Well Owens got me well and truly dressed like a cowgirl now! I must wear a hat at all times he says cos they have a hole in their ozone layer n I'll get sun stroke!!! I am now officially a cowgirl, yeeeeeeeeeehhhaaaaaaa!! Been out riding this morning, I rode audition and led challor, slight mishap, my numnah slipped back n frightened challor who pulled back as we were cantering and pulled all the skin off my fingers!!! Managed to stay on and keep hold of challor...

Was up at 6 for my muesli, homemade toast and tea leaf tea and had fed, hayed, brushed and exercised 3 before our mid morning tea and oreo break at 10.30am! Then I brushed 6 tails before raking up the leaves to burn before it gets to the fire banning period to prevent bush fires! All the horses here are thoroughbred ex race horses that owen has retrained himself! He has a few dealer mates who he tries before he buys at $500, £300 approx! This morning he put me...

Well I finally arrived at Perth airport at 11.10 after an amazing flight where I had 3 seats all to myself and was chatting away to Patrick, an Ozzie from Perth who had been working rtw! He lent me a singaporian dollar so I could get a drink with my plane meal and then bought me a wine and peanuts whilst I fed his ego by feeling his muscles! I was let through without my bags being scanned so it was a quick process!!! I managed to get my 320 cigarettes in even tho...

I must say that when I started this trip, I set out to try all the local food and eat cheaply!!! Well unfortunately, after 2 weeks, being extremely Ill and bleeding outta places that shudnt be bleeding, I've since changed my strategy and focused on the differences of the English/American/Italian cuisines :0) And as for the hostel dorm, I have quite enjoyed it! I mean it's not the first time I've had to stay in a bunk bed, use to have to do it when I took the kid...

When people ask me what I'm doing and I tell them, I get a wide array of responses from, 'oh my Buddha you are a mad lady', to 'wow, you're brave, wish I'd of done that'!!! My new motto after managing to do this on my own is 'miracles happen' and 'people are like teabags, you have to put them into hot water before you know how strong they are'!!! I may even get a new tattoo whilst on my travels, 'shoot nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time, leave nothing b...