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Morning morning. Well the great ocean road (once again) proved to be a bit of a pain the arse. Without having a car it's almost impossible to do the activities surrounding the sleepy towns along it. As a result at Apollo Bay it was decided that Melbourne should be returned to. So here I am. Back in Melbourne for Australia Day!!!!!!!! Wooo. And what is Australia Day? A big party basically for when this marvellous country was founded. The Big Day Out (loads of bands playing a festivally type thingamy jigamer) is on and loads of processions etc through town. The big day out costs a fair whack though so I'm off to watcha skating competition instead (it's free and should be a good laugh). Watched 21 grams last night. Excellent film but not the most cheery I've ever seen. Andy's getting to Melb on the 31st (ish) and it'll be good to see the WBP (whinging bloody pome) again. Right. I'm off to prepare for some skating madness.

Hello dere everyone. Just a really quick message as my time's about to expire. Got to Melbourne okay and stayed in the nunnery. Great little hostel and had a good laugh there. Katy has now flown the antipodean nest and should be back in blighty by now. Probably shivering and being generally miserable. Ffi and I are now doing a whacky races effort across the South to hook up with Laura and the Irish lads but progress is slow. Had one of those days yesterday but today is all good. Bugger all in Torquay though and I can't really be arsed to go surfing (beach is miles away). Moving on to Apollo Bay tomorrow though and eventually getting to Adelaide, then to Perth. Perth will probably involve a purchase of a car to then attack the Western Coast. Following that I can finally get involveed int he volunteering I want to do. Oh yeah, and visa extension is required. Whther or not I'll get it is unknown but it should be okay. No news on the Masters yet but fingers crossed. Mail me, and I'll see you all later. Oh yeah, The Hartless one (Claire) and her botfriend should be in Adelaide on the 30th. Mad as. And Moony might also be out in a little while (March time) in Perth. Andy's still stuck in Sydney so god knows when I'll see him again. Right then, sees ya.

Escape from Sydneytraz

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! I'm finally getting the hell out of Sydney. Tomorrow night to be precise. Not sure at exactly what time though as I haven't checked train times yet. I keep getting hassled to go out tonight considering how it's my last night in the big smoke, but I really don't feel like it. Therefore, I must be a miserable old git (but don't start nodding in agreement just yet). If I get a late train out of here I can go out for a bit beforehand, have a couple of ales, go and get the train and then we're all happy. Marvellous.

Also got some photos back today. Haha, they're pretty crap to be honest but they were mostly experimental. I followed Sophie's advice and shot from the hip (to make your pictures shit) and I wasn't too impressed with the results. Still got some alright ones out of it. I get three more rolls back tomorrow afternoon and then I'll bundle them all up and send them home. The original plan to get them onto the lomo site was sound apart from the fact that I'm using public computers. Therefore, there is the problem of not being able to install necessary programs, which I'm sure none of you care about but I thought I'd tell you regardless. They'll be up for viewing pleasure as soon as I return. Betcha can't wait. Although I have another plan, so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a fox, but it depends upon the computing skills of the old dear.

So farewell Sydney. I've had a great time here but cities don't hold my attention for all that long. So where am I going. Haha, straight to another city. Nice one. But apparently Melbourne is far more laid back and should suit me more. Not that I'll be there for long. I reckon once I start moving again it'll be hard to stop.

One of the reasons for the Sydney delay was the fact that I was waiting for the cricket (day nighter between Oz and Zim) and was it worth it? Well, no. Oz batted first scoring a measly 225, 112 of which were singles. Boring? To say the least, we ended up playing cards. The bowling was a little more impressive though and Zim were 17 for 5 at one stage. Thought they might get a worse score than England's one day worst ever for a while, but alas they ended up with 126. Not exactly an evenly matched... errr... (for want of a better word) match. Still the crowd were as entertaining as ever.

This morning was spent at the Art Gallery, taking in some cultural highlights and wondering how most of it could be classed as art (honestly, painting a canvass black and then daubing biblical quotes over it in white?.... ) Still a good 20c Oz section made up for it.

Hannah got in touch via e-mail the other day about a uni reunion so if any of you UMEC folk are having a squiz at this then mail me (contact at the top) for Hannah's e-mail address if you're interested. I've also set up a message board type thing for any comments / suggestions about venues or whatever.

Right then. I'm orf to sort me train out and I'll see y'all later on. Ciao.

Bloody hell, this was a blast from the past. A mate Matt who I met in Prague (the second time around) has just sent me pictures of when we were there. Haha, not expecting that at all but here we are.



As for the now, I'm back in sweaty Sydney again after a most relaxing time in the beautiful blue mountains. We went to watch the cricket yesterday. Bloody Indians have been playing for a draw all along particularly since they went back in to bat after they could've made Oz follow on. Cheeky monkeys. Anyway, I could go again today but I can't be arsed.

Ffi and Katy are leaving today (booo) to go to Melbourne, with a couple of stops on the way. Which means I'll be left in the familiar old sitch of staying somewhere longer than everyone else. Still, super Andy (to be said in a Scottish accent) and Alex are still kicking around. Could do with somewhere to go for the next few days until the day nighter against Zim but I'm becoming lazier and lazier and I might just book in here for a few more days. Hmmm we shall see.