Tag: australia
Trying to get an Irish passport might even prove to be more fun than my attempts to get a US visa.
Me [back in July]: Hi, so I live in Melbourne, is the Canberra embassy the right place to submit my passport application to?
Irish embassy: Yes. The Canberra embassy processes applications for people who live in the ACT or Victoria. If you lived in NSW you’d have to submit your application to they Sydney embassy however.
Me: Well, I live in Melbourne, so that’s fine.
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Me [at the embassy in August]: So here is my passport application
Irish embassy: Why is the address for posting the passport to in NSW?
Me: Well I wanted it mailed to my parents, who live in NSW, as I’m not sure what address I’ll be at by the time the passport arrives. I live in Melbourne though. Is that ok?
Irish embassy: Yes, that’s fine
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Me [2 months after submitted application, and 6 weeks after they took money out of my account]: So um… where’s my passport?
Irish embassy: We have no application under that name.
Me: No, seriously.
Irish embassy: Oh. We sent it to Sydney because your form said you were from NSW
Me: [slaps forehead] Fine, I’ll email the Sydney embassy then
Sydney Irish embassy: ……..
I’ll keep you updated. No doubt I’ll find they emailed my passport to someone in Guatemala with the same name as me.
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outback(ish) australia
A sunset
Windmill in station country
The Newell Highway
River red gums and a dirt road
When I was a young girl…. I remember when this was still a lake
The Cape Byron lighthouse. From these photos you’d almost think it wasn’t thronged with tourists. Situated on the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, it’s also Australia’s most powerful lighthouse (which I would concur with, after seeing it beaming up to the Queensland border from the lookout at Echo Point in Lamington NP).
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to the climbers in america
Remember how I tended to get all worked up when in gear stores, muttering to myself, and occasionally curling up into a ball, rocking backwards and forwards, chanting “It’s not right, it’s so cheap, why is it so cheap?”, while chewing on a quickdraw? Well, here’s a sample of some Australian prices.
