Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Jan 2nd 2007, 1:31 am
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Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Would love to hear from people in Oz who have done different and exciting things on their time off, things they would never have done in the UK.
Anyone got any memories?
Buzzy
Anyone got any memories?
Buzzy
Jan 2nd 2007, 7:46 am
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Bump fer yer... 
Jan 2nd 2007, 1:23 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
4WD'ing on Sand Dunes in Port Stephens! 
The Beach (a lot!) - we live just over an hour from the coast but now we're in Oz we make the effort - in the UK we lived 15 mins from the coast and never went!
Swimming in the Street Communal Pool (which is always quiet!).
and...............
Shopping - some things never change!
The Beach (a lot!) - we live just over an hour from the coast but now we're in Oz we make the effort - in the UK we lived 15 mins from the coast and never went!
Swimming in the Street Communal Pool (which is always quiet!).
and...............
Shopping - some things never change!
Jan 2nd 2007, 1:47 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Watching my mate kite surf.
Dowing a bottle of red with my mates while watching the sun go down.
Teaching myself to front crawl (Swimming)...sad I know, but I had forgotten how to do it.
Not having to always worry about the weather to have a bbq.
Getting home at a decent hour enabling me to spend more time with OH and family.
A friend of mine who emigrated about 20 years ago asked me to keep in mind why I moved to Australia in the first place and what I wanted out of my life here. To make sure that I kept to that plan as it's easy to get back into the same routine.
Jan 2nd 2007, 5:14 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
some pics
Jan 2nd 2007, 6:46 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
surf all year and only wear a wetsuit in winter/spring
Jan 2nd 2007, 7:57 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Great! Thanks guys - keep 'em coming. WOuld love to hear people's stories about bushwalking or camping in the bush....
Buzzy
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Jan 2nd 2007, 8:21 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Went for a walk at Point Lookout and saw wild dolphins and spectacular beaches (North Straddie).
Took a boat up the Brisbane River to the Koala Sanctuary and took loads of photos (and no I did not cuddle one as it stresses them out).
Went bush walking in Mount Glorious which lived up to its name.
Did a 3 day trip to Frazer Island and did some awsome walks/drives across the sandunes.
The list is endless and the possibilities infinite. I love this place for that reason alone.
Sue
Took a boat up the Brisbane River to the Koala Sanctuary and took loads of photos (and no I did not cuddle one as it stresses them out).
Went bush walking in Mount Glorious which lived up to its name.
Did a 3 day trip to Frazer Island and did some awsome walks/drives across the sandunes.
The list is endless and the possibilities infinite. I love this place for that reason alone.
Sue
Jan 2nd 2007, 9:59 pm
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Jan 2nd 2007, 11:30 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Been here 2 months and seen loads of Sydney, been on bushwalks in nearby national parks and seen Lyre Birds, Echidnas, all sorts of lizards (bloody huge ones!), been diving in Sydney, went on great camping road trip over Christmas all the way up to Byron, amazing national parks, sat in my camp chair with glass of beautiful wine looking at sky full of stars in perfect silence, met SO many genuinely friendly people, spent Christmas day in pool, body boarding on boxing day, dived with 8 sharks and no end of BIG rays, incredible - can't wait for our bloody gear to arrive so we can go more often LOL, saw dolphins, dived with loggerhead turtle (HUGE), new year on a boat in Sydney harbour for the fireworks talking to an 80 year old Aussie girl with more life and drive and spirit than I've got at a third her age, the list goes on....... and on.........
Got so many things planned for the new year and even into Autumn it's unreal.
Life is good
Graham
Got so many things planned for the new year and even into Autumn it's unreal.
Life is good
Graham
Jan 2nd 2007, 11:34 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
During my first summer in Australia (Adelaide)...we drove up to Blanchetown on the Murray River....temperature 47c degrees. So hot I jumped into the Murray and came out covered in leeches :scared: . Never jumped into the Murray since 
. Friend lit a match and got them off me that way 
. Friend lit a match and got them off me that way
Jan 3rd 2007, 10:40 am
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
S*** was I supposed to keep that quiet???
Jan 3rd 2007, 12:11 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Planted several dozen natives in the new garden!
Jan 3rd 2007, 7:41 pm
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Jan 3rd 2007, 8:27 pm
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Re: Weekends/time off - what exciting things have you done?
Well, we don't have big restrictions - yet. But we're planting most of the garden with natives, which don't need much in the way of water. The ones we put in a month ago are going gangbusters!
