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<description>Living and working in Australia for a year!            </description>
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<title>Bye Bye Australia :(</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:38:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Day of Souvenirs and packing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Meeting Hayley in Manly</title>
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<title>A Day at Bondi Beach</title>
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<title>Sightseeing in Sydney..again</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:07:30 PST</pubDate>
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<title>A day at the Blue Mountains</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:23:48 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Blue-Mountains-travel-guide-1309865">Blue Mountains, Australia</a>, Dec 01, 2008</p>
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<title>Overnight bus to Sydney woot woot</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:16:26 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Byron-Bay-travel-guide-151877">Byron Bay, Australia</a>, Nov 30, 2008</p>
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<title>Our last full day in Byron Bay..stupid schoolies for ruining our Byron Bay experience!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:12:17 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Thai Night and the Railway</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:03:12 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Byron-Bay-travel-guide-151877">Byron Bay, Australia</a>, Nov 28, 2008</p>
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<title>SKYDIVING OVER BYRON BAY!!!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:00:34 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Byron-Bay-travel-guide-151877">Byron Bay, Australia</a>, Nov 27, 2008</p>
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<title>Day trip to crazy Nimbin</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:56:08 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nimbin-travel-guide-156500">Nimbin, Australia</a>, Nov 26, 2008</p>
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<title>The best grocery trip ever and the best dinner of the trip so far! woot woot</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:49:43 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Byron-Bay-travel-guide-151877">Byron Bay, Australia</a>, Nov 25, 2008</p>
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<title>Wet n Wild!! and finally hanging out with the crazy singing army people</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:44:19 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Gold-Coast-travel-guide-153711">Gold Coast, Australia</a>, Nov 24, 2008</p>
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<title>Going to Dreamworld when you&apos;re hung over? Bad bad idea..</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:37:05 PST</pubDate>
<description>Going to Dreamworld when you&apos;re hung over? Bad bad idea..</description>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Gold-Coast-travel-guide-153711">Gold Coast, Australia</a>, Nov 23, 2008</p>
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<title>Plan B pub crawl..oooh jeez</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:32:06 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Surfers-Paradise-travel-guide-157934">Surfers Paradise, Australia</a>, Nov 22, 2008</p>
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<title>Thanks, Our Wave! </title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:28:01 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Surfers-Paradise-travel-guide-157934">Surfers Paradise, Australia</a>, Nov 21, 2008</p>
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<title>Crazy lightning storm in Surfers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:25:25 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Whoa intense.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:47:15 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Fraser-Island-travel-guide-1308748">Fraser Island, Australia</a>, Nov 12, 2008</p>
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<title>Meeting our Fraser Island crew and the drama and shopping begins.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:32:21 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Hervey-Bay-travel-guide-1312960">Hervey Bay, Australia</a>, Nov 10, 2008</p>
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We got to Hervey Bay at like 10am I think..maybe 9. Koalas hostel picked us up and brought us to the hostel where we checked in and met our new roomi&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The creation of the list..</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:27:54 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Airlie-Beach-travel-guide-1308663">Airlie Beach, Australia</a>, Nov 09, 2008</p>
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We were leaving Airlie&amp;nbsp;Beach tonight to go to Hervey Bay but we were taking an overnight bus so we had to sit around and wait til like 10:00 whe&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Hanging out at the Lagoon</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:21:21 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Airlie-Beach-travel-guide-1308663">Airlie Beach, Australia</a>, Nov 08, 2008</p>
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Today was a bit of a nothing day, we woke up late as per usual and it was really hot outside so we decided to spend the day at the lagoon. First thou&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Party with Pride of Airlie</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:14 PST</pubDate>
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Today was our last day on the Pride and we got up super early again to have breakfast and then head out snorkelling. We had showers in our rooms(whic&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>A Day at Whitehaven Beach</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:19:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Pride of Airlie Day 1!!</title>
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Today we had to check out of our hostel at 10. KOALAS. thats what its called, I just remembered. We had gone out the night before and didn&apos;t get back&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Airlie Beach shenanigans..</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:17:59 PST</pubDate>
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It was a gorgeous day today so we decided to go to the lagoon. We got ready and went out there about..midday maybe. I wish it was hot enough in Canad&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Mission Beach to Airlie Beach</title>
