Thursday, September 29, 2005

canada

hey guys!i've made it safe to canada with miss lisa!Like what i see so far.will let u know more probly tomoz....take care
always Martha

Friday, September 23, 2005

Moving from North Carolina

hey guys,
just a note to say G'day and keep you updated. Today out of all the days i've been in North Carolina i actually got to a museem and NC state, reminded me slightly of QUT in bris but much nicer and more of a student life around. was very cool. i have been looked after really well here and i am leaving fairly well rested!heading back to new jersey tomoz.another train ride so let's see who ill meet this time! will be leaving america soon but will keep you posted. but for now watch out for flying insects in showers and odd people in nerang...hard to come by i know.enjoy the start of spring!!!get to the beach 4 me
take care
always Marth

starbucks



the guys i went on the tour with for the day and became my washington friends for starbucks coffee!!!!
Jill (oz) Steph (scot.) Tanzi (dom. republic)

I have a dream


Where Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered his speech...almost exactly where the 'I have a dream ' speech was delivered!

Foodlines

this is roosevelt..in the tough times lining up for food...wasn't trying to be rude but thought i'd see if i could get some too(nerang..)

momuments



And again you've seen the Jefferson Memorial...but not like this. As I said at the hostel i stayed at i got a free tour with this guy stnading behind me and some other tourists..was pretty good. this guy has been around everywhere!knows all there is about american presidents...and aussies for that matter..knows more then most i'd say

washington


well you've seen the white house many of times but you've never seen me outside the white house!there was lots of guys wearing black with guns on the roof. i thought it looked a lil suspect but maybe not...i kept walkin

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

dad this ones for you


Asbury Park, NJ on the beach. That storm came over SO quickly!those clouds were so pretty!!!

birdcage



these birds lived in the lobby! so pretty. not sure about this guys eyebrows tho.
The other photo is me and Nicole eating our daily noodles on the beach in a thunder storm!clever=) and Nicole wanted me to go swimming hehe


That pink builing is where Chris William and i stayed for 3 nights.not a bad spot. everybeach i go to i write my name.out of habit mayb I'm not sure but i got to do it here, NY and LA...we'll see where else i get to do it!

North Carolina


this is where im staying right now. Last night Debbie took me to TGI fridays man i love that place! I'll be on the move again in a day of so. It's been nice to catch up on sleep and see a few things around here. I'll b catching up with a few people this weekend and then heading more north to chicago. will keep you posted
take care
always Martha

train rides


The crazy kids on the train i told you about... from Florida to NC. the dude next to me is a Jamaican from new york, pretty cool artist and Tammie is next to me. a mother of 9!very cool lady. Alex is the other guy-very loud!

Miami


Miami- all we saw of it...apart from downtown where i was to busy holding onto my bag to take a photo..funny.william me and chris stopped at a cafe for some relief!

girls + boys night out


last night out together for a little while. a good handful of the beautiful girls i've spent pretty much everyday with since june!
Nat, Hayley, mwah, N icole and Jess

lifegaurding at FL


on duty in Fort Lauderdale.So baywatch style. After stayed an extra day then planned in FL William n me chilled out all day taking silly photos. example number one!can not imagine lifeguarding here..ouch.no waves, no flags, no surfers!what a beach' very fun tho

Florida



Nice hey!this is actually me waiting for a bus.HA

Monday, September 19, 2005

Girls Basket ball


the funniest basketball played--ever!boys played all the time..but us girls.....you will not be suprised to hear we lost but it was a seriously long but close game..so funny...so much tension hehehe still makes me laugh
internationals vs american girls
nicole, hayley me nat cassie jess
debbie emma rachael and Jungmin

Northern Irish

the Irish kids I'll be hangin out with in October.fun guys where they say all the 'good sort' come from. Heather, Cassie, Dave, Mark and Matt


Devon and I.My lil bro



The ever popular Mr Rob Ivory. one of the good lookin fellas on camp

pre-stomp


the girls all done up for stomp.
Nat, Nicole, cassie, jess, hayley, me, Emma and my roomie liz




friends from camp (left)
RJ, Devon, Sam, Richard, Brittany and me
Right- Danielle, RYAN, Azzy,barshay mike oren marz and Patrick

lifeguards


The lifeguards i worked with this summer.
Gordon (NZ) , Darren (N. Ireland) Ben, (UK)
me Lise (uk) Hayley (South Africa)

on duty



working at the pool this summer. the boy standing next to me is one of the 'jr lifegaurds'

jess and i in times sqaure just after we'd been to empire state building


my fav movie is becoming a musical...how cool is that. wish i could see it
that's simon me and robbie

ground zero


Ground zero.very odd place to go and see/experience.this cross still stands


A pic with lady liberty.we gave her a name...francine.FUNNY.about as close as i got to her


this is our long break in NYC.moments b4 this i ran into lauren!it was a good few days.
Nicole, me, simon, kim, mark and matt - robbie behind

shirley temple



In LA- hollywood blvd outside the chinese theatre.a day after i left home. my hand against shirley temple...pretty cute
The Baywatych beach!Venice beach- LA!!

pool


the pool i worked at this summer. cleaning process!!the wall ahd some cool art work done by some girls the year b4.the guy in yellow-jacob is coming out of the lifegaurds 'office'

GSH

this is girls staff house where i lived for the rest of the summer with another 20 or so girls.lots of fun. had the best staff house mum!

camp cabins

this is where i lived the first few weeks of camp during lifegaurd training orientation and vets camp. this is where all the campers lived this summer. 2 cabins per building with 2 other rooms attached for leaders
there were 3 cabins like this in each village. there was 3 villages (except the boys village- village 3 had 4 cabins)

this is me and william one of the coolest kids on camp!

the aussies on camp!

At camp each week had a different theme that the programs would try to stick to.
one of the themes for the week was international and each morning/afternoon a different flag was raised representing a staff member from that country. here are the aussies
john- sunny coast
william- melbourne
alex- wa
chris- canberra
me- nerang
kim- melbourne
singing our anthem

outside stomp

we had a staff outing to go see stomp in NY.was a fun night.this is me and Marcos out front.we had the chance to go walk around a few hours b4.

Natalie, Jess and me at greenday/ Jimmy eat world!!!


Sunday, September 18, 2005

welcome

hey guys finally I'm on the ball. a heap of people keep telling me to get onto this blog thing so here ya go.now you can visit this spot to check up on me..
xox hav fun
always Martha