http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Shellbelle/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Shellbelle en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:15:00 UTC Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:15:00 UTC G'day allI have decided to do a bit of a summary as not too much interesting has been going on at wonderful Bathurst so i will just give you the good bits.I have decided as it is a new year i will have a bit of a make over first things first the mop on my head that is supposed to be hair. I have decided to go for a bit of a sufer girl look and have acquired some blonde highlights and i am impres http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-13676.html G'day to you allI will apologise now that i am being really really slack with typing up my journal and there isnt anything wrong with the site i just havent had time. Looks like i will be typing most of it up when i return.Fri 21st janSlept a little bit too much last night and don't feel any better for it at all. Everyone goes to work except me and Jo and we can't decide what to do for the day so http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-8329.html G'day guysTue 18th JanUp at 8am to go riding and when we get to the station we find we have missed the train as they have changed the times due to track work i can't be trusted to do anything important. The next train doesn't get to Otford till 12.20 and our ride leavs at 11.30 oh dear i phone up and manage to change our ride time so we just hang around the station for ages till the train com http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-5949.html G'day allSat 15th JanUp very early this morning after a very lateearly going to bed time. I decide to make myself a gorgeous breakfast and prepare myself some beautiful fruit salad consisting of fresh pear kiwi orange pineapple and banana with some natural yoghurt mmmm. I decide to have a nice wander into town and then join Marco and his friend Jack at the beach to catch some rays and hunky http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-5622.html G'day allWed 12th JanOh no go to try and fit all my stuff back into little Bazza and not quite sure how i am going to manage it. I seem to do pretty well with my packing and by 1pm i go and pay John and Judy a visit to say goodbye AGAIN and only stay for a little while. I go back to Davids grab some lunch quickly and actually manage to fit everything into Bazaa and another bag which i am highly i http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-5621.html G'day fellow BritsAs you can tell im hugely behind with my journal so i am going to try my hardest to catch up and get you some more images on. Hi mom HI DadSun 9th JanI have a fantastic 12 hours sleep and im not sure whether i feel better for it or not David decided to go surfing with his friends so me and Tayla take a walk down to the Red Lion no it's not a pub what do you think i am it's http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Philip-Island/blog-5619.html G'day allFri 7th JanWow what a sleep in i don't get up till 12.15 so hopefully i have caught up with some sleep now and don't need to have my afternoon naps. A trip into Cowes again this afternoon to buy some furniture for Davids place and i have decided that i have fantastic taste because everything i like David seems to be buying unless we both just have great taste He buys a gorgeous TV cab http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Philip-Island/blog-5129.html G'day my little chickens me againIm afraid i am still being really lazy at typing up my journal but im a busy girl okWed 5th JanHave a little lounge in bed till 9am and when i get up David is nowhere in sight so im guessing he has gone for a ride into town. Davids parents are coming over to see him and we are going out to lunch so he better hurry up back before the parents turn up. No such luck http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Philip-Island/blog-5127.html G'day chicks and chickensI hope all is well with everyoneMon 3rd JanA nice 3am stop at a petrol station but i am really good and have some fruit salad for an early breakfast. I have a really cute guy come and join me at my table and talk to me but he is like a bottle of pop and talks a very tired Shell to death and send my poor little head into a spin oh i wish i was young and enthusiastic agia http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Philip-Island/blog-4543.html G'day allWell a happy new year to you all and i hope that you all had a great one and a very drunken one too. I would love to say that i missed you all and wished that i was home but i would be lying to you. This new year was the best one i have ever experienced in my whole life and i was so glad that i came to Sydney for it as it was truely magical. This year i have decided to make a couple of n http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-4542.html G'day all againBet you are all kind of sick of me by now Anyway New Year New Year i hope this is going to be a fab one and that i can try and avoid attending hospital for a whole two years in a row and i hope the new year will be so much better than the last one and that you all have a fab one without me boo hoo.Thur 30th DecChris ventures out early for work in the morning but was quiet as a m http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-4498.html G'day allSorry to everyone for being a bit slack with catching up with the journal entrys but i've been to busy working my ass off so soz again.MOn 27th DecA nice early morning call from kids screaming at 8am in the morning and my head feels a bit musty from lack of sleep so i go and take Sandy for a walk on the beach to clear away the cobwebs. During the walk the cobwebs certainly get cleared a http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-4296.html G'day buddiesFri 24 Dec Xmas EveWhat a busy day today Judy is in a panic over christmas as all the family are coming over on boxing day. Im a good girl though and helpout sorting stuff out and cleaning and washing up yes i can really do all that stuff i will make a fantastic housewife one day not Madness madness so i have to escape so i take the pooch for a very long walk to get out of the w http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-3240.html G'day allTue 21st DecWent for a visit to Melbourne to go and stay with Judys daughter Melissa for the evening. It took us a couple of hours to get there and it was a really hot day too. Melissa is lovely and is so bubbley and so full of life she does yoga all the time and massages for a living. At her place she has two little dogs called Oscar and Archie and all they do is follow Melissa around http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-3239.html G'day everyoneFri 17th DecThought i would be good today so i went to a Yoga class with the over 50's. It was certainly an experience specialy when one of the old dears went to sleep and started snoring. I thought the yoga might get me being energetic and stuff but i went back feeling more tired and wanting to go to sleep. I read the newspaper this morning and the front page story was about an 18 http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-3237.html hiya guysAs Christmas is getting nearer it is definately getting alot hotter here so i think i need to work on the suntan a bit.Thur 16th DecPop into town this morning to get something and decide that i will get some info on parasailing xmas present to myself. On the way back we go to The Nobbies big rocks in the sea before your minds start wandering elsewhere. Whilst on the boardwalk we look http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-2548.html Hiya allSun 12th DecWe drive into town today and on the jetty people are fishing there is also a boat taking people out parasailing hmmmm. I get taken to the local gallery and craft shop only small but really cute. After the trip into town we all go to John and Judys friends who live just around the corner. The bloke brews his own beer so i get given some stout to try yum very nice i seem to http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-2547.html G'day my little chickensI will have soom pictures for everyone as soon as i figure out how to get my pictures from my new digital camera onto the pc but don't worry i will let you all know when i do. oFri 10th Dec3.30am and hardly had any sleep it doesn't really help that my inflatable pillow decide to die on me after about an hour into the journey. The driver stops at 3.30am so a muffin for http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-2516.html G'day everyoneI bet the weather in England is just like it is here at the moment thunderstorms but still really warm in the day. Wed 8th DecToday is one of those days when i need to be organized and really can't be bothered to. I am off on my new adventure tomorrow so that means lots of washing and packing to be done what to take when the weather is like this at the mo i haven't got a clue. I http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-2515.html Hiya GuysIm sooooooooo sorry i haven't wrote for such a long time but i have been working my little ass off and going to bed early. So i am just going to give you a run down of of the interesting stuff that has happened over the last few weeks not much.After a bit of a drunk night and complete lack of sleep i very drunkenly stagger my way to the train station with Roo coming to say bye getting http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/blog-2338.html