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Today was a day of travel booo. We had to go to Airlie Beach and there is no option for an overnight bus so we had to sit on a bus all day yay fun. I&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>White Water Rafting on the Tully River</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:17:29 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Mission-Beach-travel-guide-1309303">Mission Beach, Australia</a>, Nov 02, 2008</p>
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Today we went whitewater rafting!! wooo. We got picked up by the guide early in the morning..like ridiculously early..then went around the other host&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Last Day in Cairns</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:48:54 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Cairns-travel-guide-151891">Cairns, Australia</a>, Nov 01, 2008</p>
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Today we were a taaad hungover. We had to check out at 10 but our bus wasn&apos;t til later on in the day. We stored our bags at Gilligans and went over t&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>its Halloween baby!!</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Cairns-travel-guide-151891">Cairns, Australia</a>, Oct 31, 2008</p>
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YAY halloween woohooo. In the morning/afternoon we went to the lagoon for a tan and swim and then got back and had to figure out what to wear for hal&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>tour of cape trib, port douglas, daintree river</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:12:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>The start of our east coast trip!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:24:09 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Cairns-travel-guide-151891">Cairns, Australia</a>, Oct 29, 2008</p>
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Yay finally the start of the east coast! This was one of the things I&apos;d been looking forward to all year. We stayed at Gilligans hostel in Cairns, wh&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Last Day in Melbourne :(</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:18:13 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, Oct 28, 2008</p>
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Its finally here, my last day in Melbourne. So sad. It wasn&apos;t a very exciting day. We just packed up all my stuff, which turned out to be a pretty bi&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>MCG tour!!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:40:13 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, Oct 27, 2008</p>
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So I&apos;ve been to the MCG&amp;nbsp;a couple of times during footy season to watch matches and thought it seemed pretty cool, so I decided to make Lindsay g&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Brunch in St. Kilda</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:35:47 PST</pubDate>
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We all had a bit of a hangover today, but still got up early to go for brunch with Donna&apos;s family in St. Kilda. St. Kilda is like on the freakin oppo&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>My going away party!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:49:19 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, Oct 25, 2008</p>
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Today during the day was pretty uneventful. We woke up pretty late, just hung out for a while and then decided to go get some delicious KFC..:) Me, D&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Rod Laver Arena tour</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:26:49 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, Oct 24, 2008</p>
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Lindsay is a huge tennis fan and I went to the Aussie open earlier in the year so I figured it would be pretty cool for both of us to go do a tour of&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The start of showing Lindsay around my favorite place in Australia :)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:27:19 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, Oct 23, 2008</p>
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So we got into Melbourne pretty freakin early..because we left Sydney pretty freakin early too. Which gave us plenty of time to explore Melbourne! We&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>the discovery of the greatest book ever written..</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sydney-travel-guide-157961">Sydney, Australia</a>, Oct 22, 2008</p>
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Sydney seems to has this thing where it doesn&apos;t like to give me good weather. Today it was absolutely pissing down rain! It was so annoying, all I wa&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Meeting Lindsay in Sydney!!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:11:34 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Sydney-travel-guide-157961">Sydney, Australia</a>, Oct 21, 2008</p>
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Yay!!! Today was the day that I was finally meeting Lindsay in Sydney! Me and Steph flew there in the morning to meet Linds, her flight got in at 2 s&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>a fantastic day at the races!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:55:06 PST</pubDate>
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I had been excited for this day for ages! Well, since we bought the tickets. The Caulfield Cup, the first of the major races of the Melbourne Spring &amp;hellip;</p>
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This morning I had to be ready to go at like 6am for my tour of Uluru. I was afraid that I would be alone on this tour with a bunch of old couples..w&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Flying to the Outback!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:39:49 PST</pubDate>
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So in the morning my lovely housemate Zippy drove me to the airport for my flight to Alice Springs. I flew with Tiger Airways..apparently they have t&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Koalas and a Lighthouse!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:30:03 PST</pubDate>
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So the next morning was daylight savings..so we lost an hour of sleep which was shit. I woke up and there was some kind of tape or something on me? I&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The start of our Great Ocean Roadtrip!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:20:03 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Is getting pissed the night before a roadtrip a good idea? I think so..</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:01:59 PST</pubDate>
