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Melbourne, Australia

Hey Hey!!!
Has been a while again! lol! But oh well! Here's what's been happening.
Got to Noosa on the good old Greyhound Australia coach. Stayed at Koalas. Honest truth i think i was expecting more then there was! My bad! I don't know what i was expecting but it just wasn't it, if you get me?! Had a pretty funny first day there though. Ended up hanging out with Fern and another girl whos name i cant remember! whops! lol! Anyways, we ended up going down to the river for a few mid afternoon drinks and ended up being invited for drinks with some old people in some posh cafe/ resturant! We only got invited over because the old men were complete and utter dirty perverts, and one of them insisted that he buys us an expensive bottle of wine! and trust me it was an expensive bottle of wine!!!!!!!
Will finish this later! Its getting dark and i want to get back to my hostel whilst i can still see where to go! lol!
xxxxxx
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Rainbow Beach, Australia

Hey Hey!
I've had the most amazing couple of weeks! Firstly i traveled from Mission Beach to Townsville and got the ferry over to Magnetic Island. Magnetic Island was wicked! I stayed at base backpackers, which is basically just a party place! Had a completely wicked time! Whilst i was there I'm sure one of the people who used to be in jeopardy was there at the same time! but no one who i was with knew what i was going on about so i just looked a bit like an idiot! lol! Whilst i was there we all hired a little pink Barbie car, which was so funny. Me, Rob, Deves and Nehal went in it first and just drove around the island. It was so funny watching 3 guys driving around in a pink topless car! Got to see some wicked places on the island though. Towards the end of my stay there the rain started, and wen i say rain i mean torrential rain!!!! not good. Because of the rain the buses weren't running, so we all got stuck in Townsville for a night! It ended up being a really good night out though, because we met up with Naomi, Rachael, Nonnie and Becky again. Then we all ended up traveling together down to Airlie Beach. On the way to Airlie it just rained all the way, and when we were about 10 minutes out we came across a "road closed" sign so we had to turn around and go a different route. then we came across another stupid "road closed" sign, but there were cars coming the other way so the bus driver just drove round it! lol! Now there isn't much to do in Airlie Beach except for the Whitsundays and drink. Now i didn't really want to do the boat thing so yeah! all i did was drink. i did a little shopping as well! but its like what else are you meant to do when your in the middle of a cyclone!!!! lol! was totally wicked. I got a makeover from Naomi, which looked sick! i had poofy hair and everything! whilst we were there we met even more funky people. Nick got kicked out of Magnums for pissing on some girls bed when he was drunk! tres funny!!! lol!
From Airlie i went to Hervey Bay. the bus journey took 14 hours, which was a complete nightmare. and of course i was in the front seat so every time the door opened the stupid lights came on so i couldn't get any sleep!!!!!!! it sucked. In Hervey Bay i stayed at Wool shed Backpackers, which was so nice except for the fact that there was no air con in my room so it was stupidly hot!!! yucky! It was a really nice place though, just really relaxed with a cute TV/ kitchen room thing, where a possum lives! so cute! After 2 nights i moved over the road to palace backpackers for a night and then went to Fraser Island!
Now if anyone is thinking about going to Australia you have to do the self-drive Fraser island thing! It's amazing! I did it with an amazing group, who i knew so that made it even better. It's so weird, you can just drive down the beaches and down sand tracks. At some points you feel as if the 4WD is going to roll over, but because we had the best drivers ever we were alright. Go Deves and Nehal!!!! Camping on Fraser was so weird, because you pretty much camp on the beach, it's sick!!!! Our camp on the first night was just basic, but our camp on the second night was immense. We had the tents in a semi-circle around a little communal area, which we made from 3 tarpaulin sheets tied to trees! It was like making bivies again! lol! We had so much fun drinking way too much goon and beer and of course i had some UDL vodka drinks too. We did see some of the island as well. Lake Wabby, Lake MacKenzie, and the shipwreck were so cool! I'm not going to explain them too much, because you have to see them for yourselves to understand just how amazing they are. To be honest we did run out of food on the island, but at least we only spent like $12-13 on food each, where as the other group from Palace spent like $24 each on food for 3 days!!!! Flash packers or what!!!!!!
Anyhow! We had one night in Hervey when we got back from Fraser. It just ended up being a big piss up! again! We headed down to Beaches, where Nonnie stole a bar mat cuz i said he wouldn't be able to do it! But by the end of the night we were all dancing on the tables again! Twas rather fun! lol! When we got back to the hostel for some reason we decided to go swimming. Don't ask why, I don't know. Looking back on it, it probably wasn't a good idea because we had a load of stuff stolen out of our room whilst we were in the pool! It sucked!! Luckily i only had my oz phone stolen. But all together we had 3 phones, 2 cameras and 2 purses stolen! People suck!!!!!
After Hervey we went to Rainbow beach, which is possibly one of the dullest places on earth!!!!! One good point about it is the sand blow, which is kinda weird. You look at the sand and it's one colour and then you dig down a little bit and it's a completely different colour! Mental! Although the place was pretty dull, we made the most of it by drinking quite a lot, again! lol! Had a few funky cocktails in the bar in Fraser's on Rainbow. They were pretty cool! And of course i had to suggest shots! So i had a weird thing with vodka, midouri and some blue stuff and Becky had a cock sucking cowboy!! so yeah i was pretty drunk that night! Now I'm heading down to Noosa, where there's a surf festival going on! Pretty cool!
I'll write again soon!
Love b! xxxx
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Market Harborough, United Kingdom

