Hello Again Everyone

I wont be writing as often as this, I am only doing it as I seem to have more time on my hands at the moment and keep forgetting to say things I should have said in the last journals. This one won't really contain much about what I have done, but more about what I have learnt so far, and some cool Australian facts which you might not have known... WARNING: SOME FACTS MAY BE CONSIDERED CRUDE OR OFFENSIVE, APOLOGIES FOR THIS BUT STILL INTERESTING FOR BRITS.

FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA:

• The hit soap Neighbours is actually 6 months ahead of Britains storylines, as they are filmed here in Melbourne (sorry Lou that guy you fancy doesnt seem to be in it anymore) Just to spoil it, Janine and Boyd whoever they are, seem to be having serious marital problems! When Stu gets here, we will be doing the Ramsay Street tour led by characters Doctor Carl and Harold Bishop, where you see the houses, the resturants and bars, and meet some of the cast. So there will be lots of pictures for everyone to see after I have been there. Also Neighbours has 3 sets of adverts throughout screening, but the airtime of the show is 45 minutes.
• Next fact, the main brand of cheese sold in Australia is called COON, next time I see a packet I will take a picture, we have already filmed Laj holding some and saying the quote from the advert they show every 5 minutes. This is a true fact and I promise to post pictures with proof asap for all those non-believers!
• Aboriginal people do exist in the cities, and are just usually people of a different race, not actual cavemen, as what people may have thought. A lot of the Aborigonies we have come across are homeless though, usually drunk and quite violent, and walk the streets of Melbourne Centre as if its no big deal. Also something you may not have expected, Australia has a very big homeless problem and from what I have seen, more so than Bristol itself.
• The words Fair Dinkum are a common used phrase to explain, that you are being serious, or honest, for example... "G'day mate, last night I was a attacked by a 'gator, fair dinkum"
• We currently are staying next to a very posh park, just across the road, next to the museum, which at night if you walk through you can be literally chased by Possums if you are carrying carrier bags of any kind. We were unsure what these giant rat looking creatures actually were, so when walking through the park late one night we asked a local "Excuse me, whats that there" to which he looked at us blankly, with a long bewildered stare and replied in a thick Australian accent "Erm... Its a crowd barrier"... Granted there were a few crowd barriers scattered around the park, but we thought not even he would believe that we were stupid enough to ask what the giant piece of plastic, filled with sand, labelled crowd barrier was! Eventually we explained we meant the two animals climbing the trunk of the tree, to which we found out were Possums! We have a few british words that could explain this guys general attitude and response. The first one that came to my mind starts with a 'T' and ended with 'ER'

Thats currently it for the facts at the moment, again, cant seem to remember all the ones I had to tell. So I shall save it for another entry. For anyone interested my new Oz Mobile Number is : 0420848688... Keep the messages coming. I will try to put some pictures on next time, but unfortunately my camera went funny on me, and I lost the 10 pictures I took. Luckily they werent that interesting and I will do a bit more sight seeing, so they are a little bit more entertaining. Much love to everyone, cheers.