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Finally some travelling! Me and my housemates had been planning this trip since I moved in and I was SO excited for it!! Zippy&apos;s friend Ross came u&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Grand Final Day!! GO HAWKS!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:43:53 PST</pubDate>
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So I rarely update this thing because my weeks pretty much just consist of working all week and going out all weekend..but I want to update about yes&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>I have the best work friends :D</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:24:04 PST</pubDate>
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For a couple weeks my girls from work were planning on going to the pancake parlour on Sunday morning for a brunch type thing and then they had somet&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>A couple months living in Brunswick West</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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I moved in with one of Elles best friends, Donna and her boyfriend Adam(Zippy) after I got back from Tasmania. It was a cute little house, 2 bedroom,&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Wouldn&apos;t it be nice if the world was cadbury, you could eat the sights on holiday</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23518/Wouldnt-be-nice-if-world-cadbury-53</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:32:57 PST</pubDate>
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Incase you were wondering, thats a line from a cadbury ad, I&apos;m not crazy. Today Elle and Sam took me to the cadbury factory! A few people from work a&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Tassie devils, koalas and kangaroos, oh my!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:16:32 PST</pubDate>
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We woke up a bit late because we were a bit hungover..ooh well. We got ready to go and then me, Chloe, Elle, Rani and Jackson drove to an animal sanc&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Day 1 in Hobart!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:03:50 PST</pubDate>
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Yay we got to Tasmania! We arrived in Devonport at like 6am and from there drove to Hobart. We stopped like halfway through at a little town to get s&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Spirit of Tasmania!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:51 PST</pubDate>
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My housemates Elle and Sam were going overseas for a year but before they went they were going home to Hobart for a couple weeks to say goodbye to th&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>I am lazy</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:21:06 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Kew-travel-guide-154624">Kew, Australia</a>, Aug 25, 2008</p>
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So I haven&apos;t updated my blog in a while, I don&apos;t think anyone besides Lori actually reads it! haha but anyways. So anyways, I can&apos;t remember where I &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>My time in Kew</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:15:37 PST</pubDate>
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Its been too long since I was living at Gellibrand street to update specific days and events. But I did have an amazing time living there, it was 2 o&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Mm not much to update on.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:27:18 PST</pubDate>
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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, eat&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Never been so excited for the weekend..</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 21:38:22 PST</pubDate>
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I am SO tired..working full time takes a lot out of you. I just finished my first full work week on Friday and I got paid! woo money. Between last Fr&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Friday night at the MCG! Go Collingwood!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:25:51 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Melbourne-travel-guide-155576">Melbourne, Australia</a>, May 23, 2008</p>
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I don&apos;t feel like updating the last week or so, it hasnt been very exciting. I have a place to live though for 6 weeks so woo to that, its a great li&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Back to &apos;Reality&apos;</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:54:58 PST</pubDate>
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So, after a pretty long flight I arrived back in Melbourne and took the skybus to Southern Cross and found my way to my hostel. I hadn&apos;t talked to my&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Bangkok!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:40:20 PST</pubDate>
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So today I flew to Bangkok! Woo for more on the next 3 weeks see my Adventures in Thailand blog:D</p>
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<title>Lords Lodge Backpackers</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:40:46 PST</pubDate>
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My second time in Melbourne I decided to stay at this place, on Punt Road. It is a pretty good place to stay. The staff are fantastic, they are from &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The next chapter of my trip begins..</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:13:48 PST</pubDate>
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I spent the day at the farm doing some last minute packing and cleaning up my room. I bought a few things I needed from Coles and wandered around the&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>My last night at the farm:(</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:18:52 PST</pubDate>
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After mooching off the amazing people at the farm for 2 months, it was finally my last night. I was excited to leave and start something new but at t&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>A couple days away in Broadbeach</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:01:14 PST</pubDate>