I seriously can't believe that i leave the UK in 6 weeks. Forget counting down the days till Christmas, the only day I'm counting down to is Wednesday 16th January. It's going to be crazy! :)
xx xx
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Mission Beach, Australia

Hey Hey!
I'm now in Mission Beach! Everything is pretty chilled out here, which is nice. Not really done anything here. Just chillin out and drinking! lol! It has been pretty good getting things sorted out though! But the itinery that i made has already gone out the window! lol! So it was basically a complete waste of time. I have met some really cool people here though, and we're all travelling done the coast together for a bit. Last night was really fun. We all got to watch Blind Date! lol! Cila Black was there and everything! lol! Twas proper funny! Then we all sat around drinking goon! lol! Oh don't you just love Goon!!!!! Anyways, not really got anything else to write so yeah!
xxxx
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Cairns, Australia

Hey!
Just about to leave Cairns so i thought id fill you in on what iv been doing for the past week.
Leaving Perth was really hard. I really did just love it there. Check in at the airport was a bit weird! I had to check in on a little computer and then just drop my bag off! It took about 2 minutes!!! lol! Then on the plane i got a whole row of seats to myself, which never happens! lol!
When i got to Cairns i really didn't know what to do with myself. So i just sat at the airport for a while. I eventually got a taxi to Rosie's, but when i got there the reception was closed so 2 random guys let me in! lol! But Rosie's is really wicked!
While I've been in Cairns i think I've spent more money than i spent in 2 weeks in Perth! But everything I've done has been amazing! On the Monday i went white water rafting!!! like OMG!!! It was completely wicked!!! To be honest i was completely bricking it most of the time. but I did really enjoy it. But of course someone had to fall out at the most dangerous part of the river, and of course that person had to be me!!!! But Chris the instructor just grabbed my feet and dragged me back into the raft! Then they made us swim a grade 3 rapid! I didn't like that at all! At points you just couldn't breath! not nice. :( But over all it was a good day!
On Thursday, I went up to the rain forest. It is seriously beautiful! I would have liked a bit more time to just walk around, but i was with a tour group so i couldn't! but hey I'll just have to go back! lol! Then yesterday i went snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef!!! OMG! It was amazing! I got to find Nemo!!!! Was well good! The coral and everything was really beautiful!
Now I'm moving onto Mission Beach. I don't know what I'm going to do whilst I'm there. But I'm sure it's going to be sick! lol!
Love yaz!
Love b! xxxx
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Perth, Australia

