I had a bit of a sleep in this morning in my nice warm bed at Uncle Syd's place, before being taken out and about.We took the dog out for a walk in the park and went to look at a local art gallery. We then went out to the National Park near Fern Tree Gully and then spent the rest of the day in the town.It was nice quaint little place with lots of antique shops and this really cool place that sold nothing but tea pots.There was also one of those magical type shop...

Today I went out to the races at Mooney Ponds.Uncle Syd picked me up at 10am and it was puring with rain.We drove out to the race track and had a look at the horses.We both put bets on in the second race and Uncle Syd and I (well mostly Uncle Syd) picked a winner and I won $85, that's the most I've ever won gambling.The horses name was Zubbyia, own by some Arab Sheikh, trust my luck. In the 6th race I wanted to put a bet on a horse called Snow Alert, I went to w...

Ok so I am back from Africa and for all intents and purposes stuck down in Melbourne for two weeks on a training course with my new job at STA.I know most of what we are being "taught" having been at Flight Centre for a year and half already. I haven't really done a lot of exploring, apart from getting lost one night and a bit of shopping.I have done a lot of eating.We get a fairly generous food allowance every day and I can feel the weight I lost in A...