Hey peeps (half my blog was deleted!! AH so its not as detailed at the end now),
I was working alot in the last couple of weeks trying to save my money for the rest of my travels. Went to Northies for 3 english guys going away. Went to the Syd festival again for a free concert with Vas and Sascha. Meet up with Dave and Stef when we got to the Domain (near the botanical gardens in Syd) There was a stage set up there for a concert. As we were walking to the Domain Vas asked some guy on the street for a cigarette and then they both realized that they knew each other from somewhere. Vas from Spain and the guy from Australia. So they went thru 4 different country they both had been to before realizing they worked together in Thailand in 2002. It was soooo random. We couldnt get over it. when we got down to they the concert they had blankets set up everywhere on the grass for ppl to sit, it was just a really cool vibe. but after the main band played a couple of songs it started to rain :( and not just sprinkle but down pour rain. We tried to embrace it and started to dance in the rain but then it was just so crazy that the band (which had lots of musical instruments) stopped playing cause there uncover stage was getting soaked from the windy rain. It was still really fun on our journey back minus the aircon train that wasnt so great when we were soaked.
I had thursday and Fri off the next week so met up with Phil who i met in Cronulla and is living on Manly Beach a ferry ride from Syd Centre. It was a nice area awesome beach. The ferry was 30 mins each way along the Sydney Habour it was absolutely beautiful. The next day me and Finn rented bikes in Cronulla and rode them 10km to Botany Bay and 10km back. My ass has never hurt so bad after that. We saw Captain Cook landing in the national park, and had lunch in a cafe there it was a nice day.
Got back to the hostel and felt like being lazy and watch a movie (which is mostly guys in the hostel so its mostly guy movies) So since the room was empty we choice to watch Pretty women. You'd be surprised how many guys come in the tv room and was like "oh pretty women" and stayed to watch it haha. Then Monique come in and we decide to watch another chic flick "Dirty Dancing" that didnt go as well. All the guys left complaining in the courtyard haha. But Simon from England stayed and watched and knew the whole song in the end we were all singing it out loud it was pretty funny.
On Wednesday i got stopped by a train guard and he tried giving me a ticket but i pulled the tourist card and pretended i didnt know what i was doing and that i thought the bus and train was connected. He still tried to get info on me but i said i had no id on me and so he evenually let me go with a purchase of my ticket i was "suppose to buy". I was lucky cause 2 ppl at the hostel had tickets that they had to pay...
Thursday Jan 26th was Australian day, spent the day at the hostel and went for a swim with Cameron and it started to rain but it was really cool as the water was sooo warm. Then went with Rad down to the fireworks. They were so good. They had a stage with a concert on Cronulla beach and the fireworks felt like they were over your head...
Friday after work played grounds with like 20 of us from the hostel at the local baseball field. I was picked first for the teams :) made me happy but that i had to actually be good. It was really different and you hit and ran when you liked your hit up to 3 times. Foul balls were still in play so pretty much you couldn't get out. At night went out with Finn to Northies as we both didnt work on Saturday. Not sure how she got so drunk but it was so funny our way back home. I stayed up til 6am in the courtyard "aka laundry room" playing a card game called Shit Head with Mitch, Monique, Nick and Lloyd. The game slowly turned out to be Slit head with a rule when you lost you get a mens razor to your eyebrow. Nick had so many slits he ended up getting both ears pierced from Mitch ahha. So random but i didnt lose of course. in the morning everyone was like WTF happened last night.
Spend sat day with Finn and a bag full of Mcdonalds at the beach til it decided to rain on us. Went out for Seans Bday (from Ireland) to Northies, tried buying him drinks but he was buying me ones so we ended up double fisting all night. Claire organized a going away BBQ for me on Sunday at Shelly beach.Was nice to get to say bye to everyone. Me sascha and vas and 2 of vas;s friends went to El Sol Mexican restaurant for drinks later that night.
Worked my last shift on monday and got everyone to sign my Australia flag i bought in NZ and keep forgetting about. And got pics with them!!
Spent monday night chilling with everyone saying bye and putting my packing off. Claire, rachel and finn kept asking me if i was packed yet. So decided to do my laundry cause it would be easier to pack clean clothes. So when i put my stuff in my laundry bags i told them i was packed. they just laughed at me. I think i was still hungover from Saturday night!!!
Stayed up til 230am playing normal shit head with mitch lloyd and simon, i had to be up at 4am to catch my 7am flight.
Spend 2 days in perth city, doing a tour of all the old building, government, town hall, post office, court house. My favorite bring the old fire station with an old fire truck inside. They turned it into a museum. Then went to the art gallery and the Perth Museum, which was really neat with recreated animals of there fir, penguins, monkey, kangaroos, zebras etc.
After a long day walking around went to the Hostel Pool (super excited i have a pool, my first one) minus the 3 german guys continulyy splashing each other, that was really weird and awkward.
Talked to 2 English girls in the hostel and there trip up north of western oz was canceled due to floods so not sure what or where i should go from here.
Went to Fremantle with Simone and Erica today and i will be here for 3 days. We went all around the city to the old prison last used in 1980 and then the first prison along the beach. where they lit a canyon off, it was awesome. Then the shipwreck museum. We went to a pub for drinks called the Sail Anchor which is well known in Oz for the 43 beers on Tap. I was excited and it was so hot out today it was really refreshing. taste tasted 6 before choosing Feral White a Belgian beer that reminded me of Richards White. Then met up with Ericas friends and went to South Beach on the free bus they have in Fremantle. Not sure why but they had 3 free routes in Perth as well. Its sweet.
Going to Rottnest Island with Erica/ Simone on Saturday and Cotteloe and Scarbough beach on Sunday to see Cassie and then to Margaret river maybe Monday or Tuesday to visit Simone (a different Simone) who is working on a winery there.
Miss you and love you,
See you in a months time :)
Mieks xoxo
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