29.07.05
Happy Birthday
The 29th July is my parent’s birthday. So happy birthday Mum and Dad.
It pays to read
I’m feeling just a bit shabby today. We went out last night to see Eskimo Joe at the ANU bar. They played hard and there were a few of us playing just as hard with our instruments. Of course ours were the kind of instruments one uses to drink out of. Only one person failed to read my email correctly and tried to call me from All Bar Nun to find out why we weren’t there. Unfortunately for the person in question they were one week to early. Hopefully Steve will return to All Bar Nun next week for a few Coopers, when we are actually there. Although he could be forgiven for his mistake as he was probably distracted by the knowledge that he’d be featuring in the Canberra Times the following day.
26.07.05
Apple Power
I’d always wanted a laptop computer. With the trip to Canada planned I decided that it was time to purchase one. Being an apple user for the last 4 years my choice was simple. All i needed then was the funds to do so.
So with the sale of my car completed, it was time to buy. So i am now the owner of a new 15″ powerbook. It will do everything my iMac does and more. Hopefully it will make my updating to everyone back home a little easier and a lot more pleasant than using the old internet cafes.
Game on…
Sure I’d travelled. I’d owned a passport; I was the first in my family to travel overseas! It was a huge trip too; all the way to NZ - they didn’t even stamp my passport. It wasn’t until 2002 that I was bitten by the travel bug. At this time my sister Danielle had been living overseas for a while and was now in South Africa. I thought I better get out there to take advantage of some free accommodation. 8 weeks in Southern Africa was enough to be infected with the Travel Virus.
Luckily for the last two years I have been able to travel to Hawaii for Triathlon, which satiated the need for a while but hadn’t quenched the thirst.
In 2004 I came home from Hawaii, determined to follow in the footsteps of brave adventurers before me and spend an extended period infiltrating a foreign land from within. Resisting the urge to travel to the UK like many millions of young Australian’s before me, I decided on the hot new destination for Australians travelling on Working Holiday Visa’s – our Commonwealth siblings Canada.
So to keep you all abreast of what is happening in my life overseas, my mate Steve Hanley – all round IT guru and mountain biking aficionado – has set up these pages for me to allow me all diarise my trip.
While I am away you’ll read in excruciating detail the trials and tribulations of my adventures in North America, other useless and mindless facts of information, and as they say a picture tells a thousand words, you’ll be able to read those essays in my picture gallery. I’d promise not to bore you but that’s a promise that I can’t keep. Hopefully there will be sufficient excitement to keep people returning on a semi casual basis. As an added bonus you’ll be able to leave comments for me and everyone else to see.
Well thanks for dropping by. It’s only 13 sleeps till I depart, and as Friday is my last day at work for 15 months, the adventure begins at 5pm Friday.
Bring on the Bacon, Maple Syrup, Moose and Beaver…
AB
Special thanks to Steve Hanley for his IT work and generous hosting of my website; and also to Skye Condon from the Australian Consulate-General in New York for the travel advice.
Photography: Kimberley O’Brien