Australia Work & Travel 2006/2007 tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-02-05:/blog/?domain=tonjeas 2007-03-05T05:43:39Z TonjeAS img/travel-blog-feed.png Airlie to Darwin to Sydney to Norway tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-03-04:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=46&entryid=48355 2007-03-05T05:43:39Z 2007-03-05T05:36:37Z [map=19875] From the bus left Airlie and till I was at the hostel in Darwin, 30 hours had gone by.... And in Darwin it rained and rained, so I went shopping for gifts to take back home to Norway :) and met norwegian Marte :) Back in Sydney on the morning of 28 february my hunt for a specific cereal began... :) (it went on for 24 hours :)) While it was going on I also went shopping for more gifts and some ...

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From the bus left Airlie and till I was at the hostel in Darwin, 30 hours had gone by.... And in Darwin it rained and rained, so I went shopping for gifts to take back home to Norway :) and met norwegian Marte :)
Back in Sydney on the morning of 28 february my hunt for a specific cereal began... :) (it went on for 24 hours :))
While it was going on I also went shopping for more gifts and some clothes for myself. They looked weird at me when I bought 4 jumpers in warm and sunny Sydney :D Ha Ha And I also tried to pack my bag.... Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

once.......twice.....

When I was walking over the street in Sydney down near central, I suddenly saw Waves Surf School's bus with Wayne Ducat as the driver and Kellie with Zoe on her arm collecting the customers money. Of course I went over to say hi :D We talked for a bit and Kel suggested I'd jump on the bus and go say hi and good bye to Vic at surf camp, but unfortunatly I had clothes being washed at the hostel, so didn't dare take the risk of losing my clothes. The bus left and I said bye to Kellie. I sure am going to miss my home in Australia, mostly surf camp but of course the snow as well. Thanks guys for taking such good care of me during my year away from home :) means a lot to me!!! :)
Later that night I went to the movies and saw "Pan's Labyrinth", good movie but some disgusting scenes....auch auch auch
This being my last time in Sydney, I finally got my ass to the Chinese Garden Of Friendship, and it was very nice. Diffucult to get some nice photos though. I also went to Paddy's Market and then later to visit Pål( a friend from home that I went to school with). We had some vodka cruisers and Pål made some food for us. Thanks!! very yummi :) We both were tired, so instead of going out I went back to my hostel and my bed there. Nice night :)
The next morning I went to Sydney Tower - nice view :) and oz trek. Later on I just walked around, taking a few photos and enjoying my last breath of air in Australia(for this time :))
At the international airport it all went quite quick, the check in and boarding :) Nothing much happened on my journey home to Norway. I saw a couple of movies - "Marie Antoinette", "The Queen", "The Illusionist" and "Dreamgirls" - in Kuala Lumpur we went off the plane and then on again. And in Vienna I changed planes, so I did some duty free-shopping there :) When I landed at Oslo airport in Norway I ran to the toilet, I ran to get a trolley, I ran to get my luggage and I ran out of there.... And there I was welcomed home with a purple sign my sister had made and both norwegian and australian flags :) so nice!!! By my mum and dad, my brother and sister, my aunt and cousin :) after I had tasted some "Imsdal" again and hugs had been given out and my sister gave me her jacket and some photos were taken, we walked out to dad's new car. Me of course in no shoes, still just thongs Ha Ha Ha Ha So of course my cousin had to take some photos of that :) Back home I ran out of the car and in to the house, saying "hi" to Christian(my sister's boyfriend) and giving him a hug before I ran upstairs to see my cat, Lucky :) she's still little and looks like a kitten, sooo cute :)
I had a quick shower before I handed out gifts and showed my 15 stiches scar and we ate some pizza. A bit later we had coffee and cakes - I absolutely love VERDENS BESTE!!! :)

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]]> Airlie & The Whitsundays tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-23:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=44&entryid=46486 2007-02-24T03:10:53Z 2007-02-24T03:05:36Z [map=19875 lat=-20.294546515019 lon=149.020122484689 zoom=308.61] I took the ferry back to Townsville from Magnetic Island and went window-shopping - in the few windows that were there.... Ha Ha After another 5 hours or so on the Greyhound bus, I jumped off in Airlie - that was wet wet wet, but the hostel was nice and warm with a huuuuge tv :) The next morning I went sailing with Tallship Derwent Hunter. Got to say I really like sailing now!!! :) We went to ...

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I took the ferry back to Townsville from Magnetic Island and went window-shopping - in the few windows that were there.... Ha Ha
After another 5 hours or so on the Greyhound bus, I jumped off in Airlie - that was wet wet wet, but the hostel was nice and warm with a huuuuge tv :)
The next morning I went sailing with Tallship Derwent Hunter. Got to say I really like sailing now!!! :) We went to (names might be a bit wrong...) Hayman Island, Sid's Island, Hook Island, Whitsunday Island & Langford Island. But the only islands I actually stepped on was Whitsunday and Langford :)
Back in Airlie I've done absolutely nothing....as it has been raining and it's only one street.... Ha Ha

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]]> Magnetic Island tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-23:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=43&entryid=46484 2007-02-24T03:00:07Z 2007-02-24T03:00:07Z [map=19875 lat=-19.1870350690754 lon=146.814027630181 zoom=846.9] After 5 hours or so on the Greyhound bus from Cairns, I jumped off in Townsville and got the ferry over to Nelly Bay on Magnetic Island. The hostel had a pool and was right ON the beach, so it was 3 days of typical "sydenferie" Ha Ha ...

