Jewels Travel Adventures

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Whoo Australia!!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!! Sorry it took so long to write. Been doing really good here in Australia. Lovin it so much!!!! Well let’s start at the beginning of this adventure. Greg’s mom Carol drove us to the airport in Dunedin (about 3 hours from Queenstown). So we get in line to check in and both of our bags are 15 kgs over weight (only allowed32 max and we had 35) so we had to take stuff out of our bags…..how embarrassing!!!! Thank gosh we had Carol there so she kindly took some of my stuff back to Queenstown with her. So we finally got on the plane. The flight was good and flying into Sydney was cool. The views were awesome!!!! We stayed in a hotel on Darling harbor, thanks to Greg’s dad and step mom, Gary and Michelle!!! Was so nice to just go and not have to worry about finding a place as soon as we stepped off the plane. In Sydney we just hung out, went and saw the Harbor Bridge, the Opera House, went to the aquarium and the famous Bondi Beach (famous?? Had never even heard of it haha). One night we met up with one of Greg’s mates and had some drinks. And I think the best part of the Sydney trip was TONY ROMAS. Yes I went!!! And it tastes exactly like home!!! Then we decided to take a 15 hour bus ride up to Surfers Paradise….15 hours is not that long right?? Wrong….never again let me tell you…my ass has never hurt so much before. When we got to Surfers we went to look for the hostel, we could not find the street. We then found a street that had a sign saying the formerly known street as ….was now…no wonder we could not find the street name on any maps. We stayed at the hostel for the next three nights till we found a place to live. And we found a great studio apartment. Two minutes from the centre of everything we need and one minute from the beach. It is the perfect place for us!!! Have been swimming in the sea a few times, takes some getting used to with all the salt, but is so nice because the water is so warm. Now we are just in the process of looking for jobs…well just Greg now…I got a job at the Hard Rock Café serving…should be good…the first place to work where I am not getting told to shut up for being to loud...haha…not fun…but oh well. Miss you all heaps!!!!! Keep in touch!!!





Greg and I at the harbour Bridge in Sydney























Sydney Opera House










me at the beach by our house in Surfers















greg surfing....haha no some random at Bondi Beach in Sydney












Opera house from the plane














Greg at the Sydney aquarium...long lost brothers..hehe














OH MY GOD!!! TONY ROMAS!!!! hahahaha











The famous Bondi Beach from the plane

6 Comments:

At 11:00 AM, Blogger BabyGirl said...

Thanks for the update.. FINALLY!!!! Glad to hear everything is going beautifully... I love you and miss you, going to start counting down the days!! Hugs from Canada!

 
At 12:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow! Thought you two got stuck somwhere between NZ and OZ!

Glad to hear that you both are well, how long are you in surfers for?

And i heard you met Dan... Were you able to handle the two crazy ones. and how about Quentin? Doesn't he live there as well?

Think you gotta write me an email with more details...

miss you too and oh: we've got a guest at the hotel right now who so reminds me of you julia!!!

xxx Jen

 
At 2:59 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh how jealous I am of the 2 of you.. To be somewhere warm and living by the ocean!!! AHHHH its going to be so different when you come home :) Greg what a looker he is :) Can't wait to see you! Be home in time for my wedding :)

Melissa

 
At 3:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Julia,

This is Chandra. I can't believe that the shy friend I had is so out going and adventurious. I am soo happy you are there and it looks like not alone!!! I hope you have a great time in Aussie world. Jason and I hope you can tell us all about your travels when you return. P.s. Jason would like to know if you could bring him a rock!!!!! (don't ask) but just walk outside and pick one up, stick Jason's name on it and bring it home with you!!! I guess then he could say he has a rock from there I don't know! Have a great week and hope to see something new on the web.

Chandra, Jason and girls

 
At 2:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ohhh Pringle.......art thou so jealouse of thine..lol let me stop I suck. Wow we miss you so much and we are so jealous, its so beautiful out there. i bet now you are about to come back. Make sure u holla at us. Drew misses u specially. Take care girlie.

Stella

 
At 10:38 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi!The pictures are beautiful and I wish I was there with you.Sounds like you are having fun. Can't wait for you to get home. Miss you and lots of love.

 

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