I am pretty much 2/3rd's of the way through my trip now, so I suddenly have an urge to go out of the city more on a weekend and do something a bit different. Last weekend was one such weekend. I deiced to visit Katoomba which is in the middle the Blue Mountains: Sydney's wilderness getaway for the past hundred years. The Blue Mountains are around about three and a half hours train ride from Sydney, and at times appear blue (hence the name). This is du...

I still get asked quite a lot about what I actually do at the school, so I though I'd write a journal entry about what I do at school!! I will start of with what I wear. I have to wear a shirt and tie on a Monday (because there is a staff meeting) morning and a Thursday (because I have no P.E) morning. The rest of the time I just wear shorts and a school polo or rugby shirt. I am actually in the process of abolishing the shirt and tie on a Thursday, becaus...

I'm currently in Christchurch, and it's my last night in New Zealand. Last time you heard from me I was about to set off to the South Island, so I will pick up form there. We jumped on the Interislander Ferry in Wellington (31st), and it took roughly three hours. It's quite famous for being a rough cross-over, but it was relatively calm! It took another few hours to get to Christchurch, where we would be spending New Years eve. A few days before we had all ...

Well, I sort of shot myself in the foot by writing up the last half of my New Zealand tour so extensively, so now my little entry is almost void!! So here we go: the first half of my New Zealand tour. Each paragraph represents a different day. Cass's New Zealand trip started on the 22nd (December), with just three days until Christmas. Due to this, the airports where extremely busy; full of bewildered holiday makers...such as myself! I flew from Sydney t...

It's actually been nearly 3 months since I went to Canberra (24/10/05 - 28/10/05), so I will do my best to remember what we did. I was a bit lazy at the time, but I will now write it up! It was actually a year 6 (12 year olds, and the eldest in the Junior School) excursion. It is an annual trip the school partakes in, and I think most schools do as well. I say this because Canberra was plagued full of school coach groups and worried teachers trying to f...