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Day 129 : Time to say goodbye

Day 129 : Time to say goodbye

Sydney to Port Macquarie

HIGH POINT: Getting to see Sydney Harbour Bridge up close and personal

LOW POINT: Navigating through Sydney city centre.

SHOCK OF THE DAY; The smell in the hostel corridor after the boys had been hanging about giggling and looking sheepish.

Safe to say when I looked at the rota for the day I was filled with absolute panic.I was tasked with navigation and the mission for the day was to get us from Sydney to North Sydney and then onto Port Macquarie for the evening. Now to most, it wouldnt seem like such a big deal but I for one was terrified, You see the problem is I dont drive and to make matters worse I cant tell my left from right. It wasnt looking particularly promising, lets just say ..

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Day 125 : We just died on the stage tonight!

Day 125 : We just died on the stage tonight!

HIGH POINT: Getting to spend the day with some key FTFE friends

LOW POINT: Someone attempting to mug me in North Melbourne 🙁 not happy

NO POINT: Trying to sing The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Just get off…you’re dying!” As shouted by friends as we belted out yet another karaoke song

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Day 119 : There’s a fire engine in my room!

Day 119 : There’s a fire engine in my room!

Port Augusta to Adelaide

High Point: Staying in the beautiful Fire Station Inn in North Adelaide

Low Point: Getting lost around Adelaide and their endless amount of roads (or so it seemed)

No Point: Looking for bushes when it was toilet stop time

Meal of the Day: Lunch at the Port Dock Restaurant at Port Adelaide

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Day 114 – Mr Steve

Day 114 – Mr Steve

Warburton to Docker River

High Point: Visiting an aboriginal school in Warburton

Low Point: The heat. It was the hottest day in Martha so far today and boy did we feel it.

Quote of day: ‘Mr Steve’

Bugging FTFE: The biting ants all around our camp site

Night highlight: The stars at our remote camping spot near Docker River

Embarrassing moment of day: We needed a police escort as we got lost in Warburton – it only has two roads and no, I wasn’t navigator, it was a boy

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Day 109: Such a Perth-fect Day!

Day 109: Such a Perth-fect Day!

High Point: Our fire truck convoy escort, leaving Perth for the beginning of Stage Five

Snack of Day: Burger Rings

Chat of the Day: The Perth Firemen

Dance Move of the Day: The Box

Gift of the Day: Perth Firemen Calendar

So there we were driving down the Perth freeway sandwiched between an old service fire engine and new fire engine in a special convoy, whilst being followed by a cameraman from the GWN news channel. Just a normal day down under 😉

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Day 106 : Roasting Hot Perth

Day 106 : Roasting Hot Perth

HIGH POINT: Steve and Amy being reunited after nearly 4 months apart and a slap up Roast at Perth Fire Station

LOW POINT: Getting us lost in Central Perth

NO POINT: Mistaking a cardboard box for a seat and promptly falling through it. Obviously jet-lag

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