The End of an Amazing year!

PICTURES: Our last night out drinking in OZ!
Well i dont know if we ever thought it would come, but it has. We are officially on our way back to Canada tomorrow night. All i can say is wow what an amazing year, best year of our lives and the best choice we ever made was to come travelling and spend this year together. We have seen so many things, learned so much about the world and each other. We have had the opportunity to do some pretty cool things! We have gone through the 7 stages of coming home and i think we are finally on Acceptance, but we still aren't overly thrilled by it!! I guess if you weren't sad to leave and come home, the trip wouldn't have been all it could be so it that way we are very happy. We are super excited to see everyone and i guess this will be our last blog from Australia! Over and out! We will see you soon mates!
Love Jen and Glenn
p.s. if we happen to miss our flight it wasn't intentional...... or was it???

Melbourne, Australia

PICTURE: Sunset at the 12 Apostles on the GOR
PICTURE: Glenn at the MCG game
Well we have had an amazing first week in Melbourne. Saturday we got tickets to a AFL game, Kangaroos vs Magpies. We were at the MCG which is there main stadium, it is there largest holding 100,000 people. There was only 52,000 for the game we went to but much more then the saddledome. We had really good seats like 10 rows from the front. Sunday we spent the day at the Victoria Park Markets which consist of over 1000 stalls. Quite overwhelming you dont even know where to start. We also went to a exhibition at the Melbourne center for moving images and saw the history of video games exhibit. It was really big, we wandered around for 2 hrs and Glenn was in heaven seeing all the old systems he used to play with as a kid. Monday and Tuesday we went on a Great Ocean road tour. We went with a small company so there was only 14 of us and it was lots of fun. We stayed in a hostel for the night and got to see all of the Great Ocean Road. Glenn and i got to go on our very first Helicopter ride over the 12 Apostles. It was so cool, we had alot of fun! So we have been pretty busy the weather has been really nice, quite cool at night since they are getting into winter but about 25 during the day. We hope everyone is really good!
Love you tons Jen and Glenn

Perth to Melbourne, Australia:)

PICTURE: Looks like professional surfers to me!
Well we have officially taken our 14th flight of the trip and are safely in Melbourne. We arrived on Wednesday night at 11pm and checked into Base backpackers in St kilda. We only stayed there the one night because we found an apartment that we have been able to rent for the 2 weeks that we are here. We really lucked out because most places will not rent for such a short period of time. It is a small studio fully furnished, so your kitchen, couch, bed and table are all in the same room with a bathroom. Its much cheaper then what we were going to have to pay at base so we are really happy about that.
Back in Perth we were able to do a surf lesson, it was so much fun. I got beaten around pretty good in the waves but had a good time. Glenn got up really easily and he had alot of fun too. I always thought it would be easier with smaller waves but its much better with bigger ones. We spent the rest of the day at Scarborough beach and watched the sunset once again over the Indian ocean. I still can never get sick of that.
We have tried to put up some pics but it is not working so we will have to try another time. We are going to do the markets and the great ocean road here. Tonight we are gonna try and get tickets to a rugby game at the MCG. Hope all is well with everyone, we miss you and will talk to you soon.
Love Jen and Glenn

Sunny Perth, Australia :)

PICTURE: Sunset at Cottlesloe beach
PICTURE: Rottnest island
Well we are still in Perth till the 16th when we fly to Melbourne. The weather has been beautiful here, only a couple days of rain but not to bad. One day we went to the "Art Gallery of Western Australia" which was interesting, i still do not understand alot of art and i can say that there was some pretty weird stuff! We went to "Scarborough" beach one day and enjoyed sitting in the sun, and another day we went to "Kings Park" which reminds me alot of stanley park. Its full of beautiful trees and has a really nice walking view of the city. On Sunday we went to "Fremantle" which is a suburb about 30min by train from the city center. We wandered there weekend markets and shops and sat at bathers beach for awhile. We went to a local brewery they have there called "Little creatures" and enjoyed a pint of there pale ale! Cant beat that on a hot day! Yesterday we went to "Rottnest Island" which is a small island just off the coast. The island does not allow vehicles so there is bike paths all around for people to view the island. We rented bikes for the day and ventured around the island to all the little coves. We found a nice secluded beach to sit in the sun, its nice to get away from the crowds once and awhile. Friday we are going to a shop that gives "Didgeridoo" lessons so Glenn and i will be able to serinade you all when we return. haha! Saturday we are hoping to do a Surf lesson at Scarborough beach and other then that we are enjoying reading and relaxing! Hope everyone is well miss you all and we will chat soon!!
Love Jen and Glenn xoxo

Back to Australia, Sydney-Uluru-Perth!

PICTURE: Us on the ridge walk at Bondi Beach
Hello,
Well we are back in beautiful Australia after a wonderful month in New Zealand! We flew from Auckland to Sydney and stayed in Bondi Beach for a couple days. Bondi is very beautiful they have a really nice path around the coast that was not to hard on the eyes! Then we got on a plane and flew to Ayers rock, it was very cool flying in we had a very nice arrial view of the rock. We stayed at a place called Pioneer outback lodge in a dorm room with another couple from Oregon, they were really nice and we had a good time with them. We could see the Olgas and Uluru from our hostel. We were able to see 2 sunsets and a sunrise at Uluru and we did a walk at the Olgas. It was not to hot, about 32 but its so dry you drink soo.. much water. The most annoying part was the flys!! Because its so dry they are trying to find water so they climb on your face and literally attack you, lets just say we had enough attention from the flys by the end!! We had a really nice couple of days and we are both glad that we got to see it. Next we got on yet another flight and flew to Sunny Perth. We stayed at Cottelsloe beach for a couple days right on the water, and now we are staying in an area called Northbridge. We are spending a couple weeks here out an about enjoying the beach! We have decided that we are not going to make it up the coast to the reef, it is alot farther away then we thought and will cost way to much for the 2 of us. So we are going to do some winery tours and a surf lesson. But everything is good we are enjoying sunny Perth and relaxing while we are here. Thats all for now, miss everyone and we will chat soon,
Love Jen and Glenn