Hotel Kurrajong Canberra

Well after the buzz that was New Zealand, i had to return to reality and get back into work.
I'm based in Canberra at the moment, and have been here for 9 weeks staying with Sean's parents, all of our work is based around the area so we took advantage of the free accommodation and food.
Sean's family, being Canadian are all into Ice Hockey, so i did manage to go to an ice hockey game in the national league, it was great, something different.
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia goontack

... nothing. our second flight to kuala (cant spell) lumpar leaves at midnight and so now i am freaking out because if you know me well then you will know that i absolutely cannot sleep on planes. I'm starting to wonder if Mum booked the flight at night just to annoy me! but other than that i cant wait to get to Malaysia, relax and enjoy the cuisine.

wish me luck on the plane that i will sleep and that Ben doesn't throw up again :(

Georgia

We got up this morning at 4.30am and headed on down to the dawn service - it was about 4 degrees and the rain held off until about half way through. The ceremony was great (packed out) and well worth the early start and freezing morning. We are now in Macdonalds using the free wi-fi (i love this!) and contemplating the rest of the day. Ill put ...

... von mein** Vorgäng**in aus Freiburg üb**nommen. Das hat mir vieles **leicht**t, weil ich so alles Wichtige in einem Paket zusammen hatte und nicht jedes Mal ins nächste Geschäft rennen musste, weil ich festgestellt hatte, dass mir irgendeine Kleinigkeit fehlt, an die ich nicht gedachte hatte. Das Fahrrad habe ich auch von ihr üb**nommen, wenn auch mit zwei platten Reifen. Inzwischen ist es ab** Fahrtüchtig und ich habe meine **ste Fahrradtour an die Stadtgrenze ...

... udsigt over byen og ud over et havet, hvor et utal af forskellige skibe ligger til anker. Vi havde ventet lange køer, men der var kun faa besøgende og ingen ventetid. Saa vi var glade for at vi ikke havde købt en ekspressbillet til dobbelt pris af de 30 dollars vi gav. Fra Singaporehjulet spadserede vi over til Raffles Hotel, hvor vi naturligvis skulle besøge The Long Bar og have 2 Singapore Slings til de lidt ældre og cola til Mia. Mia nød bare at tage jordn ...

... got chatting and it turned out she was running a charity that helps various children's homes across Thailand. We gave her the details for Dada's so she could get in touch with him to see how she could help. We drove up to a lookout over the city, took some piccies and had lunch then headed to the Institue of Sport where we had tickets to the International Ballroom and Latin Dance Championships (I had managed to convince Will to come with me!) We ...

... random and diverse music there seemed to be a void in the age demographic right around my elderly mid 20's (**** i'm old). There were thousands of 15, 16 and 17 year olds then again people late thirties, forties and above. What happened to all the hippie's of my generation damn it!? I did my best last year to change that while teaching... I guess I'll just have to send good vibes to everyone... can you feel it? Yeah, thought so... Say ...

Yesterday we decided to take our first tour. It was with about 24 people. Small & very friendly. We had a lady tour guide, about 28 yrs. old. Put a nice slant on it. First we went to a wildlife park. We saw baby wombats who were so cute & cuddly. Like big stuffed animals. Then I got to feed baby kangaroos. The only kangaroos we had seen so far were 2 dead ones we had passed on the road. We didn't want to leave Australia without seeing ...

... salad, tomatoes and boccocini and olives! Yum yum, it was magnificent. There are two huge traditions in Australia that occur on Boxing Day. The first is a cricket match. This year it is Australia vs. India. The game lasts 5 days. There are three variations of cricket match length. I still don't understand the rules and I have tried and tried but really I just can't be bothered. I was raised with baseball. I ain't going to turn now. The other major Australian event that ...