I haven’t died! Really!

Wow. Sorry about the wait. I have this great habit of saying that I’ll post something on a SPECIFIC date, and then missing that deadline by… y’know, three or more weeks. Ahem. Let’s just say that I have some major problems when trying to bring structure to unstructured time. (Which is code for “I’m laaaaazy.”)
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I am home again!

My apologies for not posting sooner. My first week and a half home was basically a whirlwind of socializing and trying to get my sleep schedule to make some kind of sense. Then I got sick and had a totally nasty weekend because of it, missing a send-off for one of my friends who’s going [...]

Queenstown and surrounds: Woah.

It seems useless to try to describe how pretty the scenery here is. I have so many awesome photos from the past few days that the thought of sorting through them and selecting just a FEW to post is extremely daunting. Just out of sheer blog exhaustion I’m going to keep them to a minimum [...]

New Zealand: The South Island (or: Mountains, Mountains Everywhere!)

I’m posting from Queenstown, where right next to my hostel there’s a place with 4$/hour internet. Hooray! That means picture-uploading for you, and trust me, you’re going to enjoy it.
After my Lord of the Rings tour on Friday, I finally managed to meet up with Laura and the hopped-up-on-diet-coke version of Margaret for a drink. [...]

New Zealand: The North Island, and Lord of the Rings hilarity

I finally decided to bite the bullet and spend a wee bit on some internet time. I’m going to skip the remnants of the Australian stuff for now, since I’m in New Zealand mode. Today I’m going to put up my pics from the North Island, and also some mystery filming locations from Lord of [...]

A Birthday to Remember: The Great Barrier Reef

I have a bit of intrim stuff to talk about re: Alice Springs and Cairns, but I’ll get to that later. I’ve been saying lately that I don’t really ‘get’ the whole “time moves forward in a linear fashion” idea that is so persistent today, so it’s only fit that I carry this philosophy into [...]

The Outback, Part 2: Is that a GIANT ROCK or are you just happy to see me?

Now that’s a sunset to remember.
We didn’t go straight to Uluru that morning, as we had a few folks to pick up first (they were supposed to come for the full three days, but one of them was robbed the night before and had his wallet, phone and shoes stolen. Hiking in sock feet isn’t exactly [...]

The Outback, Part 1: Train rides, climbing rocks, and camping under the stars

This is going to be a long entry, because I want to put as many pictures up as possible so I can free up some space (and prevent myself from getting too backlogged.) So get a cup of tea and a snack or something and settle in, folks. I think it’ll be worth it, because [...]

Taronga Zoo, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge

This will probably be my last post from Sydney – at least, the last from what has been my home for the past four and a half months. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to post pictures over the next month, but I will definitely be blogging from all over the continent and beyond. [...]

24-Hour Theatre – My Brain is Full!

Phew! I’m finally getting caught up on my blog entries, so sorely neglected thanks to end-of-school stuff and my desire to, immediatley afterward, spend an inordinate amount of time drinking. I’ve been looking forward to this one. There are only a couple of pictures, because being a genius and having spent the past week on [...]