Happy Birthday to meeee - MY 21st!!!

Had a wicked wicked bday yesterday!! couldnt have wished for more!! I woke up to find Nic andamy had a massage booked for me that morning which was lurrrvly!! then when i returned everyone threw me a party with balloons, presents, cards, music and cake :) then I went to get a tattoo done on my wrist. This will remind me of my travels always and celebrate being 21!!! it bloody hurt but is a cute little pink bow with black polka dots, am well chuffed with it.

After the tattoo we had to pretty much get ready for the night. We went on a bar crawl on a party bus in Cairns and weirdly it was a Christmas themed night, something they do for us English coz its "cold" here now apparently (its bloody hot!!) So anyway us girls attempted dressing up as Christmas presents, but I dressed up as a bday present for those few people whose bdays fall on xmas day :) It was a quality night, us 5 gals went out and partied!!! Ive hardly had any sleep yet and its the next day at noon wahoooo!!! The partying continues.......xxx

my massage room
my bday party!

yayyyy!!!

presents

cake

silly billys

tattoo, owwww!!

this bit didnt hurt so much

my bow

our attempt of being presents- lol

on the party bus

party!!!!

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Whitsundays and Cairns

We went on a day trip to the Whitsunday Islands and the sun was shining which was soooo nice!! we went on a catamaran for the day, sunbathing drinking, snorkelling (amy has those pictures), had a BBQ and stopped at Whitehaven Beach which is one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It was beautiful!! white sand and crystal clear blue sea :) but coz it was a day trip we didnt get too long on their which was a shame but the whole day was lovely! we got back to our hostel and literally had to sling on some clothes so we could catch our night bus to Cairns.

This is an 11 hour journey and was sooo uncomfortable but this is our last stop going up the East Coast. We arrived in cairns at 6 in the morning and had to wait til 12 until we could check in to our backpackers :( so we sunbathed by the lagoon for the day and finally caught a bit of colour.

That night we met up with our mates Jay, Sarah and Stacey who have been here for a few days and all went out and hit the town. Had a wicked night and are now staying in a lovely backpackers (5 star :) ) its almost like a hotel so is pure luxury for us. Our own private shower, swimming pool, bars and nightclubs downstairs so its all good.

Was going to book my skydive for my birthday 2mrw but was told the weather isn't going to be nice enough which is a shame but am going to do it Thursday instead! At least I can relax a bit on my 21st now :) xxxx

night in Airlie Beach

me and Nic on Whitehaven Beach
our boat

whitehaven beach

the girlies in Cairns

my travelling buddies

me and aim on the champers

the gang

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Up the East Coast we must go E I E I E I O!!

What a wicked last few days its been!! we arrived in Surfers Paradise where we visited the beach and pretty much chilled and Amy arrived later that night!! we went out the second night on a school disco bar crawl with other backpackers which was loads of fun!! we all dressed up and went to a few bars and ended in a club and had loadsa fun. We only got a few hours sleep before having to get up for our coach journey to Noosa.

Noosa is a lovley little town and the sun was shining wahoooo!!! me and Amy went to the National Park there to find Koalas in the trees and watched the beautfiul sunset together, how romantic lol!! we went to Steve Irwins zoo (Australia Zoo) the next day which was loads of fun!! The trip there we watched a Steve Irwin video which was cool! we saw his daughther Bindi perform on stage and his wife do the croc show. The guys were nutters like Steve Irwin with the crocs literally gettin feet away to feed it and having to run away from them if they chased them lol!!
We stroked Koalas, fed and stroked Kangaroos, see a guy playing with 3 cub tigers in the water, see elephants and deadly snakes, ewww!! it was a good day out.

After Noosa we arrived in Hervey Bay where we had to have a meeting for our Frasier Island trip and meet our fellow campers for the weekend. We spent 3 days, 2 nights on Frasier Island driving a 4x4 car on the sand and in the forest. The ride was scary on the sand especially when the guys put their foot down, everyone bumping about off their seats!!but it was a good experience. We stopped off at places along the way for picnics, to see beautiful lakes such as Lake Mackenzie, unfortunately it was raining when we were their though but the sun came out the second day and we all had a lovely swim in the rock pools.

