Aussie Aussie Aussie..... Oi Oi Oi!!! The day has arrived, the big celebration, a great excuses to drink plenty and act like idiots!!!(turns out it was just us but hey we know that Australians aren't the best at holding celebration parties!!) It is Wednesday 26th January 2011 and it is Australia Day, we are going to celebrate the first British fleet arriving in Sydney in 1788!! The sun is shining and we are psyched!! We have been behaving the last couple ...

Hana awakes nice and early (4.45AM!!) to start her morning shifts and guess what its raining again!! Oh well its all okay as we are leaving today to tick off another 'must do on the east coast' - WHITSUNDAYS here we come!!! I awake a few hours later, and start to prepare our bags ready for our trip I turn on the TV and freeze!!! Now unless you live under a rock far away from civilization (well TV) you will understand why I froze. An emergency news report was...

Chrissy in Brissy!! So its that time of the year again, the season to be cold and cuddled up with your family singing songs by the fire. Well not in Australia, to be honest you wouldn't really know it was Christmas. We live right in the capital of Queensland, however there were no turning on the lights (as the Christmas tree lights were solar powered!!), no fat jolly men in red suits in department stores and no cheap and tacky Christmas shops that just seem ...

We are all packed and super excited for our first excursion on the East Coast of Australia....... FRASER ISLAND & NOOSA (a.k.a Sunshine Coast)!!! I know we have had little journeys but this time it's one of the big "you must"!!! I'm not too sure if this excitment is more about the week off work, as the previous week we worked over 55 hours which had knocked us for six a little and are now grateful for some time off stress free!! Or because it is one of the w...

After a quick two hour flight we were in Brisbane, Capital of Queensland in the middle of the East coast of Australia. We were excited to get stuck into round two of job/ house searching with our new companion Shereen. The drive from the city/bus station is always my favorite part of reaching our new destinations. This drive was particularly interesting and aesthetically pleasing as on one side of us we had a massive, dirty looking but still kinda pretty looki...