Aloha everybody, I'm kinda choked cause I updated this yesterday and it apparently didn't post.  I don't really have much time to write a big...

Hi Everybody, Don't have much time to update this at the moment.  I am back from the west coast but barely as I almost missed my flight (the ...

Hello all, this will be a super quick update.  I am in Coral Bay on the west coast - a stop on our amazing roadtrip.  We have Louise (coo...

Today I'm going to make my way into Perth to visit with Michelle (the English nurse I met on the East Coast).  She's just moved to Perth for...

Today was the last day of the tour.  As I mentionned in the previous entry, we started off at 5am as we had about 1000km to drive back to Pert...

We woke up with pouring rain.  Not exactly what you want to see when the planned activities for the day are all outdoors and mainly include su...

Another early start at 6am!  We made our way to the Stirling Ranges National Park.  Why not start out with a little exercise - climbing M...

The theme of today was definitely trees.  We started the day off (at 6am) driving through Warren National Park and the Karri forest to the Bic...

I thought I'd better go back a bit and update you all on my trip down south.  I went with a group - there were 21 of us in total - mostly Germ...

Hi everyone,Having fun here on the west side with the crazies Louise and Angel.  It took a bit to get back into hostel life but now it's prett...

Just a quick update to let everyone know I made it to Western Australia (the flight was 4 hours!!).  I am absolutely knackered as I only slept...

I am not even sure why I am taking time to write in my blog right now because I actually don't have any time!  I have hit a wall so to speak.&...

Hey everybody, This is going to be a quick one.  Not very much is happening here.  As the title suggests, this week has been pretty much...

Hey everybody, You can all mark your calendars - I will be back in Calgary on Saturday May 12th. The fact that Westjet stops flying to Hawaii ove...

Hello all, Everybody has a breaking point and I guess you could say I reached mine yesterday.  I got an e-mail Tuesday evening saying that th...

Hey everybody, I decided I'd best get my butt in gear and post an entry as it's been ages since my last one.  We are trying to cut back on ho...

Hey everyone, I'm still melting in Melbourne!  It is so hot and so muggy.  The weekend delivered it's 38+ degrees as promised and most n...

Yes it seems that this is the case - today I have been away from home exactly 7 months!  Pretty hard to believe as it really has flown by.&nbs...

Hey everybody, not much to report as of late.  I am just working away like a busy little bee and I keep vowing that I'm going to get more orga...

Yup, it sure is!  As you might imagine I am back at work - it's been 2 days and I feel like poking my eyes out!  I think I need to be a k...

Hey guys, Feels really good to be back in Melbourne.  Belinda and Sando came to pick me up at the airport which was a lovely surprise.  ...

Hey everyone, I am a bit of a hurting unit this morning - I celebrated Australia day a little too much!  I just had to quickly update that th...

Hey everyone, today is a public holiday here - Australia Day.  I am extremely happy to be off my bus trip.  Although I had a wonderful ti...

Hey duuuudes, I survived my first surf lesson and actually did not too bad!  Surfing is pretty fun.  It is also extremely exhausting.&n...

I will soon find out the answer to this question as surf school is next on my agenda.  Yup!  I just arrived in Byron Bay and am so, so ha...

Hey everyone, this is going to be the quickest blog entry to date.  I am in Fraser Island now for a few more hours.  It is absolutely bea...

Hey everyone, I am actually rocking and feeling a bit funny as I write this entry after just getting off the boat for 3 days.  My trip in the...

Hey everybody, I am cooking here in Queensland.  I guess it is the tropics and it is summer so I have been sweating like a pig all day everyd...

He was just under a sea aneome (??spelling) here in Cairns!!! I also saw Dorey and that Scar faced one from the fish tank at the dentist (can't re...

Hey guys, The last few days have been a bit strange.  I have gone from barren, dry, red, sandy desert to the lush, humid green coastal r...

Hey everyone, I am officially out of the bush back to civilization!  It was really nice to sleep in a real bed and to get a decent shower la...

Hey everyone, this will be a quickie because I am currently in the "Asshole of South Australia", at the Pink Roadhouse in Oodnadatta (look it up on...

Hello everybody, Boxing day has been fairly uneventful.  I am really happy to finally feel like I am on vacation again.  It is wonderful...

Merry Christmas all! It doesn't exactly feel like it here, I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off the last few days trying...

Hey everyone, Very quick note here because I am supposed to be leaving work (my last day of work) and I am nowhere near getting done despite going...

Hey everyone, greetings from downunder! Unfortunately can't use internet at home anymore because we are getting charged outrageous fees so just a ...

G'day all!  I know it's been awhile since I last updated and I've gotten flack from a few of you saying you were worried.  No worries pee...

Yup it's true!  Leslie said it well when she said "welcome to this side of 25".  Thursday I turned the big 26!  I am now closer to 3...

Hello all, Not too much to report here - the last few days have been kinda blah.  Mainly just working.  The schools have definitely star...

G'day All, How is life treating all of you?  I am doing pretty good.  Today was another weather extreme (which I am realizing happens qu...

Hey Everyone, I am supposed to be writing from sunny Australia as it is meant to be spring (coming up to summer) but today was an absolute crazy w...

Hey Everybody, Does anyone else feel like time is totally flying by???  I cannnot believe that Christmas is right around the corner - there a...

Hiya, Have to be quick here as using my work computer again...still no luck on fixing our home computer!  Just wanted to let you all know tha...

Hey Everyone, It is so annoying - we got the internet hooked up at home the other day but it won't work (we got spyware or some virus thing) and I...

Hey everybody, I am actually not in Sydney yet - I am in the bustling Avalon airport.  I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get here so ...

After all the fun on the weekend, Monday didn't seem so fun.  I had my first school and home visits booked.  I had printed all sorts of m...