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So sis and trust had been looking for a place for us to go for a couple nights on the Gold Coast and finally they found a good place in Broadbeach ca&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Bowling and counting dirt piles!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:46:13 PST</pubDate>
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So I don&apos;t feel like writing about easter in Rainbow right now so I&apos;ll just write about today. I went with Sis to Aspley Bowling and Kayla came too, &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Week.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:56:12 PST</pubDate>
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Monday, Tueday, Wednesday:
hmm, this will be a boring entry. I pretty much only write what I do every day for my own reference, as you can see if yo&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:39:50 PST</pubDate>
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The girls all left so early I didn&apos;t even see them in the morning and I was up at like 7:30. But Dom stayed back for a little bit and she drove Kate &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Day 2 of the Easter Holiday!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:26:07 PST</pubDate>
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So it is beyond me why everyone here wakes up so freakin early!!! The boys were running around the halls at like 6:30am..it was soo early. They decid&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Easter Long Weekend in Rainbow!!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:42:12 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Rainbow-Beach-travel-guide-1308775">Rainbow Beach, Australia</a>, Mar 20, 2008</p>
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I was going up with Mel, Jay, Tony and Mia in the morning to Rainbow because all the boys had to work so they weren&apos;t leaving til late Thursday night&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Yes 4 day week! well, sort of..</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:08:46 PST</pubDate>
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Monday:
Not a very eventful day I don&apos;t think, but Happy St. Patricks Day! Didn&apos;t do too much. Gordo wanted Sis to take photos of their job site at &amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:48:32 PST</pubDate>
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So we woke up at Andy&apos;s at like 8am..soo early..My neck hurt really badfrom the way I was sleeping which was sweet. We stayed in Andy&apos;s room for a bi&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Demolishing a car and a birthday party.</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:15:19 PST</pubDate>
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Today was a wierd Saturday. Almost everyone had to work during the day so when I got up it was just Dick and Mel outside instead of the usual 7 or 8 &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Week again</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:43:33 PST</pubDate>
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Monday:
another mystery day.
Tuesday:
Found out in the morning that Dick dropped his keys in cement at work so Trent came and got his spares and w&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Wakeboarding in Bli Bli again</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:09:01 PST</pubDate>
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Soo first thing in the am noone wanted to drive to bli bli. Noone wanted to do anything. So we layed around for a bit and then decided to go to Brodi&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Party at Nats with my Canadian friends</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:41:40 PST</pubDate>
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Today I had my trial at Jaspas restaurant in Albany Creek! Woohoo..hopefully they wouldn&apos;t cancel it on me again. In the morning me, Dick, Andy and D&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:52:47 PST</pubDate>
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So today I went into the city and met up with Amber and Angela, the 2 girls I travelled with in Melbourne and some other places. I met them at their &amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:49:26 PST</pubDate>
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I&apos;ll get back to you on Thursday... 
I remember now! Thursday is the day when Samantha from Peru and her son Andy comes and Sam takes care of Nan wh&amp;hellip;</p>
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So as usual all day I didn&apos;t do much, bummed around the house. Watched some TV. At about 3:30 the boys started piling in. Today was their dinner out,&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:17:43 PST</pubDate>
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So I had been&amp;nbsp;talking to Marjolien a bit and she invited me to go with her and the man whos house she was living at to some national park I&apos;d ne&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:16:06 PST</pubDate>
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So I&apos;ve been sitting here for a while trying to remember what I did today and nothing comes to mind. I&apos;ll update later if I can thing of something.</p>
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<title>Ski n Skurf!</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23518/Ski-n-Skurf-23</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:09:00 PST</pubDate>
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So today I was extremely hung over. Felt like the biggest bag of shit.&amp;nbsp;Dick went out and bought everyone powerades and then we went ove to Steve&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Aaaand its time for another awesome weekend..</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:07:20 PST</pubDate>
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Friday:
Didn&apos;t do a ton during the day as usual and at night the same problem they have every weekend came up again...where are we going to drink? H&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:18:56 PST</pubDate>
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Monday:
I pretty much did nothing all day as usual. But then the boys got off work and came here so we went and rented a&amp;nbsp;movie. They decided on&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Barbecue Boating on the Sunshine Coast!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:05:01 PST</pubDate>
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Sunday:
We all got up in the morning, the boys were pretty tired as they were all really drunk last night. We sat around for a bit not sure what to &amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:49:40 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Albany-Creek-travel-guide-150546">Albany Creek, Australia</a>, Feb 22, 2008</p>
