This morning I got woken up at about 4am by a massive headache (beer+lack of water+air con) and couldn't get back to sleep. I drank water until it went away but by that time we were both wide awake. Stupid body clocks! So we put on some cartoons and got back to sleep after the sun rose, around 7am, then slept til 11ish. When we were ready we headed down towards the trolley (tram) station and passed a cafe with a sign for Stumptown Coffee. I had been recommended t...

Darren apparently woke up not long after 1am this morning and couldn't sleep until 7 or so. I guess the time difference has finally caught up with us, after having our first two nights way out of whack! So by the time we finally recovered and woke up it was 11am. Until I looked at the clock again and realised it was actually 1pm! Oops.. So we very slowly got ourselves awake and ready. We tried making one of the coffees provided in the room but it was a gross filt...

We woke up at about 930 today and got our things packed up and checked out. We headed down to the bus stop and jumped on. We got off at Santa Monica and picked up a free coconut water from some promo girls. It was perfect for the dehydration, but not big enough, so we crossed the road to a little cafe to get another drink each but they apparently weren't open and couldn't take our money, which they didn't say when we walked in, only after choosing a drink and goi...

We slept in until about 11am today, and after getting ready (and getting water!) we headed out. We stopped by a coffee shop and got a (huge) medium sized coffee then jumped on the bus. We got off at True Tone Music and went in to get the mandolin restrung. Chris was working and very happy to see us, so we hung out there a while as they sorted out the mandolin, and hooked us up with spare strings as well. Some of the other guys from the band were there too, so af...

After a busy day at work yesterday, and spending the afternoon and evening getting packed and sorted, Lachie arrived at our place at around 10pm. We hung out for a bit and played with Hendrix before he went off for a snooze. Darren and I finished packing the bags (Jack and Jill were excited to be brought out of hibernation) and tidied the place up a bit for Lachie, who will be house/cat sitting while we're away. When we finished, we got about a 30-60 minute nap ...