Day Three—April 7th My Birthday! My birthday began with another lovely brekky at Dome.Apparently in Australia there's no such thing as too much cake, because my day began with a chocolate mousse cheesecake!Once we were sufficiently satisfied, we wandered back to our hotel to pack up and await the tow truck.The majority of the day was spent driving back to Perth.Rojesh ended up having to get the 4x4 towed to Bunbury where we dropped the car off and picked up ...

Day Two—April 6th Rojesh's birthday! We started our second day in Margaret River with a breakfast at Dome.This may be my new favourite place… picture a Starbucks that sells better drinks and meals!Once we were all full and ready for a day of winery visits we strolled back to the hotel to pick up the 4x4.The SUV kept slipping out of gear as we tried to reverse and after a little struggle, we made it out of the parking lot onto the road where it started acti...

The Margaret River Trip - April 5th -7th 2010 Day One—April 5th Our trip started not-so-bright and early.The four of us (Jenn, Jake, Rojesh and I) left Murdoch before the sun was up (around 6am) in order to make good time on the road since Margaret River is about a 3-hour drive South of Perth.We first stopped in Bunbury at Jake's mom's place with intentions of picking up snorkel gear.We got a bit sidetracked with his 6 or so cats and some brekky that we act...

April 1st-4th 2010 All right, so it's been awhile since I last blogged… I know… I know, no more excuses.I was down for a bit with a throat infection and canker sores (lovely stuff to read about in a blog eh?) but those are all gone and I'm back to my usual busy self!I have actually been keeping just as busy as I usually am in Canada.I guess it doesn't help that I have this beautiful country to explore and my time here is ticking away at a rapid pace.My f...

Today was a typical Monday... I went to lectures from (9:30-1:30 straight) and the ventured back to the student village to do a wee bit of reading and work on my resume in preparation for my co-op job search. As I was working by my window I noticed the temperature drop drastically and the skies darken (this all happened within about 5 minutes). Next thing I knew there was a full-fledge storm taking place. I'm talking about hail!!! Yes, in Australia! My flat m...