I'm in New Zealand, yay! After a bit of a hassle at the aiport, I'm finally here!! It really should be made clearer that you can't go to New Zealand without buying a return ticket if you're not a resident. I found this out, after queuing at the check-in desk for about 45 minutes. Great. So, off I had to trundle to the sales desk to buy a return ticket. Honestly. Good thing it wasn't too expensive, though if I'd bought a ticket where I could change my retur...

Went to Phillip Island with my friend April today, which was really, really nice! She's been before, but in Winter with her family when they came over, so she was looking forward to going again when it wasn't so cold! We went to two main parts of the island - the koala colony, and the penguin parade. We did go to Seal Rocks but couldn't see any seals as they were too far away! Lots and lots of seagulls, but no seals :( The koala colony is sooooo cute! There...

Still sweltering in Warragul. It hit almost 50 degrees outside, ugh. I know that most of you are freezing at home, but it's not much fun out here either!! There are a couple of bush fires burning, a few towns over from us, and we can see the smoke plumes from the back yard. It's quite a sight, I can tell you. It almost looks like grey rain cloud, but obviously not as it's coming from land and is mushrooming as it gets to the top!! We aren't in any danger, b...

Am sweltering in Warragul at the moment, ugh. It's really, really hot. Have any of you read the news? Yes, I am complaining because it's too hot to do anything apart from stay indoors next to a fan and a water tap!! My friends are blaming me for the hot weather (apparently it's very uncommon to have such hot weather in Melbourne) as they think I brought it with me from the desert!! Even the dogs are lethargic, poor things. Having such furry coats is not goo...

It's lovely being in Melbourne, or Warragul to be exact, which is on the outskirts of Melbourne but is lovely nonetheless. It's not as hot, I'm in a proper house, and have two crazy dogs to deal with and a very intelligent cat - all three of whom are my friends pets! My friend April and her hubby live in Warragul with Mr Bingley (the cat), Benton the dog, and Bubbles the dog. Didn't really do much on Saturday apart from get myself oriented as to where I was and...