Hey i havent wrote in a long time!! Mostly cause i was just working then when christmas came i went to Melbourne for 10days so i decided to wait til i had lots to write about and now i have too much so this might be a long one. lol
Went with Grant to the city to go across to Manly beach by ferry and the ferry was closed so we went to the Sydney Aquarium, which was so awesome. Saw Penguins, Sharks,Dugongs, lots of tropical fish, stink rays, crabs, turtles, and platypus. They had 4 under water tunnels so you can see them all swimming above you it was wicked. the sharks were really freaky tho.
Went to a concert with Dina from Switzerland and we got about 10 others from the hostel to join us. It was a small venue in Cronulla called the brass monkey and they had lots of local bands playing there. It was only $14 to go. They had Indie Rock that night. One band was amazing, got there cd. The other 2 were ok.
Spent Christmas in Cronulla at the hostel. On Chirstmas Eve went out with everyone to a restaurant called Opah for drinks then to Northies bar. The bar closed at 12 so went back to the hostel and in the court yard we all sang christmas songs. It was alot of fun.
Had a Secret Santa on Christmas morning with about 30 of us. One of the guys dressed up as santa and we (well most of us) sat on his lap to open our present in front of everyone... There was some interesting gifts!! I got a boomerang and a australia beach bag... Other gifts were, a apron with fake boobs, a willy warmer, a Oz speedo, a mcdonalds happy meal and the drink was empty cause the person who bought it in the morning was thristy on his way back to the hostel lol.. A case of random left over beer!
We had a Ham lunch that was paid for from the Mike the owner of the hostel. There was so much food, It fed us alll day and breakfast the next morning... Went to the beach with everyone from the hostel it was such a nice day! Went swimming, played rugby on the beach, made a sand couch and drank lots of beer. Couldnt believe how many families spent there christmas on the beach it felt really weird but cool.
Skyped with my family (about 40 of them) i was late coming back from the beach so when i called them they were all drunk lol :) it was alot of fun to talk to them! Made me wish i was at home for Christmas but i felt like i didnt miss much as i got to see it all thru the computer haha.
Spent christmas night at the beach. The guys were playing rugby and then we just sat in a circle on the sand haviing some drinks... One guy fell asleep so they threw him in the water lol.
Decided to take a vacation away from my Holiday working vacation and flew to Melbourne on Dec 26th. Spent 2 days with Jenna Osavitsky (a family friend from Vancouver, who is leaving in Oz for a yr) Got her bf Troy to pick me up as jenna was working.. The problem was ive never met her bf so it was interesting. I called him and he said to wave at every black car driving by and he would just pull over and ill just jump in his car as it was a busy street. So there i was waving at every black car haha (you know how many blk cars there are lol, felt like an idiot) but sure enough it worked. I got in the car and was like your troy right haha...
They live in St Kilda so walked around abit in the area and they (jenna, troy and james there roommate) showed me around, then went to Luna Park which was an amusement park with a roller coaster that was really old and had someone that controlled it by standing in the middle of it.. It was weird seeing someone standing up on the coaster. It was right on the beach so went to a local pub for drinks. Later that night went out to Richmond area and had dinner at Thy Thy which is Vietnamese food. James ordered all the food cause he goes there so much he knew what was good. It was the best dinner ever. We were allowed to BYOB so we had a bag of random left over drinks from there fridge. Lots of places in Oz you can bring your own food if they only serve drinks and vice veras!!They decided it was bday and told the restaurant to sing me happy bday so i got a desert. They turned the lights off and everyone stopped and sang me happy bday lol... It was so random. The desert was a deep fried banana with 2 scoops of ice cream (And of course they did made it look like a penis/balls lol). then went out to Vic bar for drinks.
The next day Troy had off work so he took me around Melbourne City and showed me everything, it was a long day but i liked the city alot it had a European feel to it and they had so many trees everywhere which made the city so beautiful. We went to the old Library which was bulit in 1854, Musuem, Parliament buildings, federation square, Brunswick st where theres millions of cafes, st pauls cathedral, botancial gardens, saw a building that looked like the eiffel tower, the brown river, cinema rooftop bar, section 8 pub which was made from wooden crates and barrels, china town and a famous juice bar for having a unique bean from south america.
Later that night went to a jewish festival with James and his gf Monica. They live in a jewish community so ppl told them to go and i wanted to see what it was all about. First thing i saw was a shirt that said "Im jewish and i know it" from the LMFO song it was hilarious. Then there was a guy on stage preaching to his ppl about being jewish and they all have to stick together haha. They had camel rides, lit there candles and then had fireworks... It was forsure interesting lol.