Perth has been absolutly amazing!!!! I've had the best time here! Honest truth i haven't really done a whole lot, but the people that i've met here have made my stay brilliant. Since i last wrote i've been to the beach a few more times! and got even more sunburnt! lol! but hey! It was Australia Day weekend on the 26th, which was awesome! there was a huge firework display down by the river, which we all went to see. It was really wicked. There were fireworks coming from boats and off the top of buildings! It was totally sick man!!! And of course after that we all went down the pub! lol! The nights out in Perth are wicked! The Mustang Bar and Black Betty's had to be my favourite! Both had live bands, which were both pretty good! Black Betty's was just full of emos, so i felt right at home! lol! The same night that we went to Black Betty's, Me and the other girls from the hat went out for a vietnamiese meal, which was reallly nice! But i think that we managed to piss off the staff in the restaurant considering that we walked in about 20 minutes before they closed and as we were finishing our drinks Row said "we're not in a rush" and at that point all the staff turned round and just staired at us! lol! That night was just plain wicked! I did see some culture whilst i was in Perth! Me and Abigail went to the Museum. It was actually really interesting. There were loads of different areas with loads of different exibitions. Plus it was free, so that helped alot!
Today was my last day in Perth!!! :( But it was also really fun! Me, Kate, Fran, Dave and Tommo went to Hillary's! Hillary's is pretty emence! It has a lagoon, a fun fair, a big shopping area, an aquarium, beaches and a kids play area! In the shopping bit there is a british sweet shop! lol! When we went in all of us started acting like 5 year olds! lol! And may i point out that i was the youngest one in the group! And of course we had to go to the aquarium! It was pretty good! Definatly better than the one i went to in Singapore. In the fan fair bit there were dodgems, so of course i had to go on them! lol! So me and Dave started acting like kids again! It was so fun! I am the master of the dodgems!!!!! lol!
Perth has genereally been wicked! Everyone i've met, everything i've done, everything i've seen! It's all been SICK!!!! I just love it here! Definatly coming back!
xxxx
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Perth, Australia

Hey Hey!
I'm now in Perth! It's so hot here!
I'm staying at the witchs hat! Which is really funky. Most of the people here are working but everyone is really cool. I'm in a dorm with 3 other girls, who are all from england! So nothing gets lost in translation! lol!
I've not really done much since iv been here! Did some food shopping! but haven't really cooked anything! lol! i went to scarborough beach yesterday with a group of people from the hostel. it was amazing! When we got to the beach it just looked like wow! Really soft sand and beautiful crystal clear water! proper nice! lol! Not like beaches in the uk, with sewage and rubbish everywhere! It took me a while to take it all in!
When i got up this morning i heard about Heath Ledger! It took a while for me to take that in! It just makes you realise that life is short! Hearing it makes me even more determined to make the most of this trip!
Love you all!!
Love b! xxxx
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Singapore, Singapore

Hello from Singapore!
Everything here is wicked! having an awesome time!
When i first got here i was like totally freaking out and totally felt like crying! but then i got some sleep and went on a night safari and met some cool people! (after i woke up, of course! lol) That was pretty cool! i got to see some leopards!!!!! yay! Saw some guys doing some fire twirling thing as well! twas pretty cool!
Yesterday i went to the main shopping street! (like i wasn't going to go!) was totally amazing! there is one mall thats just designer shops! but i didn't buy anything from there! lol. then i went to china town!
China town is amazing! It's coming up to Chinese new year so their putting up all the decorations! and as it's going to be the year of the mouse mickey mouse is everywhere! how cool is that! i also took my first ride on the MRT! its so cool! it's kind of like the London underground, except its cleaner, cheaper, and easier to use!
Today i went to Sentosa Island! It's this little island just off of the main island, and to get to it i took the cable car! totally cool! when i was on the island i realised just how touristy it was! there's ***** hotels on the beaches, an aquarium(which i wasn't very impressed with!), and a dolphin thing. but i did like some of the island! like the merlion, which is a huge statue of a half lion half fish thing, hence mer lion!!! lol. i thought the carlsberg sky tower was quite cool as well! from the top you could see for miles! There was also an old military fort on the island that i wanted to go and see, but6 i didn't in the end because i didn't know if there were going to be mannequin's in the dark, which i hate! After i left the island i tried to find Raffles hotel! but i gave up in the end because i kept walking up the wrong streets! lol! but i did find Raffles shopping centre! so i did some more shopping! (i couldn't resist!)
I head to Perth tomorrow! I wish i had like 1 more day here in Singapore! but hey! I'll have to come back another time! Will try and write again in a few days!
Love yaz! xxxx
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Market Harborough, United Kingdom

Hey people!
Still in Harborough but i leave for London in less than an hour! Iv not even finished packing! lol! OK, now just a few thank yous before i leave:
Thank you Snow Leopards, because without you i don't think i would have ever even thought about doing anything as crazy as this. I love you guys!!! xxxx
Thank you to all my friends! You all like totally rock! xxx
Thanks to everyone who made last Saturday night so much fun! Except Daniel! lol! Love ya really! xxxx
Basically thanks to everyone for believing in me, and giving me the courage to do this!
Speak Again soon!
love b xxx
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