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After 5 hours or so on the Greyhound bus from Cairns, I jumped off in Townsville and got the ferry over to Nelly Bay on Magnetic Island. The hostel had a pool and was right ON the beach, so it was 3 days of typical "sydenferie" Ha Ha

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]]> Cairns & Cape Tribulation tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-17:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=42&entryid=45248 2007-02-18T03:08:52Z 2007-02-17T09:09:19Z [map=19875 lat=-16.5925925925926 lon=145.646090534979 zoom=218.7] After spending the night on airplanes & Melbourne airport, I landed in nice & hot Cairns :) At the hostel I took a quick shower and then got my ass to the postoffice. F i N A L L Y got to send "snusen" to Marte and a package full of gifts :) home to Norway :) When that was done I went shopping :) in a japanese store I got dressed up in Kimonos ...

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After spending the night on airplanes & Melbourne airport, I landed in nice & hot Cairns :) At the hostel I took a quick shower and then got my ass to the postoffice. F i N A L L Y got to send "snusen" to Marte and a package full of gifts :) home to Norway :) When that was done I went shopping :) in a japanese store I got dressed up in Kimonos with shoes and the girl working there even put my hair up :) fun experience :) in Australia.... Ha Ha After eating a very tasty burrito at a Mexican Restaurant, I went to the cinema. "Miss Potter" is a cute movie :)
The next day I was picked up 7:30 in the morning after only 2 hours sleep....so the start of my 2 day trip to Cape Tribulation was sleeeeepy :) but I did wake up for our first stop "Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary" very nice place :) Then we drove to the centre of Port Douglas. After almost falling a sleep again I went off the bus when it stopped and a short walk at Mossman Gorge -scary bridge!!!- before lunch. When we arrived at the river we jumped on a boat and saw a middle-sized crocodile on land, crabs in the mud, a frog in the tree, a young(small) crocodile and then big 4,5 meter long crocodile next to the boat... :) cool!!! :)
In Cape Trib I stayed at The Beach House - a jungle right down to the beach. Next day I enjoyed the jungle, beach and pool :) Back in Cairns I had some dinner before I went to the movies again. This time I watched the very good "Notes on a scandal".

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]]> The almost empty westcoast... tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-16:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=41&entryid=44975 2007-02-17T03:03:21Z 2007-02-16T10:24:44Z [map=19875 lat=-27.2881355932203 lon=121.525423728814 zoom=10.62] Tuesday 6 february I got picked up by WesternXposure outside my hostel. There was the usual toilet & brekky-stop before our first tourist attraction..The Pinnacles in Nambung National Park. Cool!! :) Before sandboarding we had lunch at a cosy little beach at Green Head :) We stayed the first night at Kalbarri. And the next morning we had to get up at 05:00AM!!!!......crazy!!!! We saw the sun both rise & set that day :) That early early ...

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Tuesday 6 february I got picked up by WesternXposure outside my hostel. There was the usual toilet & brekky-stop before our first tourist attraction..The Pinnacles in Nambung National Park. Cool!! :) Before sandboarding we had lunch at a cosy little beach at Green Head :) We stayed the first night at Kalbarri. And the next morning we had to get up at 05:00AM!!!!......crazy!!!! We saw the sun both rise & set that day :) That early early morning we drove to Murchison River Gorge in Kalbarri National Park, where we saw Z-bend gorge & Natures Window. Nice!! After lunch, at one of those "roadhouses" along the road, we went to Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve. There we saw heaps of rocks that's alive...."Stromatolites"...Not that they did anything that proved it.... Ha Ha Before we reached Denham, where we stayed the night, we had a stop at beautiful Shell Beach :) just a little bit too shallow to swim... :)
Since we already was in Shark Bay World Heritage Area we only had a short drive to Monkey Mia. Which is famous for it's dolphins & pelicans...at least the pelicans should be HaHa :) We had a barbielunch with the emu's before we left to go see some sharks from Eagle Bluff Lookout. We stayed the night at Coral Bay, so the next day we could do whatever we wanted. I enjoyed the amazing beach :) :) We drove further up to Exmouth that day. The day after our first stop was Vlahming Head Lighthouse, then we found heaps of info at the Visitor Centre. And since we already was in Cape Range National Park we had a look at Yardie Creek and enjoyed Turquoise Bay - lunch, swimming and snorkelling over Ningaloo Reef. :) For dinner we had B U R R I T O :) :) :) :) :) :) yummi yummi yummi!! Since it was Kat's(Belgium) birthday we also had balloons, hats and trumphets :) Nice night! The following day was the longest drive. We drove all the way from Exmouth to Northbrook Farm Stay. First thing we did the next morning was to go visit Prince Leonard & Hutt River Province :) very cool!!! :) I got new stamps in my passport... :) The prince itself guided us around his province & told us a whole lot in a short time. Right outside the border Sarah(our driver & guide) picked up a bobtail lizard to show us. Weird little creature that was biting it's own tail... Ha Ha Further down, towards Perth, we stopped at Greenough Wildlife Park where we fed & had a look at different animals, and had lunch. In Perth I had dinner with Laura before I went to the airport, flying to Cairns.

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]]> pics 7 tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-08:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=40&entryid=43516 2007-02-09T00:55:02Z 2007-02-09T00:52:13Z Oh my...laura sorry I just had to steal them :D it such a long time agooooo hilarious :D fun fun fun ... Oh my...laura sorry I just had to steal them :D

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]]> Kangaroo Island tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-07:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=39&entryid=43273 2007-02-07T09:26:21Z 2007-02-07T09:26:21Z I didn't really do much in Adelaide before my trip with Surf'n'Sun. Which I went on wednesday 31 january, got picked up by our guide, Simon, early in the morning. After picking up everyone, a nice group of 13 + 1 guide, we drove off to Middleton Beach. Where we caught some killing waves :) Afterwards we had a barbie in the bosses frontyard before we drove to Victor Harbour. There we saw Sealink - the most expensive ferry!!! While we ... I didn't really do much in Adelaide before my trip with Surf'n'Sun. Which I went on wednesday 31 january, got picked up by our guide, Simon, early in the morning. After picking up everyone, a nice group of 13 + 1 guide, we drove off to Middleton Beach. Where we caught some killing waves :)
Afterwards we had a barbie in the bosses frontyard before we drove to Victor Harbour. There we saw Sealink - the most expensive ferry!!! While we jumped in two fishing boats :) It was like a rollercoaster over to Kangaroo Island HA HA fun fun fun :) when we got save on land we were soaking wet...at least parts of us :) HA HA
On our way to Surf'n'Sun's camp/farm on Kangaroo Island, we stopped at a nice lookout where Simon told us about the islands history & what kind of animals we'll most likely to see. And which ones we would really want to see - as they are older than the dinosaurs....

