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I did a night tour of the Jail last night. it was pretty spooky! You can also do sleepovers too. The guide, dressed in period hangman’s clothing, takes you on a candlelight tour of the jail, recalling stories of the most famous inmates and gives you a glimpse into life in a gaol around the 1880s.

Not much to say but you should watch the Health Ledger/Orlando Bloom Movie of the most famous outlaw in Victoria, Ned Kelly.

For Australia Day, Jan 26, Maire, Leen and I went to the Docklands to check out the activities there and get free Sailing lessons. The Volvo Ocean Race has been going on (sailing race around the world) and we could take a look at some of the boats that had already made it in to the Melbourne stopover.

First thing that happened when we got to the docklands.
An advertisement for Big Momma’s House 2.

This is Leen and I putting our lessons to good use on these little dinghies.

Having some issues with our steering…

And afterwards we saw some dragon boat racing, sailed on a 16 footer and met up with some other people from our house. Amazingly busy day considering it was 38C outside! Definately hot! Great day, and everything free. We even stopped off at a bar to get cooled of in their airconditioning and the table next to ours gave us their free french fries. (they were all workers of the Ocean race and got free food from the pub)
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Here's a couple of pics I took while I was at the Australian Open. Grainne (Irish), Leen(Belgian), Stacey(NZ) and Myself. Grosjean v. Coria

The weekend was 35C on Sat and 42C on Sun!!! Melting! Way too hot out there for tennis but we went early to try and get into the indoor Vodafone Arena. We managed to get in even ... [Continue reading this entry]

The wife of the owner of the Hostel I'm staying at works for Tennis Australia and is getting free tickets to the Australian Open for us! I have secured a ticket for Saturday but the unfortunate thing is that ... [Continue reading this entry]

You'd think that actually playing a sport would make it more interesting but not in the case of cricket. Fielding is just as boring in baseball as it is in cricket. But two hours killed and I can say ... [Continue reading this entry]

Today walking back from work, my coworker found a baby possum wandering around in the park that I walk through. It was so cute, soft and wanting to bury itself inside my coworker'ssweater, right in her armpit! She ... [Continue reading this entry]

Eddie, Neda and Phil! Great view from the Ferris wheel: Another from the Ferris Wheel Sarah Blasko on the big screen: And The Zutons: [Continue reading this entry]

Friday night we had a housewarming/birthday party for one of the former housemates. He actually got a sponsorship for 4 years and is now moved into a brand new apartment! The boys had taken him to a topless ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Falls Festival was a blast! Had a great time and got to know a lot of the staff I worked with and got to get out to see all the bands I wanted to. there were enough ... [Continue reading this entry]