Comfort Inn Eastern Sands City Centre Geelong

... So I had a busy day unpacking, (trying on boots...!), and trying to sort my room into some order, giving thanks for the huge built-in wardrobes - it now has my stamp on it. I made the mistake of flicking through the photo album of my own house back in Cliffoney, as I came across it, and it brought tears to my eyes... God, I loved that house, and, as I looked around at my cramped new quarters, I did momentarily question my ...

... approxiately 3.3km across and where you can see The Spirit of Tasmania sail past. Queenscliff is a very quaint seaside town with alot of seaside history. We took a drive down to the Geelong Pier to entertain the kids on the famous carousel. The carousel is over 100 years old with it's hand carved dare horses. Twenty four of the thirty six horses are original and each horse took 300 hours to restore. Cherie and the kids enjoyed every round motion while dad snapped away. It's a ...

Well, its not long to go now. Only 13 days until we board our flight to Heathrow. Very exciting. It doesn't seem that long ago when Mum and Dad told us we were going. At the time I told myself not to get excited because it is still a few months away, but no with it just around the corner...I'M PUMPED! The only disappointing thing about the timing of this trip is that ...

... the be the best day of our lives, the other would be how quickly the day would go. I think both were right, we both had such an amazing day and it went so fast it was almost a blur. Thanks to everybody who could be there to share our amazing day with us.

Ocean Grove is about an hour from Melbourne at the start of the Great Ocean Road. We visited our mates Darren and Tracey who have a very cool set up near the beach. Barwon Heads, a little town located on a river at the mouth of the sea is about 2km down the road. Ailbhe loved it there - almost couldn't drag her away from the place. Darren and Tracey are moving there so no doubt we'll be back again. While the ...

... bizarre when you first see it. It is played on a full size cricket pitch with 18 players on each team, 4 referees on the pitch, 4 goal posts at each end and a runner for each team passing on information from the bench as it´s too far to shout. It was a great game to watch and lady luck came out for Maud as all the results came in for her bet with the first goal being scored by Didak, total goals of 29 (she had total ...

... to leave areas of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka due to sea levels rising and between this and drought we are gonna see millions of refugees looking for new places to live and survive which will only lead to more conflict and keep the big weapons manafacturers and the war mongoring governments they lobby happy in a constant state of war and the terror they force on people under a blanket of fighting terrorists for OUR safety. Sorry started to rant there but Earth hour is a ...

... to stay afloat and please the customers, it's a tricky balancing act really. Around on Torquay beach there are hundreds of surfers getting 'amped' for the waves and a chance to go drown, sorry down in history for riding the ultimate ground swells. Back in Geelong we head for the largest sailing festival in the world, however after our sea fairing antics so far on the trip we opt to stay on dry land. So you've got all sorts of beer tents and food going on, (I had another ...

... something about Australia that you never read in the travel brochures, and that is the flies - they are everywhere! Since I arrived in Sydney two weeks earlier the flies have been a constant nuisance. You cannot escape them and they love to annoy you - they like to fly into your eyes and mouth and no matter how much you swat them they always come back and they never seem to get tired. I'd kind of got used to ...

... day to announce the good news. Ryan has a job! Now he just need to figure out his situation about the sponsorship visa. He already has a few clients and it seems to go very well. Now gotta get used to get up at 5.30 in the morning for a 6 am class... but it is so rewarding. All the trainers are so nice and Ryan fits already so well to the group, it is great! As for me, I am going to start working in a creperie, Brittany Blue, at Port Melbourne. I will be ...