The reason Kangaroo Island got the name they do, is because when the white fella asked the aboriginals "What are they called"and pointed at the kangaroos. The aboriginals didn't understand and said "kangaroo" - which means "I don't understand" & the white fella thought that was what it was called....
And kangaroos definitly do act as they don't understand when they run in front of each and every car driving past them....

After dinner at the camp/farm we went to look for pinguins. Tiny tiny pinguins :) cute as...
The next morning our first assignment was to take photos of the Remarkable Rocks, which we did very well. We played some rollercoaster again, this time with the 4wd van :) fun fun fun before we had a look at New Zealand fur seals. nice!! :)
Right before lunch, we had a stop at Flinders Chase Visitor Centre(the best one I've seen so far :)) After lunch we enjoyed the beach by sunbathing, swimming, sleeping, snorkelling and playing.

:) What a wonderful life :)

After getting sunscreen and saltwater on our bodies, we drove off to Little Sahara for some S A N D B O A R D I N G!!! :)
Our last day on Kangaroo Island, we went on the "Hanson Bay Hike". After a few small lookouts(the nature made itself) and a little bit of wildlife(guana, echidna etc.), we found Simon sitting by the river and enjoying his drive to the other end of the hike(while we had walked for 3 hours :)) hahaha
Our hike ended by the ocean, and we got to see some amazing white beaches :) We had lunch back at camp and Simon made us get time for Australia's no.1 beach :)
I can definitly get the no.1 about that
Simon dragged us off the beach - he had to - cause we had an appointment at Seal Bay. There we went down on the beach where the seals were, with out own personal guide. nice nice nice :)
Our drive from Seal Bay to Penneshaw was one big party!! Loved it!! :)
Since our two fishingboats didn't show up, we got to take the expensive Sealink-ferry back to Victor Harbour.

Right before I was about to leave Adelaide, I had an interesting experience...
I was a hairmodel for Toni&Guy on the Hair & Beauty SA Expo. Which was fun fun fun and free colour & cut :)

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]]> Hair & Beauty SA Expo tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-04:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=36&entryid=42716 2007-02-05T05:46:37Z 2007-02-04T11:33:50Z This is what I did on the morning of 4 february :D fun fun fun :) And with the stage-make up still on I took a bus to the airport, where I had the best meal :) [img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/51224/ ... DSCF3122.jpg

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This is what I did on the morning of 4 february :D

fun fun fun :)

And with the stage-make up still on I took a bus to the airport, where I had the best meal :)

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]]> My last travelling begins... tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-02-02:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=33&entryid=42381 2007-02-07T09:02:15Z 2007-02-03T02:05:17Z Once again I left Sydney before my visitor got on her plane back home to Norway...(Am I a bad host...) This time I went to Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne is definitly a place I'll go back to, for sure!!! :) Good shopping, nice gardens & parks and just a goodlooking city :) From Melbourne I left for Devonport, Tasmania with "Spirit of Tasmania". Nice ride!! On land in Devonport, I jumped on the Adventure Tours bus going on a 3 day tour down the ... Once again I left Sydney before my visitor got on her plane back home to Norway...(Am I a bad host...)
This time I went to Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne is definitly a place I'll go back to, for sure!!! :) Good shopping, nice gardens & parks and just a goodlooking city :)
From Melbourne I left for Devonport, Tasmania with "Spirit of Tasmania". Nice ride!!
On land in Devonport, I jumped on the Adventure Tours bus going on a 3 day tour down the east coast to Hobart. First stop was a brekky stop. yummi!! A bit later we stopped at Bridestowe Lavender Farm where I tried one of their blueberry & lavender muffin... Very interesting taste...quite good :) After a barbie-lunch, Bruce, our ATA-guide started telling us a story about a little town:

The story
During WW1 a lot of Australians went to Europe to save the world. And the same was 3 brothers from a tiny town in Tasmania. They left their mum thinking they were going on the adventure of their life. The woman was heartbroken watching all her children leave to fight in the war.

During the war there was a little man on his little horse travelling with yellow envelopes in his bag. In these envelopes was the soldiers name, place and how he died and where he had been buried.

The woman prayed and prayed that the man would not stop at her house. She watched as he stopped at other houses. And she felt extremely sorry for those he stopped at, but was reliefed everytime when he didn't stop at her door.

In France, Australia lost more men than France itself...

One day the woman watched as the man on the back of his horse stopped outside her house. She opened the door with tears running down and you can only imagine how heartbroken she was when he held out 3 yellow envelopes for her...
All her kids had died in the war.

