Anyone had a better 2 days in their lives???
Wow what an expensively brilliant 2 days. On Monday I met up with Dom at about 11:15am on the bus towards our first ever bungee jump!!! We arrived in the scenic environment near to the Daintree rainforest but not quite there at about mid-day and marveled at how high up 50 meters actually is. I'm such a wimp! After a bit of an argument Dom won the option to go up first whilst I tried to take some picks from the bottom, my nerves were building with every new dive I saw then there was Dom and that meant only one thing.... gulp, I'm next! So off I went gingerly stepping and being afraid of falling down the stairs (have I ever mentioned I'm afraid of heights) but I still carried on and got strapped up my adrenalin was pumping, nerves jangling and hands shaking. After the torture of sitting at the top of that tower I then had to shuffle to the edge of the platform and stand with my toes over the edge until the instructors told me I was good to go. (I'm not going to do it, you f***ing wimp) were the words I heard myself repeat over and over in my head - then I heard - "5,4,3,2,1,Go" that was all I needed off I go plummeting towards the earth as fast as my bulk can manage and strangely the moment my feet left the tower I was happy and relived! the rope hadn't taken any of my weight but all the adrenalin was gone the shakes were gone and I was just relived to be getting closer to Terra firma and that was all that mattered! So another irrational fear to go along with European wasps and public speaking, I'm afraid of heights but not afraid of falling from the heights, strange hey?Tuesday I awoke at the ridiculous time of 5:30am after my first night of work which saw me return home at 3am that doesn't leave alot of time for sleep but who gives a s*** I'm going white water rafting wooo! This is so great I get to go rafting and it’s FREE. One bad thing about today...I've got laryngitis and cant really talk to anyone properly lost my voice completely through some parts of the day but managed conversation if people listened properly Rafting is without a doubt one of the best rides ever Alton towers was a huge pile if steaming s***e in comparison, in fact the is no comparison at all. I loved ever minuet and that’s good because I got 5 hours on the river oh and did I mention it was FREE, I don’t really know how to describe what it was like but I will get some picks soon and show you what it looked like. Tuesday was not all over after that though, oh no not by a long shot! Oh boy, oh boy was my day made just about perfect when I discovered a deal that gave me a huge rack of BBQ ribs, chips and erm... salad plus a pint of beer for only 10 dollars, that’s about 4 quid. Oh what a night!Cant wait to hear from Woody cos I know he has a good story about being the first one of us admitted to hospital, I've said it now you must now elaborate Prof. James Woodroe.Danny B (Where's my voice gone!)
- Posted by d1d2d3_pj on 17/04/2007.
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1 More Day in Melbourne
Melbourne it' been fun! Not that i've done too much other than work but i've enjoyed talking to the 500 or so stranger i've forced to listen to me at their door - Especially Margerat who made me a cup of tea and gave me about 20 biscuits - yes 20 mayb more - while i hid in her home to stay out the cold. Other than work the only thing of note i've done is perhaps the weekend i caught the first game of the AFL seaon at the Telstra Dome - and i can't honestly see what the fuss is about, 40 000 people came to watch and i could only here 20 sing - it was quieter than Old Trafford in a Manchester Derby game. But i won't let that one experience put me off and plan to go to the AFL World place in town later before i leave to find out a little more history of the sport. Thi is due to the fact my Aussie collegues accued me of being anti-Aus sport cuz i don't like AFL or Cricket! Well i'm sorry they're not interesting to watch - and beside the fact Cricket is ENGLISH it still sucks.
Any way thought i'd let you know i was OK and i'm ready to hit Brisbane with P-J and Dom
David
A Week With the Gruesome Twosome!
Hello england and the rest of the world that are reading this, i have not blogged for a while as i have been away for the week because Dominic is Here :D so i have took a week off work to spend with him and these are some of our adventures:
Prelude - Dominic arrived on 2nd April and spent the first few days with his friend from Uni, who just happens to be the dughter of Ray Martin who is very famous out here, so for the first few days he lived the life of pure luxury before being thrust into the wild world of backpacking!
SAT 7th April - I took a plane from Brisbane to Sydney at 1830 arriving in sydney at around 1945, a quick trip on a train and i was in King's Cross where Dominic was staying, but unfortunatly for me he wasnt there when i got there!! so i sat around in the trainstaion waiting for him to come back from a Easter Sydney Festival. when he did finally get to the trainstation there was a manly hug and an introduction to his friends he was with, then we wnet to his hostel where as i was only with a small backpack i just walked into and up the stairs with the guys and had free accomodation for the night! that night we went to the liquor store and bought some whisky and cider and goon (which is really cheap wine in a bag, i mean ya looking at 3-4 GBP for 4 litres) and chilled in the hostel all night, some of the guys didnt even go to bed!
