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Things To Do In Melbourne When You're Skint

Arrived: 25/06/06 I Will Be Leaving: 02/07/06 Emma Will Be Staying We've mainly been doing sensible things during our time in Melbourne such as shopping for protective gear for the vine pruning job I start on Monday and using the internet for evil (looking for work) for Emma online but we...

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Koala Bear on July 1, 2006 from Melbourne, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Mad Dash To Melbourne

Only when you try and get from one place to another over here can you truely comprehend how pointlessy massive it is. As well as the places everyone has heard of, Oz is dotted with heaps of tiny towns and villages with names you can't pronounce, each with its four figure population proudly...

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Koala Bear on June 25, 2006 from Melbourne, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Planning

We've confirmed the flight to China leaving on 16th Sept to 30th sept, arriving Beijing and exiting Shanghai. I've been quite busy looking up tour books, hotel bookings and enquiring about train rides between cities. There's a plethora of information out there on the net but who knows which...

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juliana on June 23, 2006 from Melbourne, Australia

from the travel blog: ~~china historical holiday~~

Pet Porpoise Pool, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

The Pet Porpoise Pool claims to be the most interactive marine park in Australia and you can't argue with that when they let you pet the dolphins and sit you down for a seal snog which seems like a cute idea until the smell of fish hits you and you realise that if it was having a bad day it...

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Koala Bear on June 22, 2006 from Coffs Harbour, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Big Things #3

With #2 being The Big Prawn in Ballina, #3 is The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, NSW. Yep, it's big and it's a banana. We didn't go inside on account of Emma's pathological fear of the bendy, yellow fruit but I reckon it wouldn't have been worth it anyway. A massive prawn humping a...

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Koala Bear on June 22, 2006 from Coffs Harbour, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Far North Coast & Hinterland, New South Wales

Australia is so huge that when they changed the names of everything into things that the white man could pronounce they ran out of creativity and just got literal. Minion: What shall we call this bit that is right at the very furthest north of New South Wales? Captain: Well, we shall call that...

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Koala Bear on June 21, 2006 from Byron Bay, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Surfers Paradise: Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Arrived: 31/05/06 Left: 10/06/06 Firstly I discovered that a 90 minute fat burning, arse reducing walk along the beach is about 86% more fun than a 90 minute fat burning workout at Fitness First. I also discovered that attempting to body board (like a poofy version of surfing where you...

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Koala Bear on June 9, 2006 from Surfers Paradise, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

5 months and 9 days

Wow. Leaving in 5 months and 9 days...seems so far away, except for the whopping plane ticket to pay for. Just realised today that I'm going to have to organise most things this month, so I can spend more time before I leave focusing on finishing uni and working (to pay for aforementioned...

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no_fosters_thanks on June 9, 2006 from Melbourne, Australia

from the travel blog: No Fosters Thanks

Went Snorkelling...

Saw some fish. So that was nice then. I’d dragged my arse out of bed at some god awful hour leaving Emma tucked up so I could paddle my way out to an island in a kayak and breathe though a plastic tube for an hour or so. But it was worth it, I didn't see any dolphins or anything like that...

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Koala Bear on June 8, 2006 from Surfers Paradise, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Big Things #1

I totally forgot about this guy until I was sorting my photos out the other day; Wet N Wild on the Gold Coast, Queensland, is guarded by this ever so slightly sinister kangeroo. You wouldn't dare pee in the pool with this monster watching over you.

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Koala Bear on June 8, 2006 from Surfers Paradise, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

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