We had 8 people altogether in our group and everyone (but me) took turns in driving. Our first day we had a few things go wrong such as the weather being crap, then our car broke down and we had to wait for a mechanic to come out to us and we got stuck in the sand a few times and had to all get on our hands and knees and dig away at the sand haha!! Our first night we just made in time to our camp site before the tide came up too high. The camp was cool, we got our own gazibo thing to sleep in, kitchen area and fire area. The whole team all pitched in to cook, get the fire going and wash up. We had a lovely BBQ and plenty of booze and spent the night on the beach then back at camp playing drinking games and having fun.

We all woke up covered in mosquito bites!! then set off hungover for day two. We swam in the sea, did plenty of walking and held on tight to our seats and finally got to sunbathe after 5 months!! We stayed in a different camp this night, proper camping in tents and no lights haha. But after dinner we were invited to join a big group of fisherman who had a big campfire going and toasted our marshmallows on the fire. The men were funny as, telling jokes all night and drinking ofcourse!! We ended the trip mid afternoon the next day feeling exhausted but it was such a cool experience and got on well with everyone!!

We are now in Airlie Beach, it took us 13 hours on the coach to get here and its raining....again!! xx

school disco night out

night in Surfers Paradise, bar crawl
me and Amy in Noosa national park

Australian Zoo

Steve Irwins wife feeding the croc

me feeding skippy

petting the Koala

our frasier Island trip, in the back of the 4x4

at Lake Mackenzie

the camping gang

driving along the sand

our first night in camp

aim nic and me by the car

the rock pool we swam in

our ickle tent

me and nic

monkey faces!!

toasting marshmallows

brrr, this lake was freeeezing

the group on the end of our trip

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a new beginning....

So I have finally left Sydney!!! wahoooo!!! and my best bud Nic has arrived which is cool. I left my job about a week ago now which was actually really sad as I loved it there and will miss the people looooooads!! So we all went out for my leaving do to the city. We started off in the beauty salon getting ready and drinking then went to a bar for a few then onto this gorgeous bar/club called The Ivy which was white, with white pillars and Ivy goin up the sides and water features, it was niiiice!! Had a good night in there and my mates joined me later on.

Slowly but surely me and my flat mates all started to leave one by one and Sam (one of my room mates) went onto Perth which me and Jay were really sad about coz we were the terrible threesome!! but Jays cousin Stacey, and girlfriend Sarah arrived who are absolute angels. Such lovely girls, and they're Irish so they love a drink and a party!!

So us four eventually moved out of the flat in Bondi Beach and moved in a backpackers. I have managed to last 8 months without having to stay in a backpackers but now its the only way forward. Is a bit pants sometimes sharing a room with 6 people, some of whome you dont know and having to live out a suitcase realllllly sucks because its always the thing you want that is right at the bottom of the bag, typical!! I said goodbye to my close workmate Rae which was horrible, we were in tears. Sucks that ive made such a good friend that lives the other side of the world from me...but I'm sure we will meet up again someday.

So now I am travelling up the East Coast of Australia (The Gold Coast) for 2 weeks. We started off in Byron Bay for 2 nights which was really cool. Only a tiny little town and after our 12 hour journey on the bus we were pretty knackerd our first night but day 2 we visited a place called Nimbin which is like a hippy town and yes its known for the hippies selling weed and hash cakes and stuff, lol!! crazy little place. After there we headed with our group to this lake which was absolutely stunning and had a bbq their. We ended our trip at a waterfall but unfortunately was wayyyy to cold for anyone to jump in (yup the weathers still pretty crap) So we were out last night with our group and back to the group leaders house for a booze up and now today we have arrived in Surfers Paradise! so the adventure continues, next stop is Noosa then camping in Frasier Island for 2 nights on the beach, should be fun!!!xxx

sams last night out with everyone
out in Bondi

my last night in the club I worked at

me and my boss Tracey doing The Sprinkler dance

me and my work mates, my leaving night

miriam, me and Rae

me, Sarah and Stacey

me and my boss's baba Isabella!

me and Rae

my last night out with Rae :(

Darling Harbour

ahhhhh!!!!!

day at the aquarium

this sting ray was huuuuge!

night out with the girls in The Gaff

Nics first night out in Sydney

me and Stacey

arrived in Byron Bay (we've had ahrdly any sleep by the way)

on the bus to Nimbin

the gorg lake near Nimbin

waterfall

Surfers Paradise....and its raining!

me in surfers

Miss you all lotssssss, not too long til I come home now!!!! :) xxxx