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Tree farm Work- just outside melbourne
(May 02 '07)
just pictures for now :)/ work in progress........
I arrived at Emerlad backpackers and ... well its a working hostel what can I say? the showers are frezing (but since I arrived I have figured to ...
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Dandenong Ranges
(Mar 01 '07)
Grant & Robyn's wedding date has arrived!! Deano went into best mad mode and did a wonderful job. He and Grant actually scrub up well - they were so handsome! They did, however, stay true to ...
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East Sherbrooke Forest walk
(Mar 15 '08)
Starting from Grant's Picnic ground. ~7km/2 hr walk taking the path of various short walks. Medium grade. Lots of fun. Notice the smell and the temperature change throughout the walk. And the flora as ...
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Sassafras
(Mar 02 '07)
We went to the quirky little village of Sassafras. The shops were antiquey, pretty and cute. Dean says the Miss Marple Café sells the best pies! Afterwards, drove to three different wineries in ...
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Don't worry folks I won't bore you all with my 2 weeks of feedback overload and soal searching. Needless to say it was a very challenging (15 hr days) but rewarding course. ...
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life in mel
(Mar 31 '07)
well here it has been on the 12th of march I moved out of the city center to St kilda- a suburb of mel. here theres the palace (where they have concerts- simple minds was here couple of weeks ago) and ...
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Staying in the city for 3 weeks was starting to get to us so we decided to hire a car and head out into the country for the weekend. We went to the Yarra Valley ...
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Girly Weekend in Melbourne
(Apr 11 '08)
"But the real scandal on the Sovereign Hill Streets was their toilets habits..."
After 2 weeks of hard graft and 'death by feedback' I was very glad to leave the Dandenongs and head down to South ...
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The Yarra Valley.....Sun, Sand, Acid and Spiders
(Feb 19 '07)
So people.............
Today I started my job. I wouldn't normally think this was worthy
of writing an entire new blog about but it has been an eventufull day
to say the least.
I was picked ...
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Yarra Valley _ Weinregion
(Oct 19 '06)
Recent Blogs for Emerald
Down Under - and everything gets upside down
(Mar 20 '08)
"It's not only about turn left before you turn right"
There is a physical explanation why the air of high and low pressure areas circles the other way round in Australia than in Europe. It's the same ...
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Update - 4 weeks and counting
(Apr 07 '08)
The past few weeks have been very busy! I've met up with people from home, Garry, Lee & Debs. I've moved back into the hostel to meet some more backpackers, I've been on a wine tour and Puffing ...
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a hilarious time in the big smoke of melbourne
(Apr 01 '08)
"chocolate muffin, chocolate biscuit, chocolate mousse, chocolate ice cream, and of course, 2 chocolates"
First thing to do in Melbourne was of course to track down Ramsey Street. They still film all of ...
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