Home of the Monaro VXR, here I come!

[margotgrissom]

*snoopydances*

My flights are booked, payed and confirmed. I have a shiny new passport including a shiny 'only a mother could love that' picture. I have... uhm, I'm working on the travel insurance. And I need to buy a suitcase. But anyway.

The living dead girl is going to Australia in November! :D

m_l_h, any tips for me?

Not only will that be my first holiday outside of Europe and the UK but also my first long distance flight. Could be interesting.

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[margotgrissom.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Well, Beloved can show me around Melbourne, so that's covered. ;)

Own cooking is a must, even though I don't look like it I'm a really difficult eater.

You really liked it there, hm? Country/customs/people wise?

*stuffs a big cookie into your pout*

[m-l-h.livejournal.com]

Mmmm cookie! *munches*

Yep, I adored it, fell completely and utterly in love with it. You're going at a good time; in Perth in November/early December it was around 26 degrees, which was comfortable. Ok, it was bloody hot at first, but that became my happy temperature by the time I left.

The funny thing about Perth (although maybe it was because of where I was staying) and I think Melbourne's the same, is that there's so many foreigners! I honestly didn't meet and talk to that many Aussies (although the one I did become friends with was rather hot *cough*). The Australians I worked with were great - one lot actually had an Australian Day for the Irish girl, and brought in 'Aussie' food so I could try it. They were excellent.

It's true that Australians are much more laid-back. One of my other favourite things was at Christmas you could walk around the city without being bombarded with music and tacky decorations. Perth had a few lights put up by the council, but I didn't find one store with decorations in, or Christmas music blasting. Which was nice.

And on a random note, their transport was very good too.

[margotgrissom.livejournal.com]

Sounds gooooooood. :)

Aside from the public transport, which I loathe in general and Beloved keeps complaining about.

[m-l-h.livejournal.com]

I would never consider getting on a train in Northern Ireland, but the trains in Perth were great. I loved being able to hop on a train, and 20 minutes later I was at the beach. Plus I felt remarkably safe on them.

I'm not sure what it's like in Melbourne, but if you get a chance to try the diving or snorkelling I'd do that. I did off the East coast and it was amazing; I would've done it off the West coast as well but I didn't get my act in gear in time.