ACTUAL DATE: 8th feb ... Got up late and had breakup with kath then headed off at about 11ish to hit up the Golden Gate Bridge. Started at the park and found a fancy conservatory and a windmill and the ocean. Then we were looking for food coz we were all dying of hunger! Finally found a hot dog vendor and drove round and round trying to find a park then finally got there and they even had a veggie-dog with the lot!! Headed for the Golden Gate Bridge, few photos t...

ACTUAL DATE: 5th feb... Left for mascot at 5:30 - thanks for the lift jan and Dennis! onto Melbourne for a 3 hour wait, although it did mean we got an exit row... yay. Just landed in LAX after an uncomfortable long haul. It's a little tricky to get your head around the whole different day thing so it's already the 6th there but it's only the 5th here. I'll get there! Sitting in the united club lounge and Nichol is trying to ascertain the tipping etiquette for in...

ACTUAL DATE: 6th feb...Bit of a lazy blog today... forgot to do the blog so a bit of a disjointed one, I might fill it up later if i get bored enough!!! Up late, Alcatraz, fisher mans wharf, bubba gump hat for fat, lefty's shop, free wine and a chat with a southern californian hippy with a combie and a girl from venesuala merrell, bubba gump for dinner in black sneaky cab thingo... Like a rock star! Pretty busy day, off to Santa Clara tomorrow arvo to see kath an...

Visited the cop shop in orange. Went through the holding cells and stuff on the station tour then a ride in the back of a cop car for coffee! Nichol fed the rosella chocolate coz he is mong and threw it all on the floor!! A wander through the nettle cave and a martini at the bar before the murder in the caves! It was a little boring ... Well the acting wasn't fab and I never actually worked out who did it, it was a little unclear. Back to caves house for a lot of...

Went to town and had a coffee which had this cool 3 layer thing going, then onto dodgy mate to get the air con. Re-gases, bargain for $30, also found the leak! Stopped in a rest stop to find the best way to parkes and orange. Went through narromine which is quite a big town. Just back a bit saw a train being filled with rain or something. Getting more agricultural now, no more mining. Stopped to check the car coz nichol said it felt weird. Lowish on oil, fix in p...