Four Points Geelong

... for good timing on my part?! Though it's not so hot inside... I spent last week on a refresher course for Victorian teachers, shivering in the aircon of Deakin University (happily, my new place has ceiling fans so i won't have to use air-con), but it was very useful and informative - it hasn't made me any more eager to actually find myself a job in that field, but at least now I know the current local jargon and buzzwords so I ...

... have seen the look on the organisers faces as we cruised on through with a caravan behind, quite narly dudes! We stopped for lunch at Apollo bay to check out the local bakery and found a great beach for the kids to run some energy off before heading further down the coast to the Great Otway National Park where we stayed at Aires River Camp ground for a few days of peace and quiet. Koalas abounded! There were koalas everywhere, we have never seen koalas in the wild before ...

... likely me. But I doubt anyone can be continously happy and full of energy for 5 weeks straight. I'll try to add entries as often as I can to keep all my buddies up to date with where I am and what I'm doing...and to rub in the fact that I'm overseas, seeing the world, while they are cooped up in their classrooms. Great friend I am. Thanks for reading. Flavvvvvv. =]

... a holiday. Most of the Hotels have retained their original exterior features aswell as most of the buildings on the main street. Like stepping back in time. Apart from that we walked on the beach, Ailbhe caught a wave but couldn't stand up on the surfboard, had post work beers and bubbly with Daz and Trace and basically kicked back like we were on holiday. Which...i suppose..we are! Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Findling.

... and the road was nice and scenic. The Twelve Appostles and numerous other sand stone formations were right off the Great Ocean Road and provided plenty of sight seeing opportunites along the way. We took our time and really enjoyed ourselves. One camping spot called, Aire River, we ran into a little trouble, we arrived after dark and in the rain, and couldn't really tell where we were. The next morning we got stuck in the mud!! Not normally a problem because most sites are full of ...

... of 28 - 30) and Collingwood winning. My bet of Collingwood to win also came in so there was profit all round. At the end of the game we headed off and said our goodbyes - thanks again guys for a great afternoon ! Sunday morning we decided to head to the coastal area of Melbourne of St Kilda for a wander around the market and a spot of brunch. In the afternoon it was time to move digs for our last night in Melbourne ...

... idea and easy peesy to do so please get involved. check it out on http://www.earthhour.org/. O one more thing. If any of you are looking for a good book to read check out 'The world acordding to Garp' by John Irving. And no its not a greenie book! I took a break from my greenie books to read this after Gaz told me about it. Its a bloody good read and had me laughing and close to tears at times. And I will leave you with a quote from the book from Marcus Aurelius the roman ...

... them by the time I'd arrived here this morning, but today they were worse than ever. They don't even respond to fly spray! In a way it was quite good that the fog came because it gave me the motivation I needed to tackle the next leg of the journey to Adelaide - time was getting on and I had a long way still to go. Once you've passed the Twelve Apostles the road starts to head inland fairly quickly and so it wasn ...

... food preparation and waitressing. It is owned by a couple, a French woman and an Asutralian man, Francoise and Bruce, who moved back to Melbourne 4 years ago. It should be good because it is kind of exciting to be part of the adventure of openig a new cafe. In the meantime I have been working in a bakery in Yarraville until I start at the creperie. Enjoy some of cool pictures of Melbourne downtown and parks. Hope all is well with everybody. Keep us updated!