Oz Trip: Oyster's Journal - November 2004

Nov 03: Wednesday

Mission Embarked - Goat and Oyster Hit Road and spend 12 hours on flight to HONG KONG

Nov 04: Thursday

Dragon Hostel Found - Teeny Tiny Rooms but all Oyster and Goats needs are met

Nov 05: Friday

Goat and Oyster meet College chums Phil & Ruth Ramdomly on streets of Kowloon, Walkway of Stars visited and First Trip to Hong Kong Island for Food in Soho and Drinks in the Red Light District

Nov 06: Saturday

Goat and Oyster alone again decide a trip to Hong Kong Peak needed, Tram taken and afterwards Goat and Oyster hit the town for beers - Canadian Ladies found in pub, Oyster makes friends with 1 especially named Alison - Goat later found in club with Calafornian Sorority girl - Chelsea Top premier league Macky Sucks

Nov 07: Sunday

Canadian Ladies leave for Taiwan where they teach, Goat and Oyster get food poisoning - Goat buys new camera.

Nov 08: Monday

Goat and Oyster visit large Budda, buy cheap stuff at temple market and finally have some KFC instead of bad bad Rice NOODLE (nemesis of goat and oyster)

Nov 09: Tuesday

Goat and Oyster Update web sites and set out to visit the largest floating restaurant in the world for pie....pie is good, Oyster thinks of eating shark fin but then remembers he does not want to make any enemies for later sea swimming

Nov 10: Wednesday

Goat and Oyster leave Hong Kong and arrive safely in Singapore where they realise the last hostel they were in was much below standard, however in the new hostel they are in the Lap of luxury, They set off to have Singapore Slingers in local Posh joint (Raffles)

Nov 11: Thursday

The day started with Goat and Oyster finding a pamplet alerting them to a shooting gallery over the other side of town, after travelling for 1.5 hours they find the gallery is closed down, the spend the rest of the day shopping and discover Singapore is expensive...boo!

Nov 12: Friday

Goat and Oyster get on first tropical beach at sentosa island. They arrive to the island via cable car, and encounter a theme park of sorts here they go up the carlesberg tower, meet a giant merLion and find a fusion of canoe's and beers can be a good thing

Nov 13: Saturday

Goat and Oyster test the Sinagpore nightlife...end up watching football in the local club district...since the singaporians an ugly race the goat and the oyster stop looking for women and focus their attentions on dancing...the goat and oyster are later removed from the club without quarrel

Nov 14: Sunday

Singapore Shopping day taken Goat and Oyster also take in movie (the incredables) and get washing done for tomorrow....the big day....the TRIP TO OZ

Nov 15: Monday

Went to movies to kill some time before flight...something called taxi...very bad...goat and oyster get flight onward to Oz

Nov 16: Tuesday

Goat and Oyster ARRIVE IN OZ, much rejoicing happens then pie is had next to the opera house as Goat and Oyster discuss Mary Kate and Ashley and how they crossed that bridge...G&O decide crossing the bridge is a must

Nov 17: Wednesday

Goat and Oyster head to Luna Amusement park on other side of Sydney Harbour, after much fun it is decided beers are required. Goat and Oyster hit the town meeting Ryan the Canadian, Crazy "Titanic" the Aussi, The German monk and Singrid and Loretta Dutchland....much fun is had.... Goat and Oyster found on floor in hall of hostel at 5am

Nov 18: Thursday

Goat and Oyster scale the Sydney Harbor bridge, after much posing at the top of the bridge they return happy in the knowledge that mary kate and ashley have no longer one up on them, Oyster contacts Neasa and organises a session for 20.30 hours on friday at the monkey pub

Nov 19: Friday

Bondaii beach visited, Oyster gets very exccited at seeing some other oysters and dives into wave...only to land on his neck and be spat out again...oyster still in pain...hat with corks is bought..Neasa is met and drinking is commenced...first oz club visited called cargo....Goat later became friendly with a vietnamese prostitute called bambi (she may or may not have been a prostitute:))

Nov 20: Saturday

Goat and Oyster very sick and hungover...spend day mostly in bed eating pie, oyster finds market, IMAX cinema visited and 3D movie watched

Nov 21: Sunday

Goat and Oyster meet singapore backpackers and have lunch, Australian Idol final takes over Sydney and Goat and oyster are amoung the crowd outside the oprah house. Zoo is also visited and many animals are identified

Nov 22: Monday

Oyster leaves silly Goat in Hostel and makes way to summer bay (home and away beach...real name Palm Beach) Oyster arrives to find filming in progress and manages to worm his way into the background of one of the shots, fame and fortune should follow. Goat goes to museum with girl in hostel then up sydney tower...later drinks are had...another messy night

Nov 23: Tuesday

Goat and Oyster become very cultured in their ways and visit the opera house for a play. The play turns out to be a right wing skit on australian politics and Goat and Oyster become very confused. Goat heads to bed in confusion and upset by play...Oyster goes to pub with 2 danish blokes and a yankee girl he finds in his room...after river dance commences in the club (inspired by oyster dancing tm) one of the the danes trys kissing oyster, oyster flees back to Goat and decides sleep was a better option

Nov 24: Wednesday

Goat and Oyster head to Melbourne and weather takes a turn for the better....However Goat and Oyster are staying in dodgy english bar and the local beach looks like Dollymount... Goat and oyster investigate area and decide to contact one of Goats friends Andrea for assistance (she lives in melbourne)

Nov 25: Thursday

Goat and Oyster meet the Skotch (scottish girls) living in pint on punt, they have been there alone for some time. Oyster suspect one of the skotch is hot but more investigation needed. A movie (Bad Santa) is taken in

Nov 26: Friday

Goat and Oyster decide to get up early and take the neighbours bus to erinsborough and ramsey street. They view all the houses and notice ramsey st is really called pine oak court

Nov 27: Saturday

Goat and Oyster go house hunting and find a nice 2 bedroom apt which rox. That day they also leave shoddy hostel with the scotch and enter new hip hostel and meet 2 paddies, Glow Stick Mark and Sun Stroke Ken. Goat and Oyster decide to live with these people and offer them the second room in the potential apt. Later drinking commences with Andrea and Leanne (melbourne natives) Oyster and Goat get drunk and fight about religion. Next morning G&O decide never to speak of religion again

Nov 28: Sunday

A drunken P.I is done on the new apartment district, football field, park, tennis court and plaground all found in area...important squishee bar also found...G&O nod in approval and await internal investigation on the 29th. Later Glow Stick Mark, Sun Stroke Ken, G&O, James(Ned) P Kelly and the Brigton Football Union (Luke & Co.) and all the people of room 112 (past and present) go in search of football (Everton vs Newcastle)...somewhere in between the ladies and G.S Mark notice Oyster is an ex-popstar

Nov 29: Monday

The Skotch appear in 112, following in Goat and Oysters fine example. Ned P Kelly confirms Oysters theory....1 is attractive....Orr leaves Kelly to his devices...Kellys devices are not very sophiticated tho :) Apartment viewed and its way better than Goat and Oyster imagined...Roger the Dodger(Property Dealer) is consulted and meeting organised for lease

Nov 30: Tuesday

Met Roger to Dodger who says Goat and Oyster can probs lease apt. Oyster notices he finds living hard and visits doctor. Doctor agrees is tough to be the Oyster and gives antibiotics as Oyster has temp of 103 and a chest infection. Oyster buys coco pops and goes to bed

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