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Friday!:
Not sure how the day started but I remember it was HOT. very hot. I went to the mall at Strathpine with Sis and applied for some jobs there&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The weekend is over and now starts my week of nothing...</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23518/weekend-over-now-starts-week-nothing-18</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:43:19 PST</pubDate>
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Monday:
Today was my first weekday at the farm. Not too boring actually. I went up to Strathpine mall with Steve and his cousin Dan and bought&amp;nbsp;&amp;hellip;</p>
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<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23518/weekend-almost-over-17</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:31:50 PST</pubDate>
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Sunday:
Today we got up and hung out at the farm for a bit, went for a little swim, had some beers. It was like 10am and they asked if I wanted a be&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:11:19 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Maroochydore-travel-guide-155466">Maroochydore, Australia</a>, Feb 17, 2008</p>
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Saturday:
I woke up&amp;nbsp;today and felt like shit. Had a bad headache and just was not in good shape but went outside at like 10am and they handed m&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Back at the farm!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:38:36 PST</pubDate>
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Friday:
We got a lift from the hostel to the transit center in the morning, which was sweet and got there 30 minutes before our bus left. We were al&amp;hellip;</p>
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<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23518/Surfers-Paradise-14</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:44:58 PST</pubDate>
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Tuesday:
Our bus from Byron left at 10:35, Marj and I were on the same Premier bus and the guys took the Greyhound. At the bus stop I ran into the g&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:15:24 PST</pubDate>
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Saturday:
I arrived in Byron Bay at 8:00ish&amp;nbsp;in the morning and there was a guy with a green surfboard from the Byron Bay YHA who was waiting fo&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:00:28 PST</pubDate>
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Thursday:
We woke up at like 8am which was really fun. Nick and Steve were soo hung over it was funny, Steve was bitching about EVERYTHING it was so&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:15:36 PST</pubDate>
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Tuesday
We left Bateman&apos;s Bay at about 10am, got a lift to the bus stop which was awesome as it was pouring rain. The ride to Wollongong was 4 hours&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:04:47 PST</pubDate>
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Sunday:
We got a lift from Wendy to the bus stop, almost missed the bus again...we saw it drive past us! Then Wendy chased it down. The drive to Bat&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:32:17 PST</pubDate>
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Friday:
We woke up super early today to make sure we caught our bus. Me, Amber and Angela were in the bathroom and all of a sudden Amber started FRE&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:08:47 PST</pubDate>
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Wednesday
Me, Amber and Steve woke up later than everyone else and decided to walk to Woolworths for some groceries, which was like a 15 minute walk&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:59:33 PST</pubDate>
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This small is located in Lakes Entrance, very close to 90 mile beach. I haven&apos;t heard of many people doing the trip between Melbourne and Syndey but &amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:57:43 PST</pubDate>
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We all woke up and had to check out today and we all were sooo hung&amp;nbsp;over it was ridiculous. We went to Mackers for breakfast and then chilled at&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Australia Day!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:53:48 PST</pubDate>
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A bunch of us met downstairs of the hostel at like 11am to go to St. Kilda beach. There was like 10 of us at least it was awesome. We took the &apos;free&apos;&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:26:42 PST</pubDate>
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This hostel is a decent place to stay in Melbourne. Online it looked great, as most do. It has all the makings of a great hostel:a kitchen, big rooms&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:45:23 PST</pubDate>
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the rest of Wednesday:
So we landed in the Avalon airport and had to take a $20 bus to our hostel, Hotel BakPak. Turns out the bus drops us off righ&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:26:40 PST</pubDate>
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So now I&apos;m gunna get pretty lazy with my updates and just do the rest of Sydney in one.
Tuesday:
All my new friends went over to Bondi but I had so&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:40:47 PST</pubDate>
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Today I woke up pretty early I guess, about 8am. Got ready to go and then Nick and I decided to do some walking around Sydney. First we went to an As&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:18:12 PST</pubDate>
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This hostel is awesome! Its more like a hotel but with dorm rooms. Its soo clean and well looked after and has everything you could want in a hostel.&amp;hellip;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:24:34 PST</pubDate>
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So I woke up at about 8am and chilled out on the patio with the family. I really did not want to leave but I already paid for my flight and my hostel&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>There are no words to describe this day, except amazing!!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:01:50 PST</pubDate>
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I&apos;ll make a Fiji blog later when&amp;nbsp;I have my journal with me, but for now heres Oz. My flight from Fiji was delayed 5 hours because of the cyclone&amp;hellip;</p>
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