Hi guys, I just thought I'd better let you all know that we are now actually home safe and well. Yes, the blog is rather out of date and yes, we have been pretty rubbish at updating it, but hey that's cos we've been enjoying ourselves and not chained to computer screens! Although I can't say it's the same now we're back!
If you'd like to catch up with each of us, we are now all living happily in the world of BEBO! You can click on the links below to see our individual pages, say hello and view our latest photographs and see what we're up to...
Danny - http://tha-sweenster.bebo.com
Gez - http://gez999.bebo.com
Shad - http://shad29.bebo.com
The travels were amazing! We all wish we were still out there having the time of our lives (and I'm sure we'll be back as soon as we pay off our credit cards!) but now it's back to the grind of everyday life : ( It's not so bad, and we all look forward to seeing everyone we met again in the future. If you're reading this then make sure you get in touch and say hello and thanks for following the trip!
Over and out.
P.S. Look out for Ozfest 2010!!!
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Not so great ocean road!!
From Melbourne to Adelaide we decided to take the Groovey Grape once again becuase, of course the last time we went it was banterrific!! Althought, this time we never betted on having only 5 other people on our tour, most of which were completely shieeetttee!! We did, however manage to laugh ourselves to sleep every night and have a good laugh. Here's to the great ocean road and Shad and Danny laughing at the back o the bus!!!
A slightly stormier Ocean Road
Lots o laughs (obviously)
Danny "trying to" do a cartwheel
"That's a shit cartwheel!"
That's not a cartwheel... this is a cartwheel!!
(Shad) "I've been here three times! What am I doing here!!!?" (Danny) "I love you"
Let's make a pyramid!! (I think someone's missing!)
The Great Ocean Road Crew (Less than impressed!)
A slightly stormier Ocean Road
Lots o laughs (obviously)
Danny "trying to" do a cartwheel
"That's a shit cartwheel!"
That's not a cartwheel... this is a cartwheel!!
(Shad) "I've been here three times! What am I doing here!!!?" (Danny) "I love you"
Let's make a pyramid!! (I think someone's missing!)
The Great Ocean Road Crew (Less than impressed!)What a place to be leaving : (
We had just got settled in Melbourne, got to know lots of good people, lots of friends and got to know the city itself as our new home and before we knew it, it was time for us to leave : ( The remaining members of Ozfest had some of the best times ever in Melbourne and will forever miss it. Here's some pics of some of those experiences....
King Street, home for 3 months
The view of the city from Southbank
The view of Melbourne at night
Southbank at night. Awesome
Last drinks at the bar with Bec and Shad
Bec and Danny
The mighty Lee and Hansey (AKA Morpheus)
Haggis! The taste of home was cracked out for our leaving party! Everyone loved it! (Even the vegies!)
Some of the party gang - We'll miss you guys!
Danny and Ryan fae Scotland (Good luck wee man : )
King Street, home for 3 months
The view of the city from Southbank
The view of Melbourne at night
Southbank at night. Awesome
Last drinks at the bar with Bec and Shad
Bec and Danny
The mighty Lee and Hansey (AKA Morpheus)
Haggis! The taste of home was cracked out for our leaving party! Everyone loved it! (Even the vegies!)
Some of the party gang - We'll miss you guys!
Danny and Ryan fae Scotland (Good luck wee man : )I think Danny and Shad are joined in saying that we will both well and truly miss Melbourne and all of the people that we met while staying there. Hopefully we will see some of you again in the future. Stay in touch!!!
More Melbourne
While in Melbourne Danny had the pleasure of going to see some Scottish mates living in Frankston which is just outside Melbourne. They were very hospitable, a good laugh and provided one of the best experiences a young Scot could ever wish for.... a full fried Scottish breakfast (complete with Tattie Scone, Square Sausage and Black Puddin!!!).
Oh my God! Look at that breakfast!
Tommy, Lainey and Danny in the sun of Frankston! Beautiful!
Tom and Laineys house ; )
Oh my God! Look at that breakfast!
Tommy, Lainey and Danny in the sun of Frankston! Beautiful!
Tom and Laineys house ; )Saturday, March 10, 2007
Melbourne is awesome!!!
Well, I know it's been a while since our last update, but what can I say, we've been too busy living the dream! We both agree that Melbourne is easily the nicest city we've ever had the chance to stay and I'm sure it won't be the last time we visit. You may notice I said 'both' as most of you will now know ozfest has now been reduced to only two. Gerard and our good friend Micky both decided to go home in December to have Christmas with friends and family and nurse their bank accounts. It was a sad day to see the lads go.
As I understand it both Gerard and Micky were very good at keeping their return home quiet which almost resulted in some very messy underwear from their folks! Gez walked out of a darkened room when his dad returned home to an "empty" house and nearly gave the poor man a heart attack! If only he filmed it, that would have been a classic Jeremy Beadle moment.
So myself and Shad found ourselves relatively alone in the big city. We manged to sign a three month lease in a share appartment on King Street which is right in the centre of the city, an ideal location for lots of partying sightseeing. We shared this very small appartment with five (yes five!) other people: Haga (Japan), Chisato (Japan), Alex (Oz), Lee (S Korea) and Hansey (India), which was a very international mix.
The flat was initially very quiet with everyone staying confined to their own rooms and the only social interaction being a passing hello on the way to the toilet or kitchen. So, in order to get things moving we did what we do best - we bought lots of food and drink and had a party! Instantly everyone came out of their shells and got to know each other, although let me tell you the language barriers were pretty difficult. Thankfully everyone understands the language of alcohol and games which held us together for the next three months!
