Pendower House Daylesford

... 6 Kinder und um ihnen eine gute Erziehung zu gewähren stellt er eine Kinderfrau ein, die sich um die 6 Kinder kümmern soll. Maria ist eine sehr fröhliche und viel singende junge Frau, die gerade aus dem Kloster kommt und soll von nun an die Stelle der Kinderfrau übernehmen. Nach dem Tod der Mutter der Kinder kommt dank Maria zum ersten Mal seit langem wieder Leben und Freude in die Familie. Und es kommt wie es kommen muss.... Kapitän von Trapp und Maria ...

So we've both handed in our notice at this stage and plan on leaving Melbourne for good after Christmas to get back on the road properly. Hostels are expensive in Oz ($60 a night) so we made a trip to K-Mart to pick up some camping gear so we can camp all around Australia for the two months after Christmas. We got a tent, sleeping bags, a portable BBQ, cooler bag and a mini gas stove. We are also running out of things to do in ...

... bark and then on canvas. The resulting pieces are very beautiful but often very sad as many deal with themes of displacement and loss of land. I had a little look around the rest of the collection but these were the pieces that moved me most. I spent several hours in the gallery and afterwards wandered along the southbank of the Yarra. Since the weather turned out nice, I decided to go to St Kildas which is a suburb of Melbourne down by the sea. I wandered ...

... cultures around here and so far 99 % of who I have met was not born in Australia!! It is very interesting and makes for good conversations. Going on a Horse riding day on Saturday with the Molloy family (our contacts for Melbourne) so really looking forward to that. Don't worry guys the my back ...

... blitz, food, movies and played some guitar and wrote a song. AND TODAY the 9th I woke up early ready to go to church with Dane and Megs.. but they found out I wouldn't have a ride back and they were invited to Sim and Emma's house for lunch... so last minute I ended up not going.. I did feel left out a little but I understand, for Sim and Emma dont really know me.. So I went to my church that day. Out in Frankston. I took a train for 2hours to the beaches ... I never ...

... by me... the cat was purring and rubbing his head and he layed down on his back so I went to pet his belly and then He grabs my arm with the most friece bite and kicks my arm with his hind legs.... ouch.... even the cats bite... im glad the cats arnt poisionious. I washed my arm with water and went to the park to connect and meditate with god. I sat there and I was erged to write the wind came and blew open a blank page in my book I wrote... slow and heard ...

... lunch in Springvale with my Aussie family and a few great nights out in St Kilda with my third cousin Alli and her crazy friends and some guys from the hostel i headed back to Adelaide where i was to realise many more a revelation. I also visited the National Gallery of Victoria while in Melbourne. I was quite amazed how many notable works ...

... but thankfully they shut the roof in the arena and turned on the air con so play could continue. Wednesday saw us tie up the last few bits and bobs we had to do, before we went out for a nice indian with Feysal and Jo as our farewell meal. It's now Thursday morning Australian time and by the time most of you read this, we'll be on our way to Singapore. Before I sign off from Australia, there's just a few people I would like to thank. (Cue Oscar Speech!). First and foremost ...

... compared to 120 on Albania!! I thought I would also share some facts with you about Australia that I have gathered recently, courtesy of some travel books and an excellent read called "Down Under" by Bill Bryson. * Australia is the world's 6th largest country and its largest island * It is the only island that is a continent and the only continent that is a country * It is the only nation that began as a prison!! * It has more ...

... road! But it wasn't a toll road like we know them, and eventually we found the 79 again...pheew! So off we set to Daylesford, near Hepburn Springs. This is North West of Melbourne, about 2 hours away (not 3.5 as the car rental man said, idiot!). We stopped off on the way in our pretend/auto car (which was red by the way, pretty much the best colour for a car I should think) at a pretty waterfall. Rich decided to ...