In memory of the soldiers the town planted an alley of trees, which grew big and strong.
But a couple of years ago a branch fell down on the road, so the trees where getting dangerous, and it was decided that they where going to be cut down. The people of the town did not like this. They called for a guy that used a long time cutting down the trees. But the trees they finally were cut down and this is what he left:

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I absolutely loved this story :)

On our way to the beach house in Bicheno, we stoppe at a waterfall - very nice :) - and a white beach with turquise water, crystal clear - very very very nice!!! :)
We also drove through the town that suffered the most from the bushfire right before christmas 2006. The fire had just kept on till there was nothing left to burn, right down by the water. Sad sad sad :( 80% of Australia's bushfires are lit on purpose...and so was this as well...How sad is that... :(

The next day we started by walking up Mount Amos, which ended up more like climbing :) fun fun fun :) At the top we had a great view over Wineglass Bay +++ :)

"Wineglass Bay is such a romantic name of a beach, but it got it's name years ago when they used to drag the whales up on the beach and cut them up there. Having all the blood running down the beach, looking like red wine...Wineglass Bay"

After the walk/climb/slide we jumped in the freezing water at the beach where we had barbie-lunch yummi!! After cleaning up we drove all the way to Port Arthur. After dinner some of us went on a Ghost Tour down at Port Arthur Historic Site, with Todd as out guide. Interesting true stories, but not very scary(not even close to London...)
The next day we had all morning till lunch to explore Port Arthur Historic Site on our own. After lunch we drove to "Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park" where we fed Tasmanian Devils, roos and wallabies. And then we headed to Hobart, where the Adventure Tours trip ended.

On 29 january I got a plane to Adelaide, South Australia.

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]]> A visitor from Norway :) tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-29:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=32&entryid=41564 2007-02-05T04:45:06Z 2007-01-30T07:19:55Z 12 january I was really excited, cause a friend from Norway was coming to visit me YEAHY :) So when Ann-Helen jumped out of the airport shuttle, I was standing there :) (it's not just an expression, she actually did jump :)) We talked and talked and talked and shoved each other pictures and talked and talked and talked :) so when we eventually got out of our room everything was closed..Therefore we didn't get to book our tour with WesternXposure ... 12 january I was really excited, cause a friend from Norway was coming to visit me YEAHY :)
So when Ann-Helen jumped out of the airport shuttle, I was standing there :) (it's not just an expression, she actually did jump :)) We talked and talked and talked and shoved each other pictures and talked and talked and talked :) so when we eventually got out of our room everything was closed..Therefore we didn't get to book our tour with WesternXposure :( we were quite sad about it, cause it looked like a great tour up to Exmouth and back. We decided to make dinner (so my poor body would get some vitamins) and while we tried to make chicken, veggies, pasta in sataysauce, we drank some amazingly good Vodka Cruiser Melon. y u m m i :) quite a while later we finally got out of our room again, and met Leo Melvin Gay(Ernesto that I worked with at Waves Surf Camp). We went to a place in Northbridge, and after one drink Ernesto and his friend went home cause of work the next morning. Ann-Helen and I went home after sunrise and when people had started working... (got some weird photos ha ha)
I woke up by the phone...

"Can we stay one more night"

Ann-Helen slept to 4pm(16:00)!!!
When she finally got up, we ate some junkfood & thought about going to Adelaide(where I am now) and Kangaroo Island...but when we got online we booked tickets for Fiji Islands :) :) :) :) :) :)
A couple of hours later we waved goodbye to Perth from the plane to Fiji Islands :) :) :) :) :) :)
14 january we landed on Viti Levu, Nadi airport. We stayed one night at the island, before we headed out to Magical Mana Island
On Mana Island, we got fed 3 times a day at Rata Kini Backpackers, sunbathing(in the shade), swimming, snorkeling and trying to sleep at night(we pushed our beds right under the fan, after a tip from the swedish pear :))
:) What a wonderful life :)
oh oh oh we also danced Fijian Macarena ha ha we learned it during the Fijian Night :) And we tasted coconut(kokonott er naa den offisielle oversettelsen :)) & I tested what it's like being sunburnt on the ass... And I can say that it is very similar to being sunburnt on the eyelids!!

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Back in Sydney, I called Vic the manager at Waves Surf Camp. So that's where I took Ann-Helen her last days in Australia....and why not just end it with that :) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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]]> Western Australia tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-29:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=31&entryid=41492 2007-02-05T04:53:28Z 2007-01-30T01:37:02Z I was on the other side of Australia, before sis even got on her plane back home... Of course, the first thing I located in Perth, was the doctor. haha I spent the days in Perth relaxing and trying to catch up on some sleep & figure out where to travel next. A couple of days later I jumped on the bus down to Denmark, which is south in Western Australia. A cosy little town by the river :) Great atmosphere!!! :) ... I was on the other side of Australia, before sis even got on her plane back home...
Of course, the first thing I located in Perth, was the doctor. haha
I spent the days in Perth relaxing and trying to catch up on some sleep & figure out where to travel next. A couple of days later I jumped on the bus down to Denmark, which is south in Western Australia. A cosy little town by the river :) Great atmosphere!!! :) There was a market right next to the river when I was there. With different kind of bands playing, activities for kids(and adults), great food and of course everything else that belongs on a little town market :) I absolutely loved it!!!
From Denmark I got a bus to Bunbury, and while waiting for the bus to Margaret River, I started talking to an old woman. She was quite old, 10 kids, heaps of grandkids and her husband died a year ago. She had an amazing lifestory, experienced so much. And she's still busy doing everything even though her knee is bad and she got a pacemaker(which she has already had for years, and even changed once). Such a facinating person!! :)
My hostel was by the beach right outside of Margaret River, so of course I watched the sunset at the beach :) And of course the next morning I located the doctor in Margaret River ha ha Where I f i n a l l y got the right antibiotics YEAHY :) So it was back to taking a pill every 6 hour ha ha

Btw. in Margaret River there is a shop called "Ye Olde Lolly Shoppe" which I'll recommend europeans to pop in to :) you never know what you might find far far from home...:)
Before I left for Perth again, I went on Bushtucker's Great Wineries Tour, very nice!! :) Even got something similar to "Glogg" YUMMI!!! :)

