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Dear boys and girls, today I'm going to tell you a story about out little friend Ape. Ape lived in a big forest not far from here, and he had a very pleasant life. His family cared about him and loved him, and Ape had many good friends all over the forest. One day, Ape decided to make a trip to the other side of the forest. He packed his belongings, said goodbye to his family and friends and went his way. On and on he went. Every now and then he could fly on the back ...

Someone on Facebook posted this as a note, and I thought it was pretty hilarious, so I've copied it here. For those of you who don't know, the Australian government are going to introduce a test that will be mandatory for people applying for citizenship. It'll have questions like, "What is the population of Australia?" and "Who was the first prime minister of Australia?" and "What is the Australian colloquialism for barbecue?" The test below is a funny take on the whole thing...LANGUAGE ...

I was in tears, physically and emotionally, while counting my last few hours in a country that made me see a world where dreams come true. Yes, more than Disneyland can! I will be missing Australia. But I promise, coming back will definitely be on my priority list of future travel plans. Goodbye, Australia!

Its been a couple weeks since an update but not much exciting stuff has happened. My week consists of working till 4 or 4:30 or 5 and going home, eating and going to bed at like 8. Sometimes Craig comes over. One night after he made the parmies i made pancakes..but really we just bought pancake mix that you just add water too and i just flipped the pancakes. Didn't involve too much skill. Last weekend was..hmm oh yes pretty uneventful. Friday night I did nothing but Saturday Belinda and I wen...

Had a relaxtion day on the cards for today. Mostly because T came home a little intoxicated after midnight and for some strange reason, was feeling ill today. I have no idea why, hmm. Last night I stayed in and watched TV for a while... Most of the night though, I playing Wii with Clint. Interesting. I think I'll stick to the playstation, but it's fun all the same. Since T went back to bed come lunch time and there was little on TV I grabbed my Art Alamanac out of my bag and lo...

So yea as part of my travel the rugby world cup was a part of it...I know we lost the World Cup but this night was so much funWe've just been drinking the whole night and the aim was to be up until 5am in the morning... well yea time difference!!!!But we made it, we acted like it was the final as we all thought we were going to loose against the All Blacks but no we won.We were 70 Frenchies in this Irish pub called Pug Mahones in the city of Melbourne... AWAZING!Anyway, here's some few pictur...

I needed to slowly make my way back to Sydney so I booked myself on the oz experience bus from Melbourne to Sydney. I thought the oz experience would simply be a form of transport to jump on and off at places but on this particular route it seemed much more like a tour. This turned out to be a good thing as I could just relax and enjoy the scenery without having to plan anything. The oz experience pass included accommodation and most activities along the way. I got up early after ending up ...

the place i live..

This morning i had a lie in because i really wasnt feeling very well. When we did get up, we caught the train to the city and went to Melbourne museum to see the Ashes exhibition. It was quite interestgin even though there was a bit of a line, but unfortunately we werent allowed to take pictures. When we finished we had to quickly head back to Micks as we were playing gold at half 3. ON the train on the way home we found a tennis ball and so played train cricket with a bottle as a bat. We ha...

Hey people, took a trip to Ramsay Street earlier, was well cool. Got some great photos, me holding the Ramsay Street sign, lol.I took a guided tour just incase i got lost, cheers for the advice pal. I thought the street was a lot smaller than what it looks like on TV.Did everyone have a Good Xmas?Take care everyone, speak soon.

I travel to Melbourne at least 2-3 times a year mainly to watch the footy and to do a bit of shopping and each time I go back I love it more and more. If I didn't live in Perth then Melbourne would def be the city I'd want to live in.   This particular trip my brother and I went to Melbourne for a weekend of football, with a bit of shopping for me and partying for him. Our teams (Hawthorn, him and Carlton, me) were playing watch other at the Telstra Dome. I was hopeful that this trip ...

Mein letzter Tag in Melbourne! Ich habe angefangen, meine Sachen einzupacken und jene Dinge auszusortieren, von denen ich annehme, daß ich sie von nun an nicht mehr brauche, zB Moskitonetz, Reiseliteratur und defekte Kamera. All das wird sich wohl auf dem Postweg nach Hause begeben. Beim Einpacken ist mir aufgefallen, daß mein Rucksack mittlerweile schwer im Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurde und einige Nähte aufgegangen sind - ein gottseidank nur kleines Problem für meine handwerklich äußer...

Just a quick note for those of you who are confused - yep, I stopped in Melbourne for a few days in December (after boxing day! so I did miss Christmas) but spent most of my time up in Rutherglen. A few days later I went to Singapore to visit my mum. I have been there since and only just got back to Melbourne properly today (1st Feb)! I went to Malaysia for a weekend while I was there too.

Bryony Andrew, Morgan And Finlay take me in. On day one in Melbourne I lost my bag and had to cancel my cards; this left me completely stranded whilst waiting for replacements. For the first few days I stayed on my friend Campbell’s floor. Once it became clear I was (very literally) getting under his feet I transferred to his sister’s house, where I stayed with her, her husband and 2 sons for a further week. Of all the things I anticipated about my travels, I never imagined I’d f...

G'day there friends and fellow travellers! Let me introduce myself to those who dont know me. My name is Abbey and I am a 23 year old Australian girl. For the past 12 months I have planning my trip to Africa. Why Africa? Good question. One that is hard to answer other than with complete honesty - something just keeps drawing me to this continent. Im not one of those people who think that they will find themselves through travel, because I am very self aware - I know my strengths and flaws. I ...