SUN 8th April - We checked out of the hostel at 1000, well i just walked out the others checked out, and made are way to the famous Bondi! o n by this time i had just caught a cold and was feeling aweful which unfortunatly is still with me so i kinda turned out to be this terrible flu thing!! we arrived at our hostel in Bondi, which was gross, the matresses were worn through so we had to sleep on iron bars, we ventured down the beach front to get some food from where else but 'Liberty Lunch' which was our stomping ground when we were here last, tho there were no staff remaining from back then so no freebees :( After Brunch Domonic and i went off to the beach to have a kick around and chill out which was gr8 until it started raining :( so we both packed our stuff up to the hostel and had a nap before going to a bar for some cheap food and a quiz night! We didnt win the quiz but came third and also came second in the best name award tho i cant see how 'Tom is dead sexy' beat 'Chuck Norris - We Salute You' which has got to be the best ever name for a quiz team! Dominic and i headded to bed early as we had to leave Bondi at 0600 in the morning! But as for getting to sleep that was a complete shambles as the hostel we were in weas over this pikey old bar that had a live band playing Directly under our room!
Mon 9th April - Earliy in the morning, thats what time we awoke! We were picked up by one of the friends we had made in the sydney hostel and driven to the sydney centre for 0620 to leave on the coach at 0640, well that is what we were told, unfortunatly our bus was late and we didnt leave to 0730 which is an hours sleep we missed out on :( The coach journey was long and well boring and at the start most of the people were real quiet and sticking to themselves so we both slept most of the eight hours drive to a Surf Camp! Time to surf :D We got changed as quickly as we could at the surf camp since it was starting to get dark, as we waited for our boards one of the girls i worked with was also there so we exchanged pleasentries and i went surfing with Dominic! The lesson was great and we both were able to stand up (i had been before so i got a smaller board) tho the most remebarable bit was as we got into the water and ready for the first wave Dominic and this other guy both tried to catch it with out looking that i was still walking out and they both went straight over me and didnt get up! and as i was trying to untangle my board and Leggie (rope to keep ya attached to the board) from Dominics Board when another guy careened straight into my ribs! after an hour or two lesson we headed back in, as it was dark for, some dinner, by which point i was feeling shattered with a stupid headache and a fever! after dinner we all chilled round the camp til 2200 before heading to the bech for a beach party, which was quite naff really, no music hardly any light and people were abit boring still except Dominic and our two new friends Nico and Jack!
Well that is it for now but i will add more soon and hopefully the pics will be up soon aswell
Love to all x x x
P-J and Dominic
New
Hey there everybody i've finally learnt how to use a computer and figured out how to get my pics and videos on much quicker, today we have new pics in:
Danny's snokel trip
Emmagen
Cape Trib Sunrise
And 2 new photos in 'you've been snapped'
1 new video in new Emmagen file.
- Posted by d1d2d3_pj on 13/04/2007.
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Just Another Manic Monday
Monday was a strange day in the life of Daniel Barloga, he awoke in a foul mood and couldn't quite manage to raise a smile even when he tryed his hardest, this is very unlike Daniel and it was getting him more upset as the day went on. He spent his morning shoe shoping which he hates but has to do as his only other pair of shoes are now just a few rags just about holding together. So he spent money he doesn't really have enough of and indulged in all of his other 'city needs' like mc donalds and sub way and his mood doesn't improve.
In the arvo he spent his time sleeping, playing the didge and reading, by dinner time he was feeling pretty lonely ahhhhh! Turns out that Daniel hates being on his own for longer than 3-4 hours and particuarly hates eating alone but he set off for dinner alone anyway no point wasting a free meal.
Confidence, confidence wherefore art thou confidence..... Oh there you are! turns out that the city isn't as scary as I first thought and strangers can actually be freindly and good to talk to. From being in such a bad mood Daniel sudenly became a legend again using the same best friend that our old mate Canadian Dave used (alcohol) as a wingman it wasn't long before he was talking to everyone he bumped into and started dancing on tables. Legend? what does it mean? its a term that is thrown about far to often but I still like being told that I am one, after about 2-3 hours in the club Daniel exceled himself and entered a dance competition anyone could tell that the boy had no talent but he can work up a croud and before long the final 8 were on the tables taking off their clothes but no-one was going to win becides Daniel this night and he proceded all the way to the Final one against one who would fail who had the balls to win? Danny B thats who so I took the coveted title of Mr. Backpacker 2007, all the girls, free beer and a white water rafting tour, how cool is that!
