Tuesday 11th May 2010 So I have reached the end of my final day in oz. I am a little bit sad because, well, it's Australia and Australia is amazing and whilst I am certain I will come back here one day, I don't know when it's going to be, it could be many many years in the future. I'd like to live here one day but I wouldn't move all the way out here alone, it's just too far from England and from friends and family; I would consider emigrating if I had a partner...

There was an earthquake last night!! I was watching a film on my laptop, sitting in an armchair in my little bedroom (think the calm and tranquil pre-quake scene in the earthquake simulator in the Natural History Museum in London) and suddenly there was rumbling and my room sarted shaking, it was really noticeable! I was like WHAT THE f***??? So I paused the film and jumped up, by which point it had stopped. I stood for a moment, entirely freaked out, I...

I've actually had quite a fun week this last week! Starting with the Easter Weekend. I had been rostered on to work the Saturday night at Hog's Breath but since I got my visa extended (and changed to a visitor visa) I am no longer legally allowed to work. I felt bad about letting them down though so I said I'd work for free; It's not like I'm much use anyway, only being able to hobble around and having to sit still most of the time. It's fun, I quite like working...

So after several weeks of waiting and stressing and worrying and making 'alternative plans', I finally got my visa extension today! I went into the department of immigration and citizenship to fill out a new form (the first one I submitted having been invalidated by an outstanding hospital appointment, which I have now HAD), with all my pieces of evidence and prepared for it to be sent away and having to wait another 1-2weeks to find out the decision. It was supe...

ROACHESUrbandictionary.com definition: "A pest-bug with an ability to rebound from danger, and famous for being a sign of a dirty house, and being able to withstand a nuclear war."They are everywhere. From Sydney all the way up the east coast from Byron to Brissy to Airlie and Cairns; they were right up the top in Darwin, down the bottom in Melbourne and of course, they are here in Adelaide. The degree of infestation and proliferance has varied but they...