Hey everybody! I had quite a fun weekend.  Friday, Belinda and I went to see a comedy act at the Fringe Festival and it was really quite funn...

Hey everyone, I am sitting at the work computer sweating like a pig.  It is so hot in this school because it's so hot outside.  It was s...

Hey everyone, Just a quick one here as I'm on the work computer - can't be abusing the system too early!!  It is rough getting back into this...

Hey guys, I am very happy to announce that I am officially allowed to practice physiotherapy in the State of Victoria until October 5th 2007!&nbsp...

Hey everyone! Some of you may know that the weekend that just passed was a big one for sporting events in Australia with both the Aussie Rules Gra...

Hello everybody, I am very excited to announce that I am a proud auntie!  My sister Caitlyn had her baby boy, Jaxon Wylde on Friday September...

Hey everybody, Today I got my first shot at driving on the opposite side of the road.  It was really nerve wracking.  I knew it was goin...

Hello all, This weekend I got to go on a few little trips.  It was really great to get out of the house and do some touristy things.  Th...

Hey everybody, I haven't been writing lately because nothing really that exciting has been going on in my life.  I have been doing an awful l...

How ya going everyone? I'm doing pretty good.  It's all a bit strange to be in a new city with no real plan.  I don't think I've ev...

G'd day mate (did you know they actually say that here all the time!?!) Well I made it to Melbourne safely yesterday evening.  It was a prett...

Hey everybody, I spent 3 very relaxing days in Waiheke mainly just sitting on the beach reading books, sunbathing and walking - a lot!  The b...

Hey everyone, I decided to get out of Auckland today and took a 35 minute ferry ride across to Waiheke Island.  What I've seen so far is bea...

Our bus wasn't scheduled to go back to Auckland until 4:15pm so we had some time to kill in the bay of islands.  Evin (Irish guy I've bee...

It was another early morning today as we made our way all the way to the northern most tip of NZ - Cape Reinga.  It's pretty cool that I'...

Hey guys, I am now up in Paihia in the Bay of Islands.  It's really pretty.  There weren't too many people on the bus up here, just...

Hey, I've been in New Zealand exactly one month today and was actually supposed to fly to Australia today.  Luckily I've extended m...

Just thought I'd let you know I caught up on a few of my old journal entries.  If any of you would like to read about my travels on the East C...

Hiya, Today I did one of the coolest things I've done in New Zealand.  I know I say that about almost everything I see and do here but it's b...

Kia Ora everybody, I am now in the Maori capital of New Zealand - Rotorua.  It is often nicknamed "Rotten Rua" as all the sulphur gases make ...

Hey everyone, Sorry it's been so long since I last updated, I just got back to civilization.  I've been staying out in the booneys on t...

We kept making our way along the East Cape to TeKaha.  Here we stayed with a family in TeKaha Homestead Lodge.  The actual house and dorm...

Today we continued further east to Rangitukia.  It wasn't too long of a drive.  We stopped to have a look at the village where the m...

Today I got on my "East As" bus - there were 8 of us in total (3 of which are named Hannah!!).  I quickly got the nickname of Nana Hannah, gra...

Napier has been just what I needed to rest and rejuvenate for some more travel ahead.  I have been getting some good coffee at Starbucks (flat...

Hey everyone, I am very glad to "be stuck" in Napier for a few days.  I think it is such a nice little city.  So cute!  Yester...

Hey everyone, Yesterday I took a long bus journey (7 hours) from Wellington to Taupo - home of New Zealands largest lake.  I didn't really ge...

Hi folks, I am dead tired tonight - I feel as if I've done almost every touristy thing there is to do in Wellington.  I felt obligated to fit...

Hey Everyone, I've said goodbye to the South Island and made my way to the North Island.  Tonight I am staying in New Zealand's capital city ...

This will be a very short entry as I didn't do anything exciting today, just long bus ride from Queenstown to Christchurch.  I just read my bo...

Hey everybody, I'm back in the crazy city that doesn't sleep - Queenstown.  I completed my bottom bus loop with a trip to Milford Sound in Fi...

Hey Everyone, The last few days I've been in the deep south of New Zealand.  Actually where we stayed last night, Curio Bay, may well be the ...

Hello all, I am now in the second biggest city in the south island - Dunedin.  It is a pretty cute place with lots of hills and really nice o...

Hey everybody, Well much to my dismay, big toes are very important for snowboarding so I went skiing instead.  I am alive with no broken limb...

Hey Everyone, I think I am just coming down from the biggest adrenaline high of my life.  I jumped off the biggest bungy in New Zealand...

Hey Everyone, I am in yet another completely beautiful place.  I swear everywhere in New Zealand is gorgeous.  I may have to change my p...

Hey everyone, just back from my 8 hour, 14 km hike on Franz Josef glacier.  It definitely goes down as one of the coolest things I've ever don...

Hey guys, I'm in Franz Josef tonight and we will be here for 2 nights.  Sue and I are kind of sleeping in a shed, it's a bit ridiculous but k...

Such a quick entry here, only have about 2 minutes left.  The west coast of New Zealand is stunningly beautiful.  It actually reminds me ...

I made it to New Zealand - exhausted as I haven't slept - but made it none the less.  I was pretty scared the weather was going to be really c...

A very quick entry with the last 15 minutes of my very expensive internet time...  The 2 days I spent on Beachcomber Island were great.  ...

Bula, Sorry I've got to be super quick here but just thought I'd quickly update to say I had an absolute fantastic time on my Fiji Experience Adve...

Bula Have to be super quick here as this may be the most expensive internet I've ever used - 20 cents a minute!  I'm going to type as fast as...

Well I made it!  Bula is how they say hello in Fiji and that's where I am now.  The 1 and 2 hour flights from Calgary sucked a lot more t...