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]]> New South Wales & Queensland 3 tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-09:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=16&entryid=38356 2007-02-05T12:26:45Z 2007-01-09T22:34:51Z Since I had to go see a doctor everyday, I wasn't able to plan ahead with the others :( The day we changed hotel in Sydney, I didn't have to see a doc :), so we went to queen victoria building for some shopping and lots of window-shopping and had dinner at Hard Rock near Kings Cross - nachos, salmon and the best dessert I've ever tasted, ice cream and cream on top of a brownie YUMMI YUMMI YUMMI ... Since I had to go see a doctor everyday, I wasn't able to plan ahead with the others :( The day we changed hotel in Sydney, I didn't have to see a doc :), so we went to queen victoria building for some shopping and lots of window-shopping and had dinner at Hard Rock near Kings Cross - nachos, salmon and the best dessert I've ever tasted, ice cream and cream on top of a brownie YUMMI YUMMI YUMMI :)
On new years day I went shopping at Bondi Junction and later met Hege down by the bridge and house. :) We had a walk around, ate something turkish beef & spinach thingy :) sat down for a bit before we went back to the hotel. :) Where we set up a new years eve table with glogg, saltsild, candy, fruit, food and champagne :) At midnight I had a sip and Hege a glass or so of the champagne, took pics of the tv-fireworks(was that all bridge...??!??) :) while I was ithcing one leg and my sis my other leg HAHA I had to get a rash as well :) And then I fell asleep, thinking a guy tried to wake me up by talking to me... HAHAHA

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]]> New South Wales & Queensland 2 tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-09:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=15&entryid=38293 2007-02-05T05:10:22Z 2007-01-09T11:43:35Z The day I went to the emergency I was extremely nervous and all I concentrated on was trying to stay calm. I got to try alot of new things before they pushed me & the bed to surgical - I got a plastic thingy put in my left hand and a nice nurse with a christmas jumper and blinking earrings took blood from my right arm ARM!!!not my finger... and they gave me stuff throught the thingy in my left ... The day I went to the emergency I was extremely nervous and all I concentrated on was trying to stay calm. I got to try alot of new things before they pushed me & the bed to surgical - I got a plastic thingy put in my left hand and a nice nurse with a christmas jumper and blinking earrings took blood from my right arm ARM!!!not my finger... and they gave me stuff throught the thingy in my left hand. After a couple of hours I was pushed from emergency by a guy and a nice nurse up to surgical, and they placed me at 9.4. They left me lying there for quite a while wondering if the nurses at the ward even knew I was there... Suddenly this really nice, old guy came in with tea, coffee, milo and cookies. :) It was nice even though I couldn't have anything since we didn't know when I was having the operation done... A bit later some nurses came and put the thingy I got in my left hand on a machine that beeped everytime it got empty. Eventually I had to pee, so they told me to have a shower at the same time and put on the coolest operation-outfit ever :) I have never looked so good with undies I couldn't even feel, a big purple thingy with opening in the back. :) Back in bed 9.4 I watched telly and just looked around still trying to stay calm.
People had asked me a couple of times both there and at the emergency if I wanted them to call someone. But no way I would let them call my sister before after the operation. Didn't need an extra patient :) (du har blitt ekstremt mye bedre da, Hege :)
Out of nowhere around ten eleven some time a nurse came in and said I was going to theatre *skrekk og gru* since I guessed that ment the operationroom. :( They put on some fancy socks that matched my outfit :) and another nametag around my leg(even though I already had one around my right arm) strange..!?!? I tried to stay calm but my legs seemed to live their own life and started shaking. A guy and a nurse pushed me to theatre and put on a nice thingy on my head :) and put all my hair in there. -The whole outfit were finally done :) -
The next place I got pushed was a cold room, where another nurse asked me questions(again) and then a dude(nurse or doctor??) talked to me and said he would make sure I wouldn't remember anything when I woke up, no pain and not naus...something(kvalm) and then they pushed me in to the operationroom which was full of people and I had to jump over to another bed, and a nurse put a really nice and warm blanket over me and the dude gave me something through the thingy in my left hand...
And then I woke up with a thingy down my mouth :( I was going to freak out but the nurse took it out quicker than my brain managed to react. HAHA But then she put an oxygenmask over my mouth - Do I have to have this on? No. - thank you nurse :)
so there I was lying asking heaps of questions extremely tired but so relived it was over :)
One of these guys again came and pushed me from recovery back to surgical and place 9.4 :) a bit after midnight. I was really happy and really tired. There was a new nurse and she was really nice. She looked after me and gave me more stuff through the thingy in my left hand & left another thingy around my arm cause it was going to "go off" every now and then. it made sure I didn't sleep the whole night HAHA
When I beeped on her cause I had to pee, she came and asked if I had to pee before I got to say anything. HAHA She'd been waiting for it because of the amount of fluid they had given me through the hand HAHA I was so happy it was over that I didn't really wanna sleep even though the arm was burning(at least no one was touching it :) but I said "I guess I have to sleep" to the nurse when I came back to bed. I also said yes when she asked if it was painful, and she said she'd find me some painkillers. I think I fell a sleep and was really drowsy when she came back and gave me a morphine shot in my tummy :( THAT IS THE WORST SHOT I'VE EVER HAD - SOOOOOO PAINFUL!!! :( both when she put it in, injected it and took it out :( good thing I was sooo tired. She told me it would work till the morning... (can't say it did but at least no one touched my arm :) and it wasn't exactly a shock it didn't work properly...
I got brekky with a beigebrownish pill + painkillers and then the doc(that I didn't like at all cause he was all blablabla and just kinda ignored when I asked something and didn't answer me) came and told me I had to go to a doctor everyday, move my arm alot and have a second operation :(
Before lunch they came and gave me another one of those horrible morhpine shots in the leg this time :( & told me to have a shower where I got to put on my own clothes again. After the shower the nurse started dragging 2 long thingys out of my arm, where everything inside seemed to hang on to them :( They gave me more morphine + valium. And left my lying there almost falling a sleep for a little while but I was fine again when the nurse came back and started putting things inside again :( I thought it was quite mean since the arm was burning horrible and I thought it was weird cause I thought morphine was supposed to be very strong :( When they finally left the arm alone I was exhausted & the arm was burning - on fire - it felt even worse than after the operation... those morphine shots was NOT worth it!! pain for not having to feel the pain and then it doesn't work :(
My sis came right after they were done, and I must have looked really sick since I was so exhausted and didn't dare to move ANYTHING cause the arm was so painful. burning burning burning
Later Kristine og Siri came with grot, glogg, chocolate, christmas tree and presents. :) We gave some grot to the really nice old lady in bed 9.2(we didn't dare mention that is was supposed to taste better, not burnt). The arm was still painful but I started moving more to the middle of the bed, it was christmas eve and I had to do my job :) Reading cards and giving out the presents :) It was a really nice night :) thanks alot sis, Kristine and Siri :)(not going to forget christmas 2006, that's for sure haha)

