Australia!

So I made it to Sydney! I've been here a couple of weeks now and I love it :) All the flights went well, no delays, appart from my luggage which didn't arrive until 3 days later...

The first 5 days I stayed at WakeUp, which is the hostel where I work. I actually wasn't very jetlagged so that was good. I arrived on Sunday and started work on Monday. The first days weren't very hard, I went on a City Walk and a Beach Walk which they do for free here at the hostel a couple of times a week. Met a lot of nice people on the walks, but they've all left now... The first week went past very quickly, getting to know the people who work here, going out for a couple of drinks and learning all the new stuff at the travel desk.

I moved into the apartment the Kilroy-people stay in on the Friday. It's in Bondi Junction, so about 50 minutes walk from WakeUp, or 12 mins on the train. The apartment is okay, I've had some cockroaches so that sucks, but I've set of a "control bomb" and I've bought bait and vacuumed all the cracks and under the sofa so hopefully they'll disappear soon.

On the Saturday I went to The Big Day Out with one of the guys I met on the beach walk, and it was brilliant! We saw Lilly Allen, Groove Armada, Jet, Muse, Kasabian and some more I hadn't heard about. All in all, good weather and great music!

Last Tuesday was Australia day, so kinda like 17.mai at home. It was nice, really good weather (my nose got sunburned) and lots of people! First I headed down to Circular Quay to watch the ferrython, basically it's just all the ferries racing against each other and they're all decorated and full of people. Then I met up with some girls from WakeUp and we had a beer and some food and just peoplewatched.
In the evening there was a show on in Darling Harbour with speaches and performances and a boat parade, and it all ended in some spectacular fireworks! It was great :)

On Saturday I went surfing. I'm not made for surfing. I've got a big burnmark on my knee and my body is aching all over. I managed to stand up maybe three times for 2 seconds. So yeah...

On Sunday I went to the Botanical Gardens to see Where The Wild Things Are at the outdoors cinema. It was really nice, sitting there with Sydney skyline, the Opera house and the Harbour bridge in the background while watching the film.

So it's been a pretty good first couple of weeks here Down Under! The weather hasn't been great all the time but oh well who cares. At least it's still warm ;)

Bits and pieces

So, not much interesting happening at the moment! I'm all alone at work untill Wednesday because people are away on holiday, and there aren't a lot of my friends left in the city in the summer either. I had quite a productive day yesterday though, first at work, then going to the hairdressers and then cleaning my whole apartment afterwards! (Not that cleaning takes that long, but still...) It was nice getting a haircut cause I haven't had one since last August! So now I look like this: The weather hasn't been too good lately so that kinda sucks. But I've borrowed all the seasons of Gilmore Girls from a friend of mine, so I'm not bored! :)

It's three weeks since I came home, and I'm amazed how fast time flies! And thinking about it, it's three years since I went off to live in New Zealand! Still miss you guys and hope to see you in the not too far future.

And last but not least: I want to go off travelling again...