My wife and I have been thinking of taking a vacation. Not just any vacation - a trip to Australia. We’ve always wanted to go and we think that we will finally do it sometime next year.

In preparation we’ve started doing a little research into how much flights will cost, the price of accommodation, and of course what we’ll do when we are finally in Australia. We aren’t even sure exactly which part of Australia we’d like to go to but I’d like to see Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne as well as much wildlife as possible.

I think we’d probably go to Melbourne first so I’ll have to look up some Melbourne Hotels. You might already know that my wife is a gardener so I’m sure she’ll want to visit the botanic gardens while we are in Melbourne.

Hey I just took a moment to see if I could find any Cheap Melbourne Hotels and I found a site that not only lists all types of hotels, but it also talks a little bit about the city of Melbourne and says that it’s fairly easy to travel between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane using a discount airline. That’s good to know. This site might have just saved us money on Accommodation in Melbourne and airfare from one part of Australia to another! Cool.

Obviously we still have a lot of research to do before we can fully begin to plan our trip. As I said it would be nice to go to the Botanical gardens, maybe a zoo or two, and to see the sights within the City of Melbourne and any other places we go in Australia. I’m sure it’ll be an experience that we won’t forget.

One of these days we’re going to go on an extended holiday to Australia. I think I’ve wanted to go to Australia ever since I was a young child.

I’d want to spend some time in the Outback but I’d also want to spend time in Sydney and Brisbane. I’m sure there will be a whole itinerary by the time we actually are ready to go on our holiday but for now those three places have made the short list.

We’ll want to keep expenses down while we’re in Australia so I’ve been looking for Hotels in Brisbane and other locations that aren’t too expensive. Luckily I found a site that lists Cheap Hotels in Brisbane
. I’m going to bookmark that site as it looks like it has the lowest prices anywhere!

I’m pretty sure that it will be at least five years before we get to go on this dream trip so we have lots of time to plan.

We’re both animals lovers - going to our zoo here in Toronto regularly to see all the different animals of the world, so when we do go to Australia we’ll have to go on some sight seeing adventures that include getting a look at the local flora and fauna.

If you’ve been to Australia I’d love to hear about your trip and if you have any suggestions of place that are “must see” do let me know.

No, I don’t mean that they can’t sing. I mean they can’t sing in the shower. One of Australia’s largest power suppliers suggested that Australians should stop singing and daydreaming in the shower because they are wasting hot water.

Apparently the average Aussie showers for seven minutes according to a survey conducted by Energy Australia. A spokesman for the company said that shower time is being taken up by activities such as shaving, singing, day dreaming, playing with toys, and brushing teeth. He suggests that Aussies could do a number of those activities over the sink. Yes but singing over the sink just isn’t the same as singing in the shower now is it?

Half-a-million shower timers have been sent to families in the country’s biggest city Sydney and surrounding areas to remind them to be more energy efficient.

What do you do while you are in the shower, dare I ask?

Speaking of outlandish! You simply must visit my renter!
The Paranormal blog. It’s a hauntingly good read!

Reserved Parking:

A judge in New Port Richey, Fla., who found a car in his reserved parking space, parked behind it and ordered the driver to stay in his courtroom until he was ready to call it a day and go home. “There’s two perks to the job,” Circuit Judge Stanley Mills told the St. Petersburg Times. “I have my own bathroom, and I have my own parking spot, and you’re not going to get to use either.”

The 26-year-old woman who had parked in the space said she misinterpreted the “reserved” sign, thinking it just meant the parking was reserved for those going to the courthouse.

Odd News:

“Shooting Reported at Firing Range,” an August story on mischief at Shooter’s Choice, in The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C.

“Hong Kong Man Found Being Eaten Alive by Maggots,” an August story in The Sydney Morning Herald about a 67-year-old man who was discovered just in time and is recovering.

Raised by Dogs

A recent documentary produced for Australia’s Channel 4, and described in a story in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, caught up with a Ukrainian woman, now 23, who had been “forgotten” by her mother and father and raised by dogs until discovered at age 8.

Oxana Malaya, one of about 100 known feral children, has the tested mental age of 6, stilted speech and an uncoordinated gait, and still buries any gifts she receives and runs into the woods when she is upset.

For the camera, Malaya showed she can still bark, run on all fours, pant with her tongue out, and dry herself off by shaking.