On the morning 25 december I got my 2 new painkillers, showered and a nurse came and dragged 2 things out of my arm again(luckily nothing as the day before, and put some stuff on it instead of in it :) which made me very very happy :) Then I had the beigebrownish pill with brekky and then my sis came. And the nurse gave us all the paper and took the thingy out of my hand :)(which made me even more happier - the hand was in a horrible condition, quite swollen and in pain, which it showed me everytime I tried to move my fingers or bend it or anything at all haha but I was very happy leaving the hopital :) My sis and I got a cab from the hospital to the airport where we got on the plane back to Sydney. Gotta say I looked very good :) HAHA with babytags(hospitaltags) with number, name and date of birth, both on my right arm and left foot :)

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]]> New South Wales & Queensland 1 tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-09:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=13&entryid=37853 2007-02-05T05:11:04Z 2007-01-09T11:06:57Z It's been surf camp as usual. Had a fun partynight with Wieteke, finlandia and Matt Dee after everyone had gone to bed. :) Hilarious night :) The next morning I went on my last Byron-trip as a helper. Two days after I came back to camp, my sis(Hege) and cousin(Kristine) came to visit. :) They had travelled for 40 hours from Oslo, Norway to Sydney, Australia, when they got in the rented car and drove up to Bulahdelah. Where Billy ... It's been surf camp as usual. Had a fun partynight with Wieteke, finlandia and Matt Dee after everyone had gone to bed. :) Hilarious night :) The next morning I went on my last Byron-trip as a helper. Two days after I came back to camp, my sis(Hege) and cousin(Kristine) came to visit. :) They had travelled for 40 hours from Oslo, Norway to Sydney, Australia, when they got in the rented car and drove up to Bulahdelah. Where Billy and I had cheese, grapes and biscuits ready with Tim Tams as dessert. While we ate(read: Hege & Kristine), I got birthdaygifts, grot, glogg, saltsild, NORSK smaagodt og sjokolade :) and pic of Lucky(I've heard stories about her being spoilt now, but she still looks like a kitten :) After showers and stuff, they drove me to a doctor at Blueys. Who made me scream in pain for an hour :(, gave me 2 different antibiotics and too strong painkillers. My poor body who had to get filled up with all that :( Hege & Kristine went to Forster the next day and delivered a sample for me that the doctor gave me. On their 2 day stay at Waves Surf Camp, my sis & cousin saw probably everything but a surfboard HAHAHA
Thursday, 21 december, all three of us got in the white rented car and drove to Sydney airport, where we met Siri, my sis friend, before we got on the plane to Cairns. In Cairns the others were tourist - Green Island, Kuranda and stuff. While I got to see the shoppingcentre & the walk between the hotel and the hospital. And then the Cairns Base hospitals waiting room at the emergency, the emergency, the scc1(or something like that) in bed 9.4 & the famous theatre and recovery.
I sure got to experience something new!!!! Even if I didn't want to...

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]]> Waves Surf Camp, Bulahdelah tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-12-09:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=12&entryid=34065 2007-02-05T05:22:38Z 2006-12-10T00:33:06Z [map=19875 lat=-32.2681264201611 lon=152.268126420161 zoom=435.69] Back at Waves Surf Camp, my first home in Australia :) Love it!! :) I was the first helper to arrive, except for Johannes 21 yo internt from Germany. OH MY GOD!!! I felt sorry for Vicky already the first day!!! He says he's worked before - organising his own parties. He got a partyroom... (it was a struggle getting him to work without making a scene in front of the punters) Well, enough about that! Surf camp is back ...

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Back at Waves Surf Camp, my first home in Australia :) Love it!! :)
I was the first helper to arrive, except for Johannes 21 yo internt from Germany. OH MY GOD!!! I felt sorry for Vicky already the first day!!! He says he's worked before - organising his own parties. He got a partyroom... (it was a struggle getting him to work without making a scene in front of the punters)
Well, enough about that!
Surf camp is back to normal...crazy partying. Poolparty!! Dancing nude and on the bar, pooltable, tables & chairs :)
My first byron-trip as a helper was fantastic!! :) Playing games and singing around the camp fire in Yuraygir National Park :) Love it! :) Dylan entertaining the bus by chasing babybirds & roos HAHA Amazing fridaynight in Byron Bay as well. Thanks Tim :)
At surf camp I've been back at Seal Rocks, Lighthouse beach, Hawks Nest and been to Yagan/Yagon & Cellito beach. Love it! :)
I've also been on a roadtrip from Violet Hill Road, Bulahdelah, New South Wales to Blue Mountains...left camp at 7pm & got back at 7am... c r a z y, but fun :)
One fridaynight Annie(english) & I decided to PARTY PARTY!! starting with tequila :) so much fun!! The next morning I didn't get up in time cause Will(South Wales) didn't wake me... b a d b o y!! Walking from The Boatshed to The Cabana I heard screaming & laughing... What the fuck!?!! The boss had the surf lesson in the pool, cause The Big Blue Bus was stuck outside in the mud. After a hot lunch and a trip to the huge town of Bulahdelah, the bus was free & I jumped on the bus and went surfing in freezing cold weather & water in my bikini with no dry clothes or towel to put on afterwards. And back at camp the hot water didn't work HAHA but it was So So So worth it!! :)
Halloween was all crazy...I'll try and get photos for you!!
I bought a dolphin in Forster one day, Annie got Steve The Crocodile. Back at camp, we jumped in the pool with them! :) And noticed the guys by the boardshed - surfing in the mud with a rope and the troopy. Annie, Steve, me & my Pink Dolphin joined in on mudsurfing & mudwrestling. Hilarious day & night!!! :)