Was watching lots of Cricket in the last 2 days with Troy and James and there were trying to explain how it works. They had a boxing day match at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds so i decided to go watch PART of a game. It was really neat tho i really didnt know what was going on. I was 4 row from the bottom so my seat was really good. I then just cheered when the oz ppl were. They were playing India and there was about 7 india ppl behind me so i just made sure not to cheer when they were lol.. The game lasted 7 hrs that day i only stayed for 3 hrs. The series was 5 days long tho and Oz won.
Julie (my friend from Canada) and her Bf Trent (who is from Melbourne) picked me up from Jennas place and we headed to Torquay about 1.5 hours from the city and we stayed at there beach house (which was a trailor park) not really what i was thinking when they told to me we were heading to there beach house lol... But it was really awesome theyre right by the ocean. I stayed with them for a week. Had alot of nice dinners/Drinks with there family and friends, met most of trents aunts uncles cousins lol. They called me trents 2nd canadian gf. We went out for chinese dinner one night, me and julies walked 10km to Bells Beach, which is a really popular surf beach where they have world surfing competetions held there. The waves were crazy there and lots of ppl surfing. Went on ferry to Sorrento Beach one day with his family and we met up with one of trents cousins and had fish and chips on the beach. it was really amzing there. one guy that lives there owns his own helicopter and flys into town every day on it. Spent New years in torquay had a huge lamb BBQ with all there family/friends in the park. Then watched the fireworks on the beach.
On Jan 2 headed to the Great Ocean Road, stopped long the way in Lorne for Tea/coffee on the beach and then lunch in Apollo bay. Then we drove to the 12 Apostles in the 38 degree weather. dRank about 5 bottles of water in 2 hours and didnt have to pee it was so humid there. the views were so amzing it was like 3 hours of driving right along the unreal coast line. Started to take so many pics then realized the ocean wasnt going anywere anytime soon,... Stayed in Apollo Bay at the Surfside hostel and made Mexican taco salads and played cards (which julie hates lol) and got pretty drunk and had some interesting conversations lol... Woke up and julie had Bed bugs :( so pretty much showered and left and the hostel lady said that they were there 2 days ago, what an idiot!!!! She felt bad in the end and gave us 4 beer in a 6 pack box lol. Not sure if she drank the other 2 of what... it was pretty funny.
In the morning went to a do a bush walk and saw so many Koalas on the side of the road, pulled over so many times to take pics. Most of them were sleeping tho. Went to the light house and then a golf course to see the kangeroos. Got of the car and there were everywhere on the golf coures it was crazy.
Went to lorne again on our way home to buy fresh fish for dinner that night in Torquay (as well my last night with them) Saw 3 giant sting rays in the water from the pier. it was crazy how many people were jsut swimming beside them and not really caring, i was freaking out for them..
Was sad to leave Julie/Trent had so much fun with them was so nice to see familar faces, and also didnt wanna go back to work :( was starting to enjoy myself without the working thing. Got back to the hostel tho and had a really friendly welcome back from everyone, so it was nice to feel like i was coming home and not just to a hostel with ppl i didnt know!!! Happy to know ive made some great friends. Ppl were leaving the night i just got back there so we went out for drinks to say good bye. Then more ppl left then night after so agian went out to Northies for a good bye for 3 english guys. Went to bed at 5 am and had to be up at 7am for work so i was super tired after work and was goin to have a nap but saw Sascha in the kitchen and he asked me to go to concert that night in Central syndey. It is the Sydney Festival in Hyde Park that lasts 2 weeks and lots of the concerts are free, they close all the surrounding roads. We went to see Manu Chao, which Sascha and Vas knew so i went, and im glad i did it was the best concert ive been too that ive never knew any of there music. The singer is French with Spanish roots, so sings songs in French, Spanaish and English... It was awesome!!! It was an outdoor concert right in the city, with 15,000 ppl. Everyone was dancing having a great time. After the concert 2 guys with drums were playing music and everyone was follwing them down the closed roads, it was unreal. Everyone cheering and dacning in the street. Were going again this saturday. Not sure who is playing but should be fun.
Went snorelling 2 days ago with Dave and Simone at Shark Island, near Cronulla Beach and we saw lots of trocial fish. Then one really big thing, so dave went down to see it but it swam under the seaweed and he just put his hands under the seaweeed and caught it with his hands. He snorkells and scuba dives alot so he know alot about the types of fish and stuff and he came out of the water with this thing and it ended up being a Cat Shark... It was so crazy it was a length of my arm. He turned it over caseu it was trying to bite him. Im still in shock that he caught a tiny shark. We looked it up in his book to make sure and it was a cat shark!!!
I worked 6 days in a row :( and now have 2 days off work so been chilling at the beach. I gave my notice in at work and plan on heading to Perth on Jan 30th ish havent booked my flight yet.
So thats what i have been up to... Having a great time! Probably been back in Vancouver March 10th SO SOON... Miss you,
Love Mieke xoxox
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