As I understand it both Gerard and Micky were very good at keeping their return home quiet which almost resulted in some very messy underwear from their folks! Gez walked out of a darkened room when his dad returned home to an "empty" house and nearly gave the poor man a heart attack! If only he filmed it, that would have been a classic Jeremy Beadle moment.
So myself and Shad found ourselves relatively alone in the big city. We manged to sign a three month lease in a share appartment on King Street which is right in the centre of the city, an ideal location for lots of partying sightseeing. We shared this very small appartment with five (yes five!) other people: Haga (Japan), Chisato (Japan), Alex (Oz), Lee (S Korea) and Hansey (India), which was a very international mix.
The flat was initially very quiet with everyone staying confined to their own rooms and the only social interaction being a passing hello on the way to the toilet or kitchen. So, in order to get things moving we did what we do best - we bought lots of food and drink and had a party! Instantly everyone came out of their shells and got to know each other, although let me tell you the language barriers were pretty difficult. Thankfully everyone understands the language of alcohol and games which held us together for the next three months!
So here we go with some pictures. We'll start off with Christmas in the appartment which was certainly a little different to Christmas back home. Without mum's cooking, turkey, a tree and all of the other home comforts we had to do our best to make sure everyone had a good time. A BBQ for dinner and lots of drinks were the order of the day!
Lee, Chisato, Haga, Danny, Shad, Chumbawumba, Mairi and Matia
Chisato, Shad, Mairi, Hansey, Max, Mitsubishi and Haga
Aww, look at those wee pressies! Who needs a tree when you've got a microwave!?
Two very excited little elves
Just look at those wee smiley faces
Shad was very excited about Christmas
Sarajh and Haga
Going out in style at New Year's
Haga, Hansey, Shad, Chisato, Lee, Max and Wee Jimmy
Haga and Danny share a moment
Lee doing his sales pitch for Korean Chilli paste! BUY NOW!
BBQ with Shad, Shoko, Haga, Chisato and Mokoto
Mokoto, Shad and Shoko big it up!
The lights of Melbourne at night
"You can see our house from here!"
Australian Tennis Open
Don't worry folks, there's more to come. Just thought I'd post this stuff just now so you can see some of what we've been up to. It's bloody hard work updating this things, especially when theres more travelling to do! We're actually in Adelaide at the moment, leaving for Cairns on Tuesday then will be heading for the Whitsundays, Frazer Island, Byron Bay, Serfers Paradise and Sydney before heading to Japan for a few weeks. It's gonna be awesome! I can see the last set of posts on the blog being a little bit late due to the travel plan so you'll have to bear with us. Stay in touch!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Deep in the Desert...
The longer we spent in the desert the more it became apparent that Scots just aren't designed for this environment! It was roastin!! Good fun tho. We made some great mates along the way and kept everyone up to speed with the drinking games!
The Olgas, Kata Tjuta
Walking through The Olgas
Salt anyone?
This huge salt lake was created in the 1970's when Britain used the area to test its atomic bombs. After spending about half an hour here we all ensured that we are now completely infertile and will probably die of some weird form of cancer.*
Yeah Micky's screwed
The rabbit fence. This is the longest fence in the world which stretches right across Australia. It's a bit retarded cos, as we all know rabbits can dig! Australians aren't turning out to be the brightest of people really.
Dereck our driver with the Italian lads Mattia and Angelo
Coober Pedy is a bit of a strange town. It would be a great set for a horror movie actually. Everyone in the town lives underground in caves. They can help pay for their home or strike it rich too because this is also one of the largest Opal mining regions in Australia.
Our accomodation which was very hostel like, cut out of the side of a hill.
Sarah, Shad and Gez in the batcave
A house we got a tour of which was built underground
PARTY! It was one of the girls' birthdays so we all went to the local Italian restaurants for pizza. What a laugh. We nearly managed to clear out the whole place cos we made so much noise!
Mattia and Danny in their elf outfits
King elf Sarah
Saying our goodbyes. Look at that sad wee face
*This is complete bulls**t. I think. We do know that the area was used as a bombing range however and apparently Britain did test atomic weapons in the desert, about 200km from this location. Lovely.
The Olgas, Kata Tjuta
Walking through The Olgas
Salt anyone?
This huge salt lake was created in the 1970's when Britain used the area to test its atomic bombs. After spending about half an hour here we all ensured that we are now completely infertile and will probably die of some weird form of cancer.*
Yeah Micky's screwed
The rabbit fence. This is the longest fence in the world which stretches right across Australia. It's a bit retarded cos, as we all know rabbits can dig! Australians aren't turning out to be the brightest of people really.
Dereck our driver with the Italian lads Mattia and Angelo
Coober Pedy is a bit of a strange town. It would be a great set for a horror movie actually. Everyone in the town lives underground in caves. They can help pay for their home or strike it rich too because this is also one of the largest Opal mining regions in Australia.
Our accomodation which was very hostel like, cut out of the side of a hill.
Sarah, Shad and Gez in the batcave
A house we got a tour of which was built underground
PARTY! It was one of the girls' birthdays so we all went to the local Italian restaurants for pizza. What a laugh. We nearly managed to clear out the whole place cos we made so much noise!
Mattia and Danny in their elf outfits
King elf Sarah
Saying our goodbyes. Look at that sad wee face
*This is complete bulls**t. I think. We do know that the area was used as a bombing range however and apparently Britain did test atomic weapons in the desert, about 200km from this location. Lovely.
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