Day 7 Thursday
Check out of Melbourne Drive to Seymour – bushfire damage (Kilmore, Wandong — lots of areas) Coffee and pastry on Station Street Old school, old house, nanna’s old street, new development in back bush...
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Day 14 Thursday
Family Bobby and Ian changes to flights Brisbane – peter tour guide (on CB) New Farm Park River cat Lunch at Southbank – beach and tanners River cat Cuppa in New Farm Park Southbank...
Day 5 Tuesday
Port Phillip Island Penguins – great seats – more expensive (private seating area) Fish and Chips – very greasy, but huge and good Nobbies – environmental changes to protect areas
Day 10 Sunday
Aquarium – Bobby, Ian and Chris Lunch at Three Wise Monkeys China town – Chinese Noodle Restuarant — great Newtown by taxi — Imperial and Newton Hotels both closed, went to Zanzibar Ian hailed...
Following the yellow brick road
It’s been a while since I blogged, and I had hoped to blog more as I prepared for our journey back to Oz, but alas this did not happen. So in an effort to...
In 38 sleeps
As a kid growing up (and what kid doesn’t do this now), I used to count down the days to something really exciting by the number of sleeps I had to go. Of course,...
Sam the Koala
One of those stories that you are happy to see amid the misery that has been caused by the devastating bushfires in Victoria. “Sam” is a koala that was found after having survived the...
Aussie Devastation 2009
One of my main focal points over the last few days has been the devastation that has been occurring in my home state of Victoria (Australia) with the (what is now) worst bushfires in...
And sorry seems to be the hardest word
After decades the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, today formally apologized for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines by the Australian people. “Prime Minister Kevin Rudd led the parliamentary apology to members of the Stolen...
A YouTube Aussie Day
While I was checking out some of the Aussie Day related YouTube videos, I found this one featuring Kate Cebrano, Jack Jones, James Blundell (who my sister had/has a crush on), amongst others. It...
