Breaking in the backpack in Australia.

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My working holiday in Australia, originally meant to be six months, balloons into something longer and crazier. Plans? Who needs 'em! (Who has 'em?)

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  Rescue from Uncertainty   Sydney, Australia on Dec 7, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Brits Abroad   Sydney, Australia on Dec 10, 2004 2 pictures 0 comments
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  It's Raining Beaches   Sydney, Australia on Dec 11, 2004 6 pictures 1 comment
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  Out of the Rush Life   Port Macquarie, Australia on Dec 12, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  The House at Tuckers Rocks   Sawtell, Australia on Dec 13, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  The Night Sky Welcomes Me to the South   Sawtell, Australia on Dec 14, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Weed On   Sawtell, Australia on Dec 18, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  The Key   Port Macquarie, Australia on Dec 19, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  A Holiday Home   Sawtell, Australia on Dec 22, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  My Kingdom for a Ham   Port Macquarie, Australia on Dec 23, 2004 1 picture 0 comments
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  Merry Christmas, Everyone!   Sawtell, Australia on Dec 27, 2004 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Cleaning Up the Beaches   Cardiff, Australia on Dec 31, 2004 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Holiday Season Winds to a Close--with a Bang!   Sydney, Australia on Jan 1, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A Portrait of Travelling Companions   Cardiff, Australia on Jan 2, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Touristy Activities   Cremorne, North Sydney, Australia on Jan 5, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Perils and the Pleasures   Sydney, Australia on Jan 7, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Day of Rest   Glebe, Sydney, Australia on Jan 9, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A Room with a View   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 9, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Adrenalin!   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 11, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Sure Beats the Stairmaster   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 11, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Looking for Work in Katoomba   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 13, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Valley of the Waters: Place to be when it's 39 C   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 16, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Not for the Faint of Heart   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 17, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Castling Queens   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 19, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  All Cooped Up With Nowhere to Go   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 24, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A Portrait of Travelling Companions II   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 24, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  The Zen of Crossing Water   Katoomba, Australia on Jan 26, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Musswellbrook Antics   Quirindi, Australia on Jan 29, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Bovine Romantics   Quirindi, Australia on Jan 31, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The First Two Months: A Summation   Sydney, Australia on Feb 1, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Doing Porridge   Fremantle, Australia on Feb 2, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Black Swans   Perth, Australia on Feb 4, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Sharing a Home with Quokkas   Rottnest Island, Australia on Feb 7, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Of Bicyclists and Coral   Rottnest Island, Australia on Feb 9, 2005 3 pictures 3 comments
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  Bicycling South   Bunbury, Australia on Feb 11, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Settling Down for a While   Busselton, Australia on Feb 13, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Night Shift Blues   Busselton, Australia on Feb 17, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  More Time in Busso   Busselton, Australia on Mar 6, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Snip, Snip, Snip   Busselton, Australia on Mar 18, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Lessons Learnt Lately   Busselton, Australia on Mar 30, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Portrait of Travelling Companions III   Busselton, Australia on Apr 17, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Done in Busso   Perth, Australia on Apr 23, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Road Trip the First   Geraldton, Australia on Apr 24, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Road Trip the Second: The Nakeding   Denham, Australia on Apr 26, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Road Trip the Third: A Parting of Ways   Carnarvon, Australia on Apr 27, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Road Trip the Fourth: Faster, Pussycat!   Port Hedland, Australia on Apr 28, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Port Headache   Port Hedland, Australia on May 1, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  You Call This a Vacation?   Exmouth, Australia on May 21, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  A Little More Like It   Exmouth, Australia on May 22, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  In Turquoise Waters   Exmouth, Australia on May 23, 2005 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Breakfast for the Whale Sharks   Exmouth, Australia on May 24, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Shedding the Backpacker Coat For One Night   Ningaloo, Australia on May 26, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  I am a Hospitality Goddess   Port Hedland, Australia on Jun 2, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Anniversaries   Port Hedland, Australia on Jun 2, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Politics of Prawns   Port Hedland, Australia on Jun 17, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Goodbye, Red Dust!   Port Hedland, Australia on Jun 24, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Retreating, Reef-Style   Ningaloo, Australia on Jul 15, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  The Longest Road   Perth, Australia on Jul 16, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting Ritzy   Yallingup, Australia on Jul 18, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Birthdays, Goodbyes, Packing Up   Perth, Australia on Jul 19, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kingsford Smith Overnighting   Sydney, Australia on Jul 23, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Crossing Those Bridges   Paddington/Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia on Aug 29, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Rattling Down Roads Together   Canberra, Australia on Aug 30, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  The Bus in Snowy River   Jindabyne, Australia on Aug 31, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Bushlands Ping Pong   Ontos, Australia on Aug 31, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunken Ships and Blackberry Nip   Foster, Australia on Sep 1, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Melbourne or Bust   Wilson's Promontory, Australia on Sep 2, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  "Why Don't You Just Play For 'Em, Umpire?"   Melbourne, Australia on Sep 3, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  At the Pokies   Melbourne, Australia on Sep 4, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Slices of Life   The Tye Estate, near Romsey, Australia on Sep 9, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Great Ocean Road: Warning, Very Wet   Princetown, Australia on Sep 11, 2005 6 pictures 1 comment
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  Off the Bus! On the Bus!   Warrnambool, Australia on Sep 12, 2005 4 pictures 1 comment
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  A Giant Emu Attacks and Creates the Grampians   Halls Gap, Australia on Sep 13, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Pinnacle   Horsham, Australia on Sep 13, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  How to Catch a Marron, and Other Life Lessons   Kangaroo Island, Australia on Sep 25, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Krill Have Been Removed for Remedial Treatment   Adelaide, Australia on Sep 30, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Feral Mouthful   Parachilna, Australia on Oct 1, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Sweating Above Wilpena Pound   Wilpena Pound, Australia on Oct 2, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Living Underground with the Opals   Coober Pedy, Australia on Oct 3, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunset and Champers at the Rock   Uluru, Australia on Oct 4, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunrise and Flies at the Rock   Uluru, Australia on Oct 5, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Garden of Eden   Kings Canyon, Australia on Oct 6, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Party Shenanigans in The Alice   Alice Springs, Australia on Oct 7, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Frank, The Tempermental Camel   Alice Springs, Australia on Oct 7, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Last Sensations of Sydney   Sydney, Australia on Oct 8, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments