11 December 2008

Getting Close...

Counting down the days now. I think its about 39?

Have had some major problems with our working visa for the UK because of some mis-information provided by the UK consulate. It is probably going to mean delaying the trip, maybe even up to a month! The worst part is we wont really know until the last minute. Which means we cant hand in our notice at work and don't know what we are doing and when... Really frustrating! Also very expensive - if we do have do change our booking we basically have our fare refunded and have to buy it at todays rate. We bought the tickets months ago when they were about $500 cheaper! GRRR!

Anyway... Pays not to think about that...

We have both just bought awesome packs from Kathmandu, and have lots of thermals and fleeces and jackets etc so we don't freeze to death in Canada. We have a couple of good travel books and a few friends we will be talking to alot more in the next month to find out everything we need to see and do.

10 December 2008

Australia 2008

We have been in Aus for about 9 months now. Staying with Rochelles parents who have been really helpful and awesome putting up with us for so long! On the whole our experience in Australia has been really good. We have managed to save some money for our trip and had a bit of a holiday on the Gold Coast at the same time. The weather is amazing and the lifestyle is really relaxed. It would be perfect if we could convince all our friends to move over!

We both got really good jobs working for a fairly small business that wholesales tourist clothing and souvenirs. Rochelle is in the admin team processing orders and manning the phones etc, and I have been doing all the international freight and part-time IT guy.

We have done every single theme park and most of the wildlife parks on the Gold Coast. Travelled up to the sunshine coast for a weekend, flew up to Townsville and out to Orpheus Island to visit Rochelles sister and her husband - Bridgette and Aaron - which was awesome!

That's about it really. Here's a couple of pics we took along the way...

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