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]]> Snowy Valley Resort, Jindabyne tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-12-09:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=11&entryid=30782 2007-02-05T05:59:10Z 2006-12-10T00:00:26Z [map=19875 lat=-34.4026548672566 lon=149.092920353982 zoom=40.68] Jindabyne, Jindabyne...What happened in Jindy? Well, let's see... I do remember heaps of partying and mornings where we were still drunk, & sleeping in the clothing shop and still manage to be late for work..Sorry, Mike! (At least I didn't get caught "swimming" in the clothes!! And what happened to the missing shoe, Grainne..? Did the nameless cutie give it back on the returns that sunday..or was it still by the window..? :) And it wasn't me that ...

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Jindabyne, Jindabyne...What happened in Jindy?
Well, let's see... I do remember heaps of partying and mornings where we were still drunk, & sleeping in the clothing shop and still manage to be late for work..Sorry, Mike! (At least I didn't get caught "swimming" in the clothes!! And what happened to the missing shoe, Grainne..? Did the nameless cutie give it back on the returns that sunday..or was it still by the window..? :)
And it wasn't me that had a serious fight with my sister, drunk as, or slept in the bistro -a bit too close- to the heater HAHA What a night!! :) Hopefully Lauren & Kate is behaving over in Europe now!! :) (Do you love London as much as me now..?)
But I was one of two that went to "Eskimo Joe" concert - very good! And I did make "fiskeboller" for dinner the tuesday Tim Silverwood got lost in the mountains.... Oh Well!
And I did run in Jindy's street holding on to a wheelchair HAHA the night we went to a Full Moon Party :)
Saturday 12 august 2006 I got Jackie to drive me to Jindabyne :) where we picked up Paal :) so crazy!!! I was over my head...so excited!!! :) we tried to talk norwegian, but we failed-both of us HAHA Went to work next morning, still drunk & no sleep, started serving in the bistro but ran back up cause I seriously had to brush my teeth!!! That day I went from working in the bistro in the morning, to do fitouts in the ski- and clothing shop, before I did housekeeping & the clothing shop again at night. Didn't get to shower and sleep before 11pm...
On Mike's (the boss of the shops) birthday, we celebrated with chocolate cake & alkohol :) such a funny night!! We got a new worker that night, arrived with the oz snow bus from Sydney at midnight, irish Ciara. She stayed up and partied till the end, with Lauren, Singha and me. The night ended with vegetable quiche OF COURSE :) (and Lauren had some cocoa pops as well :))
The next morning, I should not have been doing the fitouts - dangerously climbing for boots...
Happy birthday on 16 august Ann-Helen!! Hipp Hipp Hurra :)
On Singha's birthday, we startet the day with bbq down at Lauren's place. And at 3-4pm we came drunk to work, where we continued drinking, after work we had a great partynight :) (as usual)
We've had heaps of mornings doing fitouts still drunk...crazy!! :)
One saturday Mtv came and filmed the resorts & oz snow's partynight!! such a great night!!! :) (again) HAHA (Did anyone see it on tv by the way??) That night ended with lots of staff helping cleaning the bar & even later I played with Zephyr 4 eva!! :) (Didn't understand what all the bruises where about the next day) :)

A couple of days after Ben left to work in Canberra, I went to Tuggeranong in Canberra to visit him. Went to the cinema where we watched my new favourite movie "Silent Hill" :) You just H A V E to see it!! Saturday we went to Sydney, to his cousins house and later to my first backyard party - birthday party FUNNY!! :) (So sorry I don't have any photos of the toilet...)
The next morning we went to Ben's parents house, cause it was fathers day. Where they made me play backyard cricket for the first time in my life. (I have no idea what the point was, but I played it..I think!?!) HAHA I came along with Ben, his parents, 2 younger sisters and a little brother - such a nice family! I had the best day :) hilarious :) on a BBQ-boat - probably the funniest thing I've ever seen :D HAHAHAHAHA (too bad I don't have any photos - cause you're all missing out...)

Back in Jindy, I worked a little bit & had the best night - I think - my last night there. w a y t o o d r u n k Lauren and I went all crazy HAHA at Banjo's and later at Black Diamond before we got home somehow...
Next morning I started chasing down my bag :( didn't find it :( Left with the oz snow bus, but jumped off in Canberra where Ben picked me up. Went to Sydney the next day, where I stayed at his family's house. Ben shoved me Kuringgai National Park, where we had chicken and potatosalad sandwich for brekky, before we went for a walk and ended up on a little beach. So nice :) (looked over to the beach where "Home & Away" are being filmed)
He also took me to a festival-thingy - Earthdance - where we met Laticia, Tim, Shane +++ what a hilarious and tragic day/night...
Laticia got a cut under her foot and while I was waiting for her at the first aid, when I ran off cause I REALLY had to pee. I fell about half way but kept on running to the toilet. Walking back to the first aid my leg seemed a bit weird, so when I came back to the first aid I said somebody might have to take a look at it. I looked down and saw blood everywhere!!! just pouring out of my left leg - it wouldn't stop. While they where cleaning it and saying I had to go get stitches, a guy bleeding from his head came in, so while I was waiting I just asked for some paper. Crabbed a taxi with Tim & Ben, at Tim's house we cleaned it and put stuff on it & went out clubbing...
Everything happening on sunday, tuesday I finally got my ass kicked to the doctor...where I got stitches and antibiotics pills and cream. Relaxed during the week and on friday I went to Annie's birthdayparty(Ben's younger sister) where I was drinking and dancing - S T U P I D!!! :)
Monday 25 september 2006 Ben, Lauren & Kate went to Europe. And I jumped on the bus to surf camp :)

