On Tuesday, April 25, 2006, it will be ANZAC Day. It’s kinda like Remembrance Day in Canada. The services they have advertised are sunrise ones! Andrea and I are planning on renting a car for the day and driving out to Margaret River or the Wave Rock or something.
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New Apartment/Job
by Bertha on 18. Apr, 2006 in Australia 2005
Happy Easter! Got the whole long weekend to settle in, and wander around the neighbourhood and everything. All the shops are closed except for the saturday. Went to the Hotel Staff party on Good Friday, it was cool ,since I only did the training shift! it says in the manual that it costs about 80.00 […]
The Newest Waitress in Perth
by Bertha on 12. Apr, 2006 in Australia 2005
For the past 3 days, I’ve been trying to ask Eveline a whole lot of questions about waitressing and how to do this or that ever since I got a trial at the Subiaco Hotel(the same place Eveline is working). I’ve used hostel plates to practice carrying 3 at a time and earlier today I […]
Made it to Perth
by Bertha on 07. Apr, 2006 in Australia 2005
but just barely! The morning we were flying out, we went to post stuff home so we didn’t have to carry it but the post office took so long we were late to the airport. We arrived at the airport 15 mins before our flight was supposed to take off!!! I sent Eveilne ahead to […]
Just the Centre
by Bertha on 03. Apr, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Sorry there haven’t been updates n a week. I’ve been busy travelling the centre and didn’t want to pay $12/hr for internet access in the outback. Amazing you can get internet and mobile phone coverage in the outback at any rate! Took the Ghan up to Alice Springs. Pretty cool to travel. It’s more comforatable […]
WWOOFing
by Bertha on 24. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
I went to work with Lucy the past two days as a WWOOFer. It’s fun. Got to refill water dishes for all the animals at the Adelaide Hills Wildelife Reserve which included a Quoll, tiger snakes, rats, mice, kookaburra, cockatiels, one legged owl and a funky chicken! Also, helped to put up a 20 ft […]
Happy Birthday Ian
by Bertha on 21. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
😀 The big ole 2-0. Hope you got some good plans for your entry into the 20s… it’s supposed to be the best time of your life. here’s the link to the viedo of my final trapeze jump. It’s really cool! Alvin got there just in time to watch while Eveline filmed it. You’ll have […]
Barossa Valley
by Bertha on 20. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
We went to the Barossa Valley and visited only the one Yalumba Winery. Eveline had a connection there but we didn’t realize he couldn’t give us a tour on Saturday… We did a walking tour of 4 other wineries but didn’t go inside them. On the way back to the car we walked through one […]
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Gold Class at the Movies
by Bertha on 19. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Last week I found a coupon for a free upgrade to gold class when you purchase a regular priced ticket. So, I kept my eye out for another one and when I found it Eveline and I went to see Tristan and Isolde. The seats were extremely cushy and reclined almost horizontal (although the extra […]
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Trapeze Lesson
by Bertha on 15. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Let’s just say that having a lesson with muchkins was a bit embarrassing until we started doing actual swinging!!! This is me hanging by my knees on the first attempt. Butterflies before my first leap but it was so much fun! We got 4 trys. First was to practice getting yourself hanging upside down from […]
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