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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Joanna
Feb 6, 20185 min read
Baby Jesus
I left Canoa very early yesterday morning... big flight to catch! Thanks be to Baby Jesus that I opted out of taking the local bus... I...
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Joanna
Jan 1, 20182 min read
Why Ecuador?
When I was 18 years old, I was accepted on a Student Exchange program through AFS Intercultural Programs. I left the comforts of my...
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Joanna
Aug 16, 19952 min read
Going Home...
I love the page in my journal I dedicated to my homecoming... I WANT MONEY! ... then... "ya right!" Seems fitting! I also wrote; Thing I...
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Joanna
May 2, 19951 min read
Adventures with Roger in Oz
We are not closing. This store is definitely NOT closing. Sorry - we're closed. From Fraser Island... Roger and I headed down the coast...
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Joanna
Apr 28, 19954 min read
The Bundy Experience Continues...
Ang's Poem... We’re all in the same boat, Just out of money. But kick back in Bundy, Enjoy yourself, hunny. So when you’re down and out,...
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Joanna
Apr 6, 19955 min read
Back in Bundy
Back in Bundaberg. I think I'd been on the bus for over 20 hours. Not a cent to my name and under STRICT instructions from Ethel that...
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Joanna
Apr 1, 19953 min read
Poor, Poor, Sydney
We arrived back in Sydney. Neither of us had a pot to piss in... nor did we have a window to throw it out of. We managed to find the...
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Joanna
Mar 20, 19952 min read
Joanna from Snowy River
Batlow, snowy mountains... The Man from Snowy River. It wasn't long before we secured our first job in Batlow, in the land of the Snowy...
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Joanna
Mar 10, 19953 min read
A Few Funnies
Donna's Memory: *I have NO recollection of this happening and even when she wrote to Ashlynn about it, Ashlynn replied "are you on...
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Joanna
Feb 20, 19954 min read
Grape Land
How we all made it to Mildura... ... yet... more specifically, how we all made it to the particular location that Ivan told us about......
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Joanna
Jan 20, 19952 min read
Towards Grapes, We Go!
It finally came to time leave Bundaberg... and with tears in our eyes, we packed the car and started our journey down to meet Ivan in...
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Joanna
Jan 11, 19954 min read
Life at City Centre Backpackers
Oh, how many times we went in and out of this building... and onto those buses. BEST time of the day was getting back to the hostel after...
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