Punt Hill - Burwood Melbourne

... pipe player, ironically playing the 'Sound of Silence'. Aggghhh if only!! Then explored the old Victorian arcades, all very Covent garden, and all the coffee alleys, all vying for business. However its great to be amongst all this activity, its pretty exciting and makes a nice change.

I headed through Australia mall and explored my eating options and came face to face with my own mortality. And it wasn't like I was expecting. Not facing a lion or dragging a child ...

... have been causing me grief for years – I am tired of explaining to helpful waiters that despite what they may have been told, salmon is not vegetarian – usually resisting the urge to ask what sort of tree he thought that the fish grew on. Come on people clue is in the name *vege*tarian – i.e. vegetables. Don’t get me wrong I have no issue with people who eschew just red meat or just eat fish or fowl or hunt and kill the ...

... with video recorder.

You can probably figure out what happened - especially given his wife Emma had also added her little heart's desires to the facebook thread.

Yes, it was a little mean, but c'mon! What else were we going to do?!?!

Check out the video here....it's got it all....except Vegemite!

... hun jobbet som sykepleier gjennom utleiefirma. Saa hver morgen naar jeg var der nede fikk hun telefon om hvor hun skulle mote paa jobb den dagen. Og saa fortalte hun at hun bor paa ungdomsherberget, men der er det kun lov aa bo 2 uker om gangen, saa da driver hun aa flytter mellom to ungdomsherberger hver annen uke. Denne lille historien gikk veldig innpaa meg, jeg fikk saa forferdelig vondt av denne damen.

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I finally left ...

... the rafters of the place. We got some nice photos and chilled out for a while, seeking refuge from the rain, however we were soon back amongst it when the building was closed. On the way back to their hostel Kim, Sophie, Sung and me went ahead whilst everyone else did some shopping for food. We chilled in the hostel for a while in one of the two rooms and then Kim told me to go to the other room. What a amazing surprise!! Everyone, all ...

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Obvious differences between the countries are the climates and of course our bigger proximity to other populations.

Prior to coming to Australia, she (like pretty much all the subject experts) had visions of the Beach, bbqs, koalas, kangaroos, deadly insects and snakes, Ayers Rock, and Australians being like English people

What she now thinks of us - we are very laid back ...

... invited me to church with them on Sunday. I have asked God to teach me about conversational intimacy with Him on this trip, and He is now showing up all over the place and pointing out His work to me. I have seen His hand in caravan parks, takeaway shops, motorways and even in traditional churches (Yes, I was honestly surprised to find Him there...). I have not yet, however, seen Him in Christian schools. I expected Him to be there, but I haven't found Him there so far. Makes you think...

... in the world I thought I really should go and see some world class tennis as it will probably be my only chance. We got tickets for two days, the first of which was the second day of the first round on the number one court. We saw a few matches that weren't really of great quality and were also quite one sided on the men's side we saw the sixth Gilles Simon and on the women's we saw the fourth seed Demeteva and Venus Williams who's probably the only one that ...

... to see if its worth getting tickets to the grounds. Heading back to the concert we skirt the edge of it where people are trying to get in by throwing themselves over fences, only to be thrown back out a few mins later by the ever present security guards. We head around to the Eureka building and think about going up to the 88th floor for the view over Melbourne, but at $28 each its a little steep (pardon the pun). Heading back to the square we get there ...

... holiday will by the end of the 7 hour powerpoint presentation feel as if they have been to Costa Rica themselves, several times, each year, of their life... but in case any of you escape this misfortune, I'll write two separate blogs, mostly because I have started writing about Montezuma and I feel an afternoon nap coming on...Am still recovering from my second flu from Costa Rica, but I think this one was definitely self inflicted!