel a family friend, who is gorgeous and gave her a sweet handbag.(Lil typing now) I also tried barbeque prawns for the very first time in my not so long legged life. They were delicous!! and I can't believe I've ...

... weeks in Melbourne, we decided to make a 'B' line to Ballarat. Got talked into (and convinced ourselves) to visit Sovereign Hill, which had won the best tourist attraction in Australia for the 5th successive year at the Tourism Awards only one week before - basically this is as good as it gets for Oz! They must have some photos of the Tourism Minister he wishes ...

... or Green Mountains in the US. In the Australian winter (July), the mountain is covered with snow and this becomes a major ski centre. We stopped for another toasted sandwich (they're everywhere!) for lunch at the mountaintop lodge. There are several rather scary cliff-top lookout points. But the real bonus for me was the parrot-like birds (I forget what kind they were) in the parking lot! People were hand feeding them! One landed on Lynn's head. They were ...