So Danny B is back to his old self the mid-life crissis has been averted and only lasted about 3 days love ya all Danny B x
New Pics of my adventures, Today: Emmagen (at least 6 photos), You've been snapped (2 corkers, show the true power of my new camera) :-P
- Posted by d1d2d3_pj on 10/04/2007.
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Take Me Back, Take Me Back Please!
Aghhh! I'm scared, I'm in a very strange habitat called a city there are lights everywhere streets made of hard, un-yeilding dark black substances, cars and people everywhere, tall buildings made of brick and mortar and not wood. its such an intimidating surounding for me. Not only am I stuck here but I've chosen the wrong time because I currently have no confidence to talk to any of the huge masses of local populace, I must of used it all up in my natural habitat, 'the jungle' so now I must grin and bare it for a week till I meet up with Dom then i'll get back into a small comunity and try to get some money, thats about as good as my plans are ever going to get, it doesn't help matters in trying to make friends when i'm continualy put in the wrong rooms at hostels I was suposed to get a 16 bed dorm sharer yesterday but they lost the last key so I had to go in a room with 2 double beds and no other customers for the same price that is really bad luck if you ask me!
I cant belive how much my attitude has changed just by crossing a river I literally cant raise a smile got to get in that 16 person dorm and make some friends. :( Danny B
Sorry but I'm really strugling to get any picks of my adventures on the site.
Australia is Closed for Easter
hey fans across the globe, i hope all is well! sounds like danny hasnt matured with age and is setting a bad example for young fledglings like myself! but it does ound like ya had a good birthday and i am sorry i couldnt make it to the cape for the celebrations!
Unfortunatley my days arent quite as hectic and crazy, but i'm too lazy for all tht shit haha i been working as often as i can and not getting paid enough for my contribution as always lol but it is great fun and when im not working im drinking or just chillin with the girls (and steve) which is all good fun! the other night i spent a good hour in an amusment arcade with Hege, she thrashed me on the dance machine but i went 2-1 up after being her on the motorbikes and Time Crisis but unfortunalty Hege brought it all square on the last game - Driving! couldnt believe she beat me but hey ho word on the grapevine is that women are better drivers so i will keep my chin up knowing that maybe this theory is true, or most likely it is the ramblings of crazy women because God knows they cant drive better than the alpha male! its just that they can do more than one thing at once like drive and concentrate at the same time while men can drive and think of sex every 6 secs which is probly the cause to most accidents involving male drivers, now tht has to be FACT!
As for easter i look forward to eating lots of chocolate egss and bunny rabbits! tho i wont be able to buy any today as Australia is closed for Good Friday, i'm serious all the shops are shut and its illegal to sell alcohol on Good Friday, ILLEGAL TO SELL ALCOHOL ON GOOD FRIDAY, i mean what the fuck! so the bar cloased last night at midniught and opens at midnight agen tonight so its like a 24hr halftime!
I am going to a staff bbq later to get drunk then back to down under to work, then 2hours sleep and up again for work then pack for sydney, say a last good bye to a lass ;) and i'm gone for a week, NO MORE WORK bliss pure bliss :D
Have a good Easter and Love to all, and while you are purchasing one of your many drinks today think of me an the fact that i cant and help yaself to another for me! Its the least i could allow ya to do!
P-J
1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila. Floor.
Its the morning after the night before, I'm feeling grand and I was hailed as a 'legend' by a girl I'd never even met as I walked into the pub this morning for the hair of the dog treatment she said that she had heard all about my escapades from all the girls who were staying in her dorm, this was an interesting statement and made me feel quite good (its nice to get positive feed back about my pissed antics). Well I thought forgoten most of the night but from what i've been told the memories started flowing back like a reminiscence of something that happened eras past. I did 8 hours of work on my birthday and felt really ill by the time i'd finished it may of been dehydration, low body sugar, being over worked but then I thought it was probably withdrawal symptoms 8 hours of work means theres been at least 8 hours since my last alcoholic beverage so I set about intaking as much of my specific elixer in as little time as posible.
