the plankmeister's interweblet
Monday, April 1, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Today was Active Day. Got up. Finished my book (Disappointing ending). Didn't play volleyball in the pool. Checked the surf. The surf was good. So, with this in mind, Richard and I hired some surfboards and...
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Got up late. Felt like shit. Tequilla is evil. Drank a million gallons of water. Sat around all day feeling horrid. Tried watching a movie but the video player was broken. Went skateboarding for the first...
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Didn't sleep all night. Missing Dorthe to the point of distraction. Feeling very unwell. I swear it's that crap Aussie XXXX beer from a couple nights ago. It's stripped the lining from my mouth and throat....
Thursday, April 4, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Another boring and ill day today. Weather is pants. Feeling like shit still. Got the flu coming on, I think. I think Tequilla lowers the immune system. Hardly slept last night either. Had hallucinations and...
Friday, April 5, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Woke up (Which is a pretty essential start to any day really. Don't know why I even bother putting that because there's not a whole lot of things you can do while sleeping). Watched American Beauty. Awesome...
Saturday, April 6, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Another crap night's sleep. Got up because I couldn't get any sleep no matter how long I just lay there hoping to get to sleep. Went skateboarding for a couple hours. Nearly nailed fakie 180 flips onto a...
Sunday, April 7, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Had a Big Aussie Breakfast at the bakery. Played volleyball in the pool for a couple hours. Played with my poi. Taught Heinrik (Found out how to spell it properly) how to do the crossover. He's well...
Monday, April 8, 2002
Byron Bay : Australia
Got up. Went online, but in my absence Richard received some abuse from the man we all woke up lastnight. He took it on the chin... Not a lot else to do really, and he was pretty cool about it, considering....
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Sydney : Australia
This morning, Richard and I were due to catch a bus to Sydney at 10:15. I woke up at 9:30. And had all my packing to do, and still had to pack a box of stuff to send back home. That was the most action packed...
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Checked out of room 613. Checked in to room 805. Nightmare. Posted a big box of photos and a couple other things back home to the folks. Went for a wander down to Circular Quay to see the harbour bridge and...
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Woke up early to extend so we didn't have to check out at 10am. Went back to bed until 3pm. Messaged Dorthe again. And again. And again. And again....(etc) Got up. Took Rich on a sight-seeing tour of the city,...
Friday, April 12, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Woke up ridiculously late. Went to meet one of Richard's friends from back home in Bondi. Once more, Plank's Amazing Mental Map Of Sydney failed miserably, and we did loads of spontaneous sight seeing of...
Saturday, April 13, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Woke up early. Packed stuff. Checked out. Stole a bedsheet. Put bags in lockers. Ate breakfast. Went for a wander round the botanical gardens. Richard was feeling like absolute shite. He got in late...
Sunday, April 14, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
The banging door and swollen bladder forced me up and out at 8:30, so I went in search of an internet cafe to relieve myself and grab some breakfast. Found just such a place across the road. Attended to...
Monday, April 15, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Got up. Went for a wander. Had some brekky and went skateboarding for a few hours. Cut and grazed my legs a bit... Ouch. Nearly got backside flips down. Sat on the beach with Rich for a while. Went back...
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Got up early after a good night's sleep. Went for some breakfast at the bakery. Two freshly baked, absolutely delicious chocolate croissants! Yum! Went back to the apartment. Hung around for a while, then...
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Got up early again to find a toilet to use. Ate a chocolate croissant. Thought about Dorthe. A lot. Messaged her. A lot. She's ill :( Went back to the apartment. Then it rained. And rained and rained and...
Thursday, April 18, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Crashed out on Kira's bed, but got woken by Richard at mid day telling me I had to move. I guess 3 hours sleep is better that nothing. Went out for a wander round the place. Started messaging Dorthe....
Friday, April 19, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Woke up to a bunch of messages from Dorthe. Ahem. What a very nice thing to wake up to ;) Thank god she's fluent in English... else she wouldn't be able to send stuff like this!! Went for a wander round...
Saturday, April 20, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Ambled round the place for a while. Went on the net. Me and Rich went into Sydney to watch the movie Ice Age, which is absolutely superb. That's the best comedy I think I've ever seen. The animation is...
Sunday, April 21, 2002
Bondi Beach : Australia
Felt a bit... odd, this morning. Got quite drunk lastnight. Not been drunk for ages! Needed some grease, so went for a fry-up. Wish I hadn't. The bacon was undercooked, the sausages (As usual with Aussie...
Monday, April 22, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Went for some breakfast to a different cafe. Much better. And cheaper! Went back and packed the rest of my stuff. Sat and watched TV. At about 4:30, Richard and I said our goodbyes to Laura and Kira. Just want...
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Sydney : Australia
It's 9AM, and I'm still online chatting with Dorthe. Shit. My bus leaves in 30 minutes. Say a hurried goodbye to Dorthe, which hurts... I'm running around like a complete lunatic for the next 20 minutes. Back...
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
It's raining. A lot. Shitloads, in fact. Stuart and I decide to try and organise a trip to the Great Ocean Road. We look into getting a hire car. Seems quite reasonably priced. Wander round town a bit more,...
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Wake up late. Knackered. It's pissing down with rain. No choice but to go out in it. We discover a fatal flaw in our plan to rent a car. We need a credit card. Neither of us has one. Shit. Oh well. That's...
Friday, April 26, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Got up late. Had some extremely pleasant dreams involving a certain Danish girl. Distracted myself from the memeory of the dreams by opening a bank account. Will get a tax number and look for work next...
Saturday, April 27, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Went back to the Victoria market. Bought some socks. Threw out the old ones... even after repeated bleaching and washing, they were stained beyond recovery. And a bit crusty, too. Decided to go to Brighton...
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Wake up ridiculously late... 3pm. Stuart's got bored of waiting for me to surface and has gone out. I go for a quick skate and pick up my photos. Some pretty good ones! And some weird ones, too. I'll get...
Monday, April 29, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Need to get a tax number so I can get a job. Go to the tax office. Fill out a form. Go back to the hostel to get my passport. DOH! Go back to the tax office. I'll get my tax number within 28 days. I can now...