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Posts Tagged ‘australia’
Sailing, sailing on the ocean blue…
The main reason we came to Airlie Beach is because it is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands consist of over 90 islands, most of which are uninhabited and all but four are completely national parks. The blue green water surrounding these islands are marine park and fall within the Great Barrier […]
Goodbye Sydney, Hello Airlie Beach!
Stacy, Lauren, Mary, me and our big backpacks left Sydney yesterday headed to Airlie Beach. We had a connecting flight trough Brisbane and ended up having to stay the night in Brisbane as our connecting flight was canceled due to flooding in Airlie. Airlie Beach is located in the state of Queensland and this area […]
Hunter Valley Wine Tasting
We took a tour bus to the Hunter Valley, which is a wine region similar but smaller to Napa Valley. Hunter Valley is about 2 hours North of Sydney and we stopped along the way at the Australian Reptile Park, which also had kangaroos and koalas! We were able to pet the kangaroos and we […]
Stacy has arrived in OZ!
My friend Stacy arrived in Sydney on Wednesday and I am so excited she is here! YAY!!! It is so nice having another good friend of mine in Australia! Stacy is also participating in the Bunac working visa program. To celebrate Stacy’s arrival in Sydney we had our first car bombs in OZ! Stacy is […]
Canberra: the capital of OZ??
I spent the weekend in Canberra, the capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia. My friend Jenny has been living there for the past four weeks working as a temporary veterinarian. Lauren and I decided a visit to the national capital was a must during our stay in OZ, and it would be more fun […]
Party Like a Rock Star!
I spent five days straight partying like a rock star! The celebrations started last Friday night with my birthday party boat cruise. The theme of the party was “Full Moon” and everyone was wearing bright colors and fluorescent body paint. There were a hundred people on the boat, twenty of which were my housemates and […]
Dirty 30!!!
I celebrated my BIG 30 this past weekend! As my 30th birthday approached, I admit I had mixed emotions. I have heard the good and the bad about turning 30. The bad being when your metabolism slows down, and not being able to party like you use to. The good is beginning the best years […]
Happy New Year!
The past year was a very eventful and life changing for me. If someone had told me this time last year that I would be living in Australia I would have never believed it! As I celebrated the beginning of 2008, I had to pinch myself to make sure I was really in Sydney having […]
Hiking the Blue Mountains
I took a trip to the Blue Mountains with my new friend Ashley. I met Ashley at work and immediately knew we would become friends as she is very sweet, fun, and is a California girl too! She is from Santa Barbara and got her work visa through the same program as me. We decided […]
Riding the Waves!
I have been back from surf camp for 3 days now and I am still seeing waves when I close my eyes! I had a very real dream last night in which I surfed into a small dark cave and I got trapped inside. In my dream, my bikini top had fallen off into the […]
What happened to Tuesday???
I left SFO at 10:30 PM on Monday 11/12 and I arrived in Sydney 14 hours later at 8:00 AM on WEDNESDAY 11/14. For me, there was no Tuesday 11/13. Where it went exactly I couldn’t tell you. All I know is that for one twenty-four hour period in the history of earth, it appears […]
Bon Voyage
We made it to the airport! Today is 11/12/07. After 2 crazy days of packing and unpacking and repacking, I finally fit my stuff in only 2 bags. I ended up bringing one rolling duffle, and 1 big backpack that has a detatchable daypack. We made it through security and the Quantas guy did not […]