Packing

yeah yeah i have ages left befor i go.. thats what you all keep telling me, but to me 29 days is not ages, its 4 weeks, and its allready been 2 since i came home from safari and that has gone so fast i cant believe that i only have twice that time left. also because of baggage limits i will be posting some of the stuff over ahead of me, and i want to get that posted asap so it beats me there. however the amount i send its important. dont want to be over on the baggage allowances coz its really cheap, but posting its not all that cheap either, just cheaper than the $40/kg on one of my airlines.

so thats a photo of all my Aussie stuff to take to japan

from top left we have

- 2 Australian Flags

- 4 Aussie animal bookmarks

- lots of postcards

- a book of aussie animals

- my 3 bags

- 2 Aussie caps ... the second of which has a built in bottle opener *wtf mate*

- benie (not even aussie colours ... not impressed )

- Australia Jacket (got it on melbourne tour :D )

(and now back to the left middle)

- 2 Australian maps

- Aussie wrapping paper, some flags, some plants and animals

- journal that was given to my by my yr 9& 10 Japaneses teacher ( thankyou )... i know its not particually aussie but its in the picture.

-Kangaroo road sign

- boomarangs on the kangaroo tea towel

- pencil case and stationary

- kangaroo dinner bell

- flag t shirt

- Aussie Flag toothpicks

- wallet

- letter opener

(back to the left, bottom)

- pile of Aussie animal soft toys... contains, several koalas and kangaroos as well as at least one of each of the following; wombat, echidna, emu, kookabara, platapus ect...

- the clingy koalas

- opal kangaroo/ koala necklaces

- aussie flag charms

- facewasher

- phone charms

- massive pile of keyrings

- gold palted Australian Crest plate ... another melbourne tour bargian

- flag stickers

- tattos

- koala pins

- massive bag of kangaroo pins

- 4 aboriginal paintings.... they are all diffrent ... yet another melbour tour find. + the little one and the one on a magnet.

there are then also some other pins that pookie and i are making. photos later i guess ... when they are done. ... most if not all of that will be in the package i post to Japan, purely 'cause i wont need it straight away and it is heavy... well heaver than you would think.

did a prastice pack of my suitcase today. it fits easially ... well yes easily with the help of a few space bags, but easily non the less however its way to heavy. so now got to re go through everything and decide what i really want with me and what could be left at home. so that its light enough. ... wish me luck with that.

how cold is winter?

so as i said its happening. and its scarying me. it is a long time to be away from home and all that jazz but also its a country which gets snow ! now i know some of you who read this are like so... ive seen and heard alot of picuters and storyies from my counsin and frineds who have lived in these sort of conditions an lots of cold and snow and what not, and in a way this really excites me. i want to see the snow and experiance it all. and funnliy enough one of the things i really really want to do its go to one of the outside baths in the snow. i have no idea how if at all that is going to be possible because from my understanding the outdoor bath places are becoming less and less popular and so they are shutting down, but the thing that is actually worring me at the moment is, i HATE the cold and i get cold so easy. and i have never seen snow, ever. and im soo worried that im not gonna be able to get warm and that i will be forever(so to speak) freezing

but i have been getting some nice winter clothes recently (while they are still avaliable) and ive got a decient really warm jacket, a vest several spencers /skivies (mum and i cant agree on what they are called) and a few more nice jumpers. so i think i will actually be allright, i cant at all see how its going to all fit in a suitcase but that callenge i will face later this year or very early next year.

me trying on all my winter clothes ... actually all the diffrent layers at once,... it was rather hot actually