10 days @ weipa

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the soil in weipa is red. this is due to the plentiful amount of bauxite (aluminium ore) in it. people mostly wear orange, who else but the rio tinto guys in their ppe.


you could see it everywhere

because weipa is located at the west coast of queensland (there aint many cities/towns at west coast if you look at the map, well, queensland is at east coast of australia, that’s why), we can see beautiful sunset here.


sunset from the motel

the main recreation activity here is fishing. it’s not surprising to find a boat in every house. with view so nice and beaches at short distances, there’s no reason not to get out to the sea and enjoy what nature got to offer.


isnt it?

on one wet day morning, i found a frog on the chair just outside my room, and when i came back from site, it was still there. this is the first time i saw such a green frog.


a kiss and a prince maybe?

on friday night, there’s live music in the restaurant. oh man, i just love it. it was awesome.


she’s playing piano and singing

work-related, here’s the big mess.


anyone wanna swim?

but of course it’s solved already.


not bad afterall

More pics here.

 

discount hotel bookings

Live footy match

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Went to watch the match of Collingwood vs. Carlton in the 2006 AFL Season in MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) last Sunday. 

Cheering along for your team together with 56,671 audience in the stadium was fun. Great atmosphere.

But I still dunno why Aussies are so crazy about their footy. Men, women, old, young, all of them.

Collingwood won the game, and their theme song was played.

Good old Collingwood forever,
we know how to play the game.
 

Side by side we stick together,
to uphold The Magpies name.

Hear the barrackers a shouting,
as all barrackers should,

Oh, the premiership’s a cakewalk
For the good old Collingwood.

老友相聚在墨尔本

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ngiao, 一佳, 敬荃, 养孝.
好久不见了.
在那个城市, 见到熟悉的你们, 感觉很亲切, 真好.
感动的是, 虽然那么久没见面了, 甚至没有常联络…
大家一见面, 却丝毫没有冷场的尴尬, 聊上一个晚上的天南地北.
虽然外面很冷, 心里面却暖暖的.
谢谢你们, 那个晚上, 我很开心.
 

Memorable Brunch 13/03

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What a wonderful brunch~
 
It’s DELICIOUS!!!
 
It’s TASTY!!!
 
It’s WARM & SWEET!!!
 
 

Back in Hobart~

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Finally we made the decision on Sunday night to change the flight date and came back to Hobart today, although it costs quite a bit. It seems only useless and stupid to stay on and not knowing whot to do everyday. Waited in the airport for nearly 22 hours and really had enough of Hungry Jack’s now, haha.
 
Overall, the trip has been quite an experience. Of working, of friendship, of responsibility, of life, of myself… A whole lot… Although the initial purpose of going there has somehow got off-track, well…  At least have been to a few places in and around Melbourne, have seen how life there differs from Tassie, have experienced the hardship of farming, have felt disappointment in friends, have learned… have learned…
 
The exam result of Sem 1 is released today.  Really feel so so so relieved and happy that I’ve managed to pass all the papers!!! It’s really great~ But the one hour before that was really a suspenseful and scary moment. Thank God it’s not as worse as I expected, especially the fluid paper… Phew, hard work really does pay off huh… Yeah, must study harder next sem!!

Winter holiday… 城市篇

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一到 Melbourne 就覺得這裡太多亞洲人了, 天啊, 不禁有這種"我還在 Australia 嗎?"的感覺.
 
尤其是我住的地方, Springvale, 根本就是亞洲人的地方, 在街上很少很少看到洋人, 甚至是商店住家都很亞洲… 招牌, 商品擺設, 設計等等, 真的完完全全感覺不到我還在澳大利亞. 這裡的人好像不需要用英文也可以照樣生活得很好, 就像在自己的國家那樣. 可是很多東西吃啦, 而且比 Hobart 多很多, 便宜很多…
 
去了 Dandenong, 據說是第二大城市, 也是差不多這樣…
 
前幾天去了 Melbourne Aquarium, 因為是學校假期, 所以超多人的. 找到了 Nemo 和 Dory, 也看到很多大大小小的海底生物, 真的很神奇… 有奇形怪狀的海馬, 有超大的 sting ray, 有會發亮的水母, 還有很多很多… 竟然在那小小的水族館待了近三個小時!
 
當然有好多地方沒去, 沒有錢啊… 所以只在 city 到處亂逛, 隨便走走…
 
總覺得這地方很骯髒, 可能是 Hobart 太乾淨了, 而且這裡的人好像也很複雜, 沒那麼親切, 可能是大地方吧… 而且這裡城市誇張的向橫發展, 地太大了, 不用白不用嗎?

Winter holiday… 工作篇

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七月一號. 游鴻明的一首歌…
 
這個假期到現在, 很多事情都 out of expected. 對, 一直在出乎意料…
 
Robinvale (我們做工的地方) 原來離 Melbourne 400++ km, 就在 Victoria state 的邊境, 搭巴士, 轉火車, 再搭巴士, 單單是一程的費用就比從 Hobart 飛到 Melbourne 來回還要貴… 到了那裡, 原以為我們住的 caravan 會是那種在旅行雜誌上看到的, 沒想到是那種爛到不行, 人家不要的, 還要收我們一個人$50/week, 甚麼設備都沒有, 骯骯髒髒, 破破爛爛. 那就算了, 以為工作可以賺回來, 怎知道不是 hourly pay… 早上天還沒亮就起來, 剪樹枝 (for replant) 剪到手痛, 下雨還得繼續剪, 記得第一天還下冰雹, 冷到不行, 剪那一百個樹枝再綁成一個 bundle 才$7, 好不容易啊! 做了三天才知道那個 farm 叫 Chalmers Nurseries, 因為每天都是天還沒亮就到, 天要黑才回, 上車就睡 (實在太累), 而且太大了, 一望無際. 和我們一起在那裡工作的, 就我們這一群人是學生, 全部都是 Cambodians, 據說他們一個人一天就可以剪 20 – 30 個 bundles, 我們兩個人一天最多 20 幾個罷了, 後來才知道原來他們都在濫竽充數的, 更讓人氣憤的是那個 contractor 竟然還在包庇他們, 實在過分! 所以我們做了一個禮拜就 byebye 了. 少得可憐的工錢到現在都還沒著落…
 
回到 Melbourne, 住在朋友姑姑的家里, 她說會幫我們找工作, 後來各一天, 他們四個都有工作了, 就只有我和 mama 兩個人每天在家也不是, 出去也不是 (沒有錢了…) 現在假期, 每個人都在找工作, 人浮於事啊… 一個禮拜就這樣過去了…
 
下個禮拜怎樣? 唉…

出發啦!!

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這三個禮拜應該沒得上網, 徹底體驗一下勞動人民們日出而作, 日落而息的生活(我可是去grape picking的)!!

哈哈哈…… 當然, 也要凡走過必留下痕跡, 旅行嘛…

希望這個假期是充實而愉快的~