tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55602187600646899312024-02-20T15:37:17.892+00:00NiaStarTravel, crafts, sport, holistic therapiesniastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-16045145975722969192011-09-19T15:08:00.003+01:002011-09-19T15:36:25.953+01:00Melbourne!! and Tasmania!!So I have been officially unemployed for three months!! Loving the freedom!! I have been in australia for ten weeks - Melbourne now for a month, previously I had been in Tasmania for a month, and started off my travels in Melbourne<br /><br />Melbourne is great, I have been wandering around a bit, have seen the shops and the street art, Fitzroy and the CBD. Brunswick Street and Smith Street are great streets for food, drink and amazing shops :-) Melbourne Museum is full of interesting objects and there are so many pretty parks and open spaces here!<br /><br />Tasmania was amazing! I loved it despite it being freezing cold winter when I was there (temperatures of -7 degrees one morning, and pretty cold the other days too!). The farm experience was hard work but fun. Loved the animals and the countryside, the chocolate factory and trying to spot platypus in the rivers!! wallabies and wombats in the wild, the Spirit of Tasmania ferry. Lack of good public transport in Tasmania made it hard to see some parts but my cute rented car made such a difference and i loved driving round zipping up and down country lanes with music blaring and me singing (with the locals tutting at me as I flew past!!)<br /><br />Great times!!niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-23601286827147024012011-06-20T23:58:00.003+01:002011-06-21T00:20:56.554+01:00Travels and new beginningsI'm going to Australia in nine days time, I can't wait!!!!!!! I will be going for eight months, on a Working Holiday Visa. Yes, I will work as well as travel and have fun!<br />I'm resurrecting my blog so I can hopefully keep track of places I've visited, things I have experienced and interesting events/observations/people I meet. Exciting times!!!!niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-4371119000823123342011-01-16T00:01:00.000+00:002011-01-16T00:03:27.346+00:00Saturday night init's saturday night and i've spent all evening relaxing & watching tv with my parents. i do need to chill out :-)<br />tomorrow i'm going for a walk up Moel Famau with my friends, that will be nice :-)niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-36271362952769920532010-07-18T10:09:00.000+01:002010-07-18T10:09:00.304+01:00Crafts & cupcakes!I went to a summer fayre today In Betws-Y-Coed - there were loads of crafty items for sale & food, well worth the £1 entrance fee! I talked to a couple of women selling things, I was especially interested in crochet brooches, that is one project I'm going to work on very soon! It has given me lots of ideas & inspiration so hopefully I'll start making things before it wears off!<br /><br />I bought a couple of brooches, a homemade button (made of clay? Or something that hardens, I should have asked her how she made it..) and some other buttons. Also bought some nice but expensive fudge, mmm!<br /><br />It's Mari's christening tomorrow (my best mate's daughter, now 5 months old) so have been up making cupcakes 10pm - 2am!!) I'm very tired now but the cakes will hopefully be worth it (I haven't tried one yet but dad says they're nice. Very vanilla-y tho, I'm not overly keen on vanilla but we'll see!)niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-22248573159487995572010-07-16T13:46:00.000+01:002010-07-16T13:50:16.926+01:00Lazy Fridaywell, i'm in work on my lunch break, thinking about the weekend. I have a christening on sunday, my best friend's daughter who's almost 5 months old, and I need to find a cute present for her to add to the one I've already got. I'd love to make something but still get scared of making things in case they're not good enough... I've got to get over this obstacle if i want to get more creative and sell things :0)niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560218760064689931.post-90539233329528792222010-07-15T21:26:00.000+01:002010-07-15T21:29:26.451+01:00Day 1I've finally done it, I've created a blog!<br />So, now I'm getting all the technology together (will have to sort out broadband, not everything can be done with an iPhone!) then I'll be sorted!niastarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248766876781027479noreply@blogger.com0