for some reason, all of these computers suck and none of them will let me upload photos... so i manages to get 10 up while in sydney (internet was expensive there)... and these ten aren't that exciting, but they're of melbourne... so here they go:
here's the beach of st kilda:
and here's some of my friends, holly and doug:
and a great shot of us using the timer on the camera:
here's the little 8 person dorm i stayed in for a week:
here's me looking semi-emo for some reason... maybe it's the headphones and random "sweet" shirt and "interesting" hair:
here's a bus sign i liked:
haha. this one makes me laugh. here's me trying on a very expensive ($250 AUS) dress. don't worry i didn't buy it and i don't know why i'm showing you guys:
a city shot i liked:
same thing again:
and most importantly, here are my current favorite activities:
(and i do mean reading the book, and not that i am participating in the act of sex and drugs and cocoa puffs... though i did eat cocoa pops this morning, which are basically chocolate rice crispies... yummy... and i guess that is a beer... so you could consider that drugs, but i don't. it's not. :)
so on to tassie:
i went on a tour of the west coast which rocked my socks off. i have some mind blowing photos, but the internet is preventing me from showing you. it was great. let's just say that the tour guide called me paris hilton because of my sunglasses (really nancy's sunglasses). anyway, since jason did that, then i got to make fun of him and basically we got along really well. which made the trip much more entertaining. we saw lakes, waterfalls, mountains, went canoeing, walked on sand dunes to beaches which had whale bones.... soo fucking cool i never imagined i'd ever see that. ever. and we saw more mountians and drank and ate food and you know. we had a blast. my tour group was really fun and we all became friends. you know how it goes.
so on my last two days there, i went to coles bay and did some hikes in this national park there... and that was great... besides the fact that there was NO transportation to the park or in the park... that really annoyed me. at one point, i hitchhiked onto a tour bus, which was really fun. anyway, then i went back to hobart (a city in tassie) and flew to sydney.
sydney was also great. but for different reasons. before the plane left in hobart, i made friends with this amazing lady, colette, from canada. she was a flight attendant (on vacation) who had missed her flight in the morning and was now flying to sydney to catch the next one the next day. we ended up hanging out and she ended up inviting me to stay with her in a really nice (like really freaking nice) hotel room in sydney. the give discounts to flight attendants there... and you know the kind. people open doors for you and there's all kinds of goodies in the hotel room. and a pool and a spa and whatever you like. it was right down town by the rocks and the opera house and all that stuff. we lived it up like amazing women should.
then she left and i went to the blue mountians for the day, where i hung out with these other two guys (who also happened to be flight attendants... strange, eh?). we had so much fun touring around and we had dinner together at this nice restaurant... and they got me properly drunk before i took the train back (alone) to sydney. it was such a great day/night. then i spent the next day wandering the city.
then today i flew to cairns, where it is humid and hot and rainy. but i'm not down about that... it should be fun here. and i think i might go to the movies or something. we'll see. i'm going to try to go diving soon... i'll keep you updated. but i'm excited. there's lots to do in this little tourist town. and i promise i will spend no time at the hostel because i'm not using any air conditioning here...
hmm. so i think that's all. i know i'm forgetting lots, but you're probably bored by now... so that's all i'll tell you.
i'm really excited to come home. i'm counting down the days. it'll be nice because it's so hot here.
replies: (note: they just started playing eminem in this cafe, so i'm going to be quick so i can leave... blah!)
stella: i have the new cat empire cd... i don't know if i told you, but it's sweet! i'll give it to you when i get home. i'm not a badass climber... i only climbed that weekend and haven't done any sort of exercising since... unless you count walking or drinking beer... but i will totally try out that slack line! it sounds badass. i'll see you soon!! i hear you guys are going to red rocks now? (that's what mom and dad said) awesome!!!
nancy: i'm stoked, too. we're going to rock our socks off. seriously. can we go on a date immediately? and did you write the comment about john's mustache? because that was hilarious. and i love you. and i just immed you a bunch of times... hehe
jack's smirking revenge/jack's raging bile duct/emily: i love you so much. your comments made me laugh so hard that, like usual, people turned and gave me the what the fuck look. i love that. and you. we have to go on a date when i get back, too. maybe you me and nancy can combine it... but if not, i'm up for as many dates as possible. and also, i'm hanging out of my pants too. or at least i feel fat... ick, but i'll hopefully fix that soon... hehe.
seanners: i hope the photo above cleared up the st kilda sands apperance issue ;) it's not as nice as the sydney beaches... but from what i've seen of cairns, it's very nice... hehe. and i'm sure it's not even close to the east coast beaches where you lived... but i did like the sands of tasmania... they were so mind blowing... and not crowded. anyway. update me on your life. i'd love to hear it. talk to you soon.
jay: that's great you've found a climbing partner. that always makes it easier! i'm sure you will run into me at the red or something. i haven't climbed in it seems like ages since arapiles... but it'll all come back soon. i'm super excited. keep up the hard work at school! you're awesome and way smarter than me.
