There hasn't been any blog updates for over a month because basically nothing has been happening. We have really struggled to sell the van and we had it advertised for over 5 weeks. In the end it did go to a bloke from New Zealand and we got quite a good price for it. So overall we never really lost a lot on it considering we lived in it for ove...

Hey you! Yes, you. The person reading this blog entry. Did you know that you can sign my guest book or make a comment about one of my entries? Did you know that I reeeeeally want you to do this, so I know what you think, or at the very least so I know that there is actually someone out there on the other end of the internet, reading what I write...

Bessie the Ghetto Van won't start!! I am so upset. My baby has betrayed me. Last night we (me, Rob & Dionne, a young married Canadian couple) had to take Alejandro, the slightly larger and equally ghetto white van, out instead of good old Bessie. Oh, I hope we can fix her! Not to mention I just put $30 of petrol in her, the greedy little wench...

So I went to the 2-hour trial period for the second cafe job, the one called Hard Clay Cafe where you can glaze pieces of pottery in addition to getting food and coffee and tea. Didn't really like it so much. It's in a really rich town about 15 minutes away from here, and everyone who came in just had RICH written across their foreheads -- exact...

Tonight Bosco made me a meat pie, a true Australian meal, apparently, and it was actually quite good. Then I made cookies for everyone in the hostel. We have a lot of elderly guests right now and they were tickled pink. I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but the hostel courtyard is hostile to my feet. I stubbed both toes on the same night ...