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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Back in Bundy
Back in Bundaberg. I think I'd been on the bus for over 20 hours. Not a cent to my name and under STRICT instructions from Ethel that...
Joanna
Apr 7, 19955 min read
Poor, Poor, Sydney
We arrived back in Sydney. Neither of us had a pot to piss in... nor did we have a window to throw it out of. We managed to find the...
Joanna
Apr 2, 19953 min read
Joanna from Snowy River
Batlow, snowy mountains... The Man from Snowy River. It wasn't long before we secured our first job in Batlow, in the land of the Snowy...
Joanna
Mar 20, 19952 min read
A Few Funnies
Donna's Memory: *I have NO recollection of this happening and even when she wrote to Ashlynn about it, Ashlynn replied "are you on...
Joanna
Mar 10, 19953 min read
Grape Land
How we all made it to Mildura... ... yet... more specifically, how we all made it to the particular location that Ivan told us about......
Joanna
Feb 20, 19954 min read
Towards Grapes, We Go!
It finally came to time leave Bundaberg... and with tears in our eyes, we packed the car and started our journey down to meet Ivan in...
Joanna
Jan 20, 19952 min read
Life at City Centre Backpackers
Oh, how many times we went in and out of this building... and onto those buses. BEST time of the day was getting back to the hostel after...
Joanna
Jan 11, 19954 min read
Noosa
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to head down to Noosa for a couple days of holidays? Sunshine, a beautiful costal town, sandy...
Joanna
Dec 25, 19943 min read
Life in Bundaberg
I read; "Fruit picking is an awesome way for backpackers to earn extra cash during their trip when travelling in the countryside of...
Joanna
Dec 8, 19942 min read
Ripe for the Pickin'
First day? Not so great.. I hated every second of it. I was not raised, cut out for or intended for this type of contemptible work. No...
Joanna
Nov 13, 19942 min read
Workers Wanted
We were broke. After gallivanting up the coast and spending all our money, we were in desperate need of a job. But where...? We really...
Joanna
Nov 10, 19941 min read
Reunion on the Gold Coast
I rarely ever win anything... It's true. Not out of pure chance, anyway... unless it's the most inconvenient time for a win. Then I'm...
Joanna
Oct 22, 19942 min read
Heading North
Once clear of the Earth Star Ranger... and well on our way, thanks to Pam and Tom... we ventured along to Lennox Head, home of Lake...
Joanna
Oct 14, 19942 min read
Don't Hitchhike
Wikipedia: Ivan Milat was an Australian serial killer who was convicted of the backpacker murders in 1996. Milat, commonly known as the...
Joanna
Oct 11, 19948 min read
Let the Exploration Begin
We took off from Sydney for a few days to explore Katoomba and the area of the Blue Mountains. I didn't write a whole lot about this...
Joanna
Sep 20, 19944 min read
Sydney, Australia
The beginning of the trip began as most vacations do… dealing with the nuisance of jet lag, while trying to adapt to new surroundings....
Joanna
Sep 12, 19941 min read
The Decision
It had been decided. My friend, Jan, and I were going to go ‘backpacking’ for a year. The word ‘backpacking,’ to me, is a bit...
Joanna
Sep 3, 19942 min read
Down Memory Lane...
Recently, I decided to open up my old travel trunk and pull out all my old photo albums and memory books. The purpose was to condense 28...
Joanna
Sep 2, 19941 min read
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