Today I booked an abseiling and rap jump but as I walked towards the train station to catch the bus, the tour called to say that the rocks were too wet to go. *wah* I’m sad, I just have to remember to book it when I return to Brisbane on my way around back to […]
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Happy October Birthdays
by Bertha on 14. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
Hi guys, I realized that it’s the most popular month to be born in the group this month. So happy birthday to Dave, Dustin, Brent…Jenn Ng too. Let me know what you guys are doing for the big day(s).
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Tweety & Beauty
by Bertha on 14. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Benton has these really cute cockatiels that are really nice. I thought I’d share a few pictures of them. Tweety adopted the Tan family after probably running away from home a few years back. He is the one on my shoulder. But you can’t pet him really, he has a tendency to bite. Beauty, on […]
Happy Thanksgiving
by Bertha on 13. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
Yeah, so it was thanksgiving and I didn’t even realize it. So Happy thanksgiving to you people and hope you guys had some yummy turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, and Yorkshire puddings. *drool*
Cousin Benton
by Bertha on 11. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
Met cousin Benton today. He came to pick me up at the bus station. Was a little bit ackward for the first little while, but that’s what happens when you meet after about a 20 year gap… Afterwards, we went to the Queen Street mall and ran into a couple of his friends. We walked […]
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Sunrise
by Bertha on 10. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
The most Easterly point in Australia is in Byron Bay so I got up this morning at the obscene hour of 4am and went on a hostel shuttle to the lighthouse at the Cape. The daybreak had already happened but the sun wasn’t up yet. Took a walk around the lighthouse to the most easterly […]
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Surfing Pictures
by Bertha on 10. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Here are my awesome pictures of surfing. Dig it! Carving… I met a really nice Montreal girl named May on the surf trip and we have spent the next 2 nights hanging out and stuff. She is at the end of her journey and is headed home soon. There is a pic of her in […]
Surfing Class
by Bertha on 08. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
So my surfing class went quite well considering the conditions. The wind was quite wicked. One of the instructors said it was 18 knots, whatever that means. And it was northerly so we had to fight wind and choppy surf to get out into the water. I managed to stand up on the second attempt! […]
Byron Bay
by Bertha on 07. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005, Pictures
The travel to Byron Bay from Sydney was 14 hours by a combo of Train and bus. The surprising thing is that the train costs just as much as the bus and both take about 14 hours. If I had the forsight to book my trip two weeks in advance my train ticket would only […]
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Spanish Fiesta
by Bertha on 05. Oct, 2005 in Australia 2005
When I got back to the house on Monday night, some of the housemantes told me about a Spanish fiesta that was happening over the weekend and mentioned that tonight was the last night. Obviously, I wanted to go so English Mike, Eveline and I went to Darling harbour to check it out. The small […]
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