Wahaey! AND WE'RE into the final two weeks at Ikea, and things are exACtley the same as they have been for the past month, exCEPT that I've been to see TROY and Harry Potter 3 and they are BRILLiant, oh and people are starting to name their new pets 'Minton" after my now WORLD famous joke................ if you're not sure which joke that is, you'll have to ask now wont you! hope you're all having fun in the sun, danxx

And we're into week three of a possible 6-8 week stint at Ikea. And things are going quite smothely. Up for work at 1.30am, finnish work at 10am, quick swim, cook some food, read a book and its time for bed, which is heralded by the most amazing sunsets at around 5.30-6pm. And so it continues..... Discovered a very nice bar with free bands, free pool and plenty of luvly people on a tuesday, and since wednesday's my day off, it all works out nicely. This weekend i...

Hello beautiful people, Wanderin'-Star-Richards a callin ya'll from the distant town of Research, which is about 25k outside Melbourne! Gee its been a long hard road to Research (30mins by Marlene) but I'm finally here! Wot can I tell ya? Got me a couple of jobs in cafes in Melbourne, one of em waiterin', the other deliverin' pizzas in ma vayen! Keeps me occupied, but not enough shifts to save up allottacash! But hold on! Wots this? News just in..... I've gone an...

Wahey! Its just me and my van 'Marlene' and we're off to Tassie. Got on the Spirit of Tazmania II at 1830hrs wed, arrived Devonport 0700. Stocked up on food (can't take fresh food across the border!) and saw some 8000 yr old aboriginal stone carvings. Then onto Sheffield which is nothing like the Sheffield we all know and love. This one has murals on every building, took about 15 photos of 'em. There's also an animatronic show involving the Tazmanian Tiger. All v...

Well I've only gone and bought a house on wheels, aint i!?! Tuesday after me and Manda (just good friends now) got back from Sydney, I'm sitting in a cafe with Bauer, drinking a carrafe, s'posed to be looking in the paper for a van but not coz I hate it, when this Toyata Hi-Ace pulls up in front of the cafe with a for sale sign on it. Next day, I'm driving my newly purchased home around Melbourne!!! Bloody marvelous. Two years younger than me, 65000m on the clock...