By 8pm I was slightly marinated and teaching some girls how to dance the salsa very badly, by 9pm (21:00) I was even more marinated, still speaking coherantly and able to walk in a straight line but starting to go crazy everyone had bought me their drink of choice as that saved me from making any choices and mixing is the best way to get drunk. At this time (21:00) I was not given a cake because they know I dont do any drugs and their cakes would be a bit dry, with ice sprinkeled on top instead of sugar and liquid acid instead of food coloring. so i got a tray with 21 candels and 21 different shots. Tequila is no friend of mine.
But being egged on by the masses I finished 19 of them and I shared the rest with anyone under 18 in the bar who shouldn't of been there and was upset at being to sober (I'm such a generous guy). By 10 o'clock memory started to fail and it was relativly difficult to walk in a straight line and I was a master linguist in my mind and I did a strip on a table to the song "you can leave your hat on" but I had no hat so I didn't tear the underware off to the disapointment of many of my co-workers.
11pm: way too drunk been sick a couple of times and people were starting to make their way home, I got a everyone else together for a drinking game which always ended up with people pointing at me and telling me to get f**ked... Who am I to argue? Then I jumped and fell over the fence off of the veranda and landed perfectly on my back minimising any chance of damage from the 2 meter drop, I got back up again, hopped over the next fence and went skinny dipping aparently this is what gets me the 'legend' title (seems pretty tame to me, if I'd hunted a croc whilst naked and broke its neck in a fight that would be worthy of the title). I then put my clothes back on and fell aslep for about half an hour on a bench, woke up had a few more drinks, the girls I was trying to get with dissapeard whilst I was asleep, so I just called it a day and went to bed very impresed that I made it till closing time and still found my way back to my room.
Danny B: Glad I'm ony 21 once, feeling old and enjoying my last ever drink now. Nothing to look forward to now.
Why cant I read coments is anyone else experiancing this problem?
- Posted by d1d2d3_pj on 04/04/2007.
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21 Years Young
First of all i would like to say Happy Birthday to a Mr Daniel Barloga who is 21 today, as like most of you i have tried ringing him but to no avail so i figured i would post it publicly!
Now thats over i can tell you what i have been up to.. not a great deal to be honest all i have been doin over the last 2 weeks is work and sleep and eat infact yesterday was my first day off in 14 days :D i worked 80hrs last week which is just crazy if ya ask me! but it has been worth it and ive enjoyed working with all the people i work with and have made alot of good friends! On Sunday nights the barstaff have a 'Suicide Sunday' which means we go out for a meal and then get wasted at the bar for pretty much nothing, its gd and this sunday i was fortunate to be the only male to accompany 6 gorgeous girls to a restaurant, i will try n get some pics of them and my other work colleagues soon!
Dominic has arrived safe and sound in sydney and i am counting down the days til i see him n get he party started, and the female members of the bar are looking forward to him and David coming here so i will try n make some exctra money by poimping the two of them out :D
Today i went to the 'Brisbane Beach' which is a man made beach in the middle of the city, its really nice and the water is fresh so no choking on salt water, i went with a girl called Talia and have had a really good relaxing day!
anyway that is about it for, will try n do some more exciting things soon, love to you all
P-J
Tsunami!!!!
Frist of all it is no longer the 1st of april so there will be no more bogus claims about having a tattoo or any other outragous lies that are not fair on my public. Having said that I survived a tsunami today, all fun and games I woke up early and decided to see if there were any coments about my reported tattoo, and when I logged on to the internet there was a warning on yahoo.com.au for a possible tsunami hitting North Queensland... 'wait one second, i'm in north queensland'. At the same moment I read this the receptionist was starting to look and sound a little upset whilst on the phone, I was till thinking 'no worries' as per usuall but after the phone call the receptionist asked me to prepare everyone for evacuation :S so I did as told and knocked on doors of sleepy tourists and told them that they were being evacuated to higher ground. I knew that if there was a big wave going to hit us it'd take at least an hour to get here so I decided to take a shower and stop smelling of booze and yesterdays dinner (no point dieing smelly). Then I walked up the hill to the best spot to see the sea and survive the tsunami, eventually I heard that it was all over and I could go back to work. Woooo I survived a tsunami! it did actally hit us and the sea level got a incredible 30cm's higher! Oh well it was a little bit of exitement and drama for the morning, a hell of a lot of fun to wake all those tourists and watch them panic. oh happy days.
There is no tattoo Danny B
