Christmas time is here again, when everyone is in party mode. The Bates Smart Christmas party lived up to its name with a casino theme. It was a great night and although it ****** rain all day, it cleared up for the night woo hoo, not that many of us would've cared after a few pints anyway. Here's a few photos of the night x

Here is were I start. So I arrive early for my 10:55 flight. 15mins too early for my flights checkin. Grab a coffee. Service is ok. Tall Cappacino good for morning. Get through customs. It is quite funny going through the whole procedure. I got the general routine - bag search, radiation test, pat down. There was a new recruit being shown the ro...

I enjoyed a nice lie in on Wednesday as for the first time in a long time I didn't need to set my alarm clock. Not that I didn't get woken up, I'm in a dorm, but it was nice to be the last rather than the first to rise for a change. I then wandered in to town and did some pottering, including the discovery that the library dishes out internet fo...

After our trip down the ocean road we made it to Melbourne to start our stay with my relies this time. Arrived via some back roads through the middle of nowhere and moved in with Kristian and Kristy for 6 nights, before heading off for a further 5 nights at Val and Ed's. We spent a lot of time in Melbourne and around, but then there was so much ...

A friend Owen came to visit me in Melbourne and wandered around looking at tourist attractions (which I have never done before) Have seen: * AFL game at the MCG (Melbourne Demons v Adelaide Crows) * Richmond * Lygon St, Carlton * Brunswick St, Fitzroy * St Kilda * Chinatown * Queen Victoria Market * Southbank & Southgate * Nightlife (Holiava...

Today Stu got in contact with his mate Browne.... We arranged to meet up with him in the City at about 7pm.... Chris took us to a lovely local pub (he soon found out that Stu and I had beent here before... we ate there on the night of the tenacious D concert!). We had a very nice evening... it was nice for Stu to see Browne and gossip about ther...

G'day skippies! I'm offically back to work now.. and guess wot.. i'm not enjoying it... it was pretty cool seeing every1 at work again.. finding out about their holidays... but besides that i wasnt too thrilled to be back!.. Meanwhile NY's was pretty outta control and the best thing about it, it was random! lol.. we started off with drinks at th...

The next day (23), we left the Beach hostel and headed to St Arnaud Guesthouse (getting lost along the way as there are more than one Park Streets in Melbourne) where we were staying for Christmas. We checked into the impressive hostel, which I later found out was a conversion of two houses, one of which was built by miners who worked a long way...

Monday morning and here I was in Melbourne, coudln't believe that I had been away for over 2 months already, it really was going fast. I only had the 4 days in Melbourne as I wanted to get up to Sydney because I was moving into a flat and I needed to find a job up there! I met Nicole on the Monday morning in Federation Square which is a kind of ...

Arrived at Melbourne, 6.30am Sunday 2nd july. was easily the chilliest of cities.. =) sat at the coach terminal waiting with a few lone travellers. jiahui and her bro's coming to pic me up. World Cup fever surprisingly less subdued in melbourne. saw france flag painted on some folks faces.. apparently they kicked brazil out the night before! dec...