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]]> Snowy Valley Resort, Jindabyne tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-10:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=10&entryid=23451 2007-02-05T05:45:08Z 2006-09-11T06:01:40Z [map=19875 lat=-30 lon=158.512396694215 zoom=10.89] On my way to Sydney I had a stop in Port Macquarie, where I stayed at the best hostel so far "Port Macquarie Backpackers". After a week actually making food (NO, I'm not talking about bread with hazelnut spread ;)) the manager wanted me to stay at the hostel and cook. Had a great time in Port Macquarie, taking it easy and working at a cafe. When I got to Sydney I went to the bottleshop & got ...

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On my way to Sydney I had a stop in Port Macquarie, where I stayed at the best hostel so far "Port Macquarie Backpackers". After a week actually making food (NO, I'm not talking about bread with hazelnut spread ;)) the manager wanted me to stay at the hostel and cook. Had a great time in Port Macquarie, taking it easy and working at a cafe.
When I got to Sydney I went to the bottleshop & got a little birthday gift for one of the norwegian girls, Mette. That saturday at Wig Ram road, there was a crazy norwegian "rolpefest" party. Everybody got extremely drunk from all the Hot'n'sweet, jellyshots, tequila & galliano shots + whatever people had with them...beer, wine, vodka :)
Crazy!!
The next day I met up with Mette, Ida & Eline(got my camera & cds back) we went to circular quay, and while we had our exclusive dinner I found some ?scary? photos on my camera, from the night before ;) except laughing the whole time I was with the norwegian girls, we tried to ruin for some guys trying to shoot some skateboarding tricks ;) Sorry guys! and we had some hot chocolates and I had to run up the escalators that goes down (its just something that norwegian girls studying in Sydney have to do...don't ask me!!) Such a fun day!!! :) Loved it, thanks girls! (Mette, Ida & Eline: How is Norway? small?)

22 june 2006 I got up at 05:30am, without much sleep, took the train to the international airport waiting an hour for Andre. While he was in Australia we went a weekend to the snow, Thredbo. When we came back to Bondi sunday night at 00:00 we drove to Tamworth, where we just spent 2 days at Jackaroo & Jillaroo School(cause of my bad back GRRR) I even had the coolest horse, Gullable or Bullable. So we drove to Armidale where we had lunch before we ended up in a suite at Quality Inn in Coffs Harbour. There we went to a dolphinshow (they are sooo cute!!!!) :):):):):):) before we drove to Byron Bay where I saw my future surfboard at a place called something like "Earth & Sea". Next day we headed to Surfers Paradise where I had the best meal EVER EVER EVER!!! :) salmon that wasn't fried or burnt :) I was in heaven!!!
Then we drove to Noosa for a little bit of surfing at Sunshine Beach before we went to Rainbow Beach. The days after that was Tin Can Bay & Hervey Bay, where we went on a scenic flight over Fraser Island. On our way back to Sydney we stopped in Surfers again where we went on a rainforest walk & to Dreamworld. You won't believe what I did!!!! But I did it!! :) I took The Giant Drop (and they kept us up there forever!!! horrible horrible But I did it!! :) (kept on saying I would die, luckily no one else was norwegian :P) I was just a little bit shaky afterwards HA HA but a little while later I took The Tower of Horrer (and believe me it is the fucking tower of horror!!!!) it was h o r r i b l e!!! but I did it :) (when I came back, the hotel balcony wasn't even a little little little bit scary anymore - YEAHY!) Driving towards Sydney again, we slept near Kempsey, so the next morning I got my iced chocolate in Taree(it's the best!!) & also got a second view from Cape Hawke lookout near Forster. :) Back in Sydney we stayed at Swiss Grand at Bondi Beach. Such a nice breakfast! :) (think I miss "norwegian" food just a tiny bit... ;))
After Andre left, everything happened pretty quick. Slept above the Waves Surf School office & on the sofa where Vicky was housesitting. And I got to see how the busride would be to the snow again Vicky was driving the small bus after the van, when we found them, at the motorway, we changed trailers and drove back to Sydney ;)
On friday I left for the snow, to go work, going in the small bus again to keep Ben company. What a great company I was, starting the trip with a phonecall and then not talking... Sorry Ben!!
So now I'm at Snowy Valley Resort in East Jindabyne, where I started working monday 17 july 2006. How about I end with that for now ;)

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]]> Tonje's dag!!! :) tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-06-12:/blog/?domain=tonjeas&thisblog_entryid=8&entryid=14266 2007-02-03T06:37:04Z 2006-06-13T19:55:00Z wohoo :) yeay!!! today is my day, at least my first name's day!!! :) Tonje har navnedag idag :D gratulerer til alle de 6658 Tonjene fra Norge :) Hipp Hipp Hurra :) (sorry guys, I'm just norwegian...we always find something to celebrate so we can party!!! :)) ... wohoo :) yeay!!!
today is my day, at least my first name's day!!! :)

Tonje har navnedag idag :D gratulerer til alle de 6658 Tonjene fra Norge :)

Hipp Hipp Hurra :)

(sorry guys, I'm just norwegian...we always find something to celebrate so we can party!!! :))

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