Proud Aussie
Around Mid May this year I went away on a work rewards trip for selling a particular company. We went away for 6 days up to the most amazing place in Australia. Now I can say that as I have covered this country a fair bit with my work.
I was lucky as this trip I was considered a Mega Star for being in the top 15 consultants who went away. We had 6 groups and my Group got all the special attention, we even had the CEO join us which always means fun. Just for the record I came in at number 6 out of 4412 travel agents who sell this company.
Our itinerary started us off going to Darwin for 1 night which really was only 5 hours by the time we flew in and left the next morning. We then flew into Kunnanarra in the Kimberley's in northern Western Australia. From there we had a coach ride through the most amazing scenery and crossed rivers and travelled down dusty dirt roads until we came to our home for the next 2 nights at a place called Home Valley Station. This also happened to be the place and area where a lot of the filming for the movie Australia took place.
If you ever want to be in a place were you just sit in awe this is the place to go. On 1 evening we all sat on a look out and watched the sun go down and as it did the Pentacoste Ranges ( I hope I have the correct spelling for it) changed colour and then the sky changed and the stars came out. It was a show like none other!
My time at Home Valley Station included 4x4 tours, fishing tours, sitting around a camp fire singing and listening to stories and watching native animals like goannas, kangaroos and crocodiles.
From Home Valley Station we left and flew into Broome and managed to be pampered at the Cable Beach Club Resort and went camel riding along Cable Beach. Broome and Cable Beach is famous for camel riding and I enjoyed ever minute of it.
Our first night included the award dinner for the 150 agents that attended and I managed to pick up 3 more trips away. 1 to the red centre of australia, another to the Whitsundays again and the last to Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Funny enough I am looking forward to the Gold Coast as it included Hot Air Ballooning.
The last night we had a live performance by Wes Carr (for those of you out of Australia it is this years winner of Australian Idol. Lets just say he is hot in person and sounds better in person. Although his manager was creepy and was hitting on me. If only he was hot!
Other high lights were seeing old friends and running into my very first fag hag who I have not seen in over 10 years. It was so amazing to see her again.
Now behind the cut is some pics I took along the way. People complain I never add pics so here you go.
Me at the river on Home Valley Station while on a 4x4 tour
Me on top of the 4x4, someone had to climb it
again on the 4x4
Croc signs everywhere
me with Pentacoste ranges behind me
more scenery behind me
In bed at Home Valley Station
On the fishing tour I got a nice Thread Fin Salmon, we ended up having it for dinner
some lovely lime stone areas, really beautiful
I loved the rocky outlook. also where we had dinner that night under the stars again
this picture just tells how beautiful it all is
The thinker impression while around rocks
me, some rocks and a sunset
I found a man at Cable beach Club entry that wouldnt run away
I had fun on a camel ride. camel was named mission but I forget the girl with me but she was also a travel agent
My fag hag nicole, I can still pick women up. hehe
I had a pain in the ass and now I know why. A day out in broome.
I was lucky as this trip I was considered a Mega Star for being in the top 15 consultants who went away. We had 6 groups and my Group got all the special attention, we even had the CEO join us which always means fun. Just for the record I came in at number 6 out of 4412 travel agents who sell this company.
Our itinerary started us off going to Darwin for 1 night which really was only 5 hours by the time we flew in and left the next morning. We then flew into Kunnanarra in the Kimberley's in northern Western Australia. From there we had a coach ride through the most amazing scenery and crossed rivers and travelled down dusty dirt roads until we came to our home for the next 2 nights at a place called Home Valley Station. This also happened to be the place and area where a lot of the filming for the movie Australia took place.
If you ever want to be in a place were you just sit in awe this is the place to go. On 1 evening we all sat on a look out and watched the sun go down and as it did the Pentacoste Ranges ( I hope I have the correct spelling for it) changed colour and then the sky changed and the stars came out. It was a show like none other!
My time at Home Valley Station included 4x4 tours, fishing tours, sitting around a camp fire singing and listening to stories and watching native animals like goannas, kangaroos and crocodiles.
From Home Valley Station we left and flew into Broome and managed to be pampered at the Cable Beach Club Resort and went camel riding along Cable Beach. Broome and Cable Beach is famous for camel riding and I enjoyed ever minute of it.
Our first night included the award dinner for the 150 agents that attended and I managed to pick up 3 more trips away. 1 to the red centre of australia, another to the Whitsundays again and the last to Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Funny enough I am looking forward to the Gold Coast as it included Hot Air Ballooning.
The last night we had a live performance by Wes Carr (for those of you out of Australia it is this years winner of Australian Idol. Lets just say he is hot in person and sounds better in person. Although his manager was creepy and was hitting on me. If only he was hot!
Other high lights were seeing old friends and running into my very first fag hag who I have not seen in over 10 years. It was so amazing to see her again.
Now behind the cut is some pics I took along the way. People complain I never add pics so here you go.
Me at the river on Home Valley Station while on a 4x4 tour
Me on top of the 4x4, someone had to climb it
again on the 4x4
Croc signs everywhere
me with Pentacoste ranges behind me
more scenery behind me
In bed at Home Valley Station
On the fishing tour I got a nice Thread Fin Salmon, we ended up having it for dinner
some lovely lime stone areas, really beautiful
I loved the rocky outlook. also where we had dinner that night under the stars again
this picture just tells how beautiful it all is
The thinker impression while around rocks
me, some rocks and a sunset
I found a man at Cable beach Club entry that wouldnt run away
I had fun on a camel ride. camel was named mission but I forget the girl with me but she was also a travel agent
My fag hag nicole, I can still pick women up. hehe
I had a pain in the ass and now I know why. A day out in broome.
