Back into Hell ;-)

Well. After starting the day at the beach, we've been picked up by the airport shuttle in front of Noah's backpackers. Then everything was kinda automatic....the flight back home with quantas was pretty comfortable...but I wasn't really able to enjoy it. I started missing oz as soon as I entered the plane...

But, no matter what it takes, I'm sure, I'll be back! :)

Final Countdown

Well. Not much to say. Our last day in the most beautiful city on this planet. So the agenda for that day was: enjoying! Spending some time at the beach, doing one last trip to the city...having nice dinner at darling harbour...actually kinda sad to write about it...but our last day was, what else can I say, amazing!

One love...

Blue da ba di da

After gettin' up at 6:30 (!!!) we had a quick breeky, then went to central station and took the train up north. Destination: Blue Mountains!

When we arrived, we took the shuttle bus to the Three Sisters and started there our journey through this marvellous mountain world.

We discovered the Blue Mountains for hours and hours....but, of course, weren't able to see all cool places. But anyways. A cool day out there :)





When waiting for the last shuttle bus to take us back to the train station we had some minutes left and spent them on a playground. A nice ending for a really nice day ;-)

Home sweet home

After a exhausting bus journey we arrived at about 6 am in Sydney. And when seeing the Harbour Bridge it felt like coming home :-) Pretty strange feeling though. But somehow cool =)


At 6:30 we arrived at Central Station..tired but happy :) Unfortunately we lost the number of Noah's Backpackers so that we took a bus to Bonid & checked for rooms at reception....they told us we had to wait till 10:30 (since check out was at 10). So we went to my home beach :), relaxed, enjoyed being home, had a boost juice and slept a little. Then we went back to the hostel, got a room (not thaaaat amazing, but quite ok) and went to the city afterwards.

There we had a nap at the Royal Botanic Gardens :)


After our rest we went to the city, "shopping" ;-) and finished a really cool day with dinner at Darling Harbour.

Bye bye Byron Bay

On ou last day in Byron Bay we locked our luggage in a locker somewhere in Byron Bay and had, once more, brekky by the beach. Afterwards we walked to "Australias most easterly point"...

While walking to this thought to be famous place we passed the annual "Chili Festival" and we saw the first few raindrops...but didn't matter. We went on. Of course...We then had our first break at "Wategos Beach" which was quite cool and then continued to "Julian Rocks".


After enjoying the view at the ocean we went on to see the most easterly point of the australian mainland. And then. There it was...



And right after arriving there, it started to rain...heavily. So we started walking back since there was no place to wait for the rain to stop. And the rain didn't stop. It was raining cats and dogs all the time. We walked for about 45 Minutes through the pouring rain and were completely wet when we came back to Byron Bay. Since we had to check out at the hostel earlier that day, we had no place to go and change. So we first went into a café and hat a hot chocolate. The rain then stopped for a short while but started again when we went grocery shopping. We then got our bags out of the locker and changed at an public toilet our clothes. Then we diceded to wait close to the busstop under some roofs till our bus from Premier arrives. Whil waiting we decided to have pizza, once again ;-)

BUT having pizza wasn't that easy. It was still raining cats and dogs. And when the rain stopped for a few moments Sascia went to the pizza store in order to get some while I was waiting with our belongings at the bus stop (YES, I OFFERED TO GET THE PIZZA, SHE REFUSED! REALLY! ;-) ). But then it happend...while Sascia was waiting for our food, it started to rain again. And it was not simple rain. It was pouring! Monsoonlike torrential rain came over Byron Bay. Since it did not stop after some minutes, Sascia decided to go for a run. Pizza in her hands, Water everywhere, spontanious rivers in Byron - everything the nature could offer was against her. But finally she made it. All wet, but with pizza in her hands...and it only took about 2.5 hours till she could smile again ;-) Thx Babe! You'll always be my hero :-)

The bus then arrived pretty late and we checked in and had quite a surprise when we saw our seats. They where in front of the toilets and there was less space then we were used to from Greyhound. But anyway. Of we went...back home ;-)

Byron Bay - Day II

After gettin' up not to early ;-) We walked to the beach and had breeky there. Then we just chilled a little while watching the surfers and started writing some postcards. Afterwards we took the long and partyl steeeeep way to the lighthouse. We passed by the "rainforrest walk", had to take some long and hard steps but got marvellous views and saw a fantastic sunset.




When the darkness arrived, we went back, went online to check some mails and stuff got some groceries and had a relaxed evening at the hostel..

Brissie - Byron Bay

After checking out at the hostel, we went to the city, put our bags into lockers and booked our journey from brissie to sydney with premier motor (cheaper than greyhound). After telephoning with 3 hostels we finally found one that wasn't that expensive. Then we strolled through the city and the botanic garden. once more we've been a little disappointed - knowing the botanic gardens in Sydney...

We then wrote some postcards, blog entries and once more went to coles and had dinner at subways..then we got onto our last Greyhound and travelled south towards Byron Bay.

After arriving there we've been picked up by a courtesy bus of our hostel...but the distance between greyhound drop off and hostel were only about 500 Meters...no comment ;-)

The rooms at the hostel were pretty nice, there were cool amenities and everything was very tidy.

After unpacking we took a stroll through the main street to the beach. Had a look at some of the nice shops and enjoyed the sun disappearing behind the ocean...

Brissie

We went from Noosa to Brisbane and at first we were happy to come to a big city again. But, honestly, after living in Sydney for 6 months, Brissie can't compete with Sydney in any way. The hostel was pretty bad, the amenities were awfull and the rooms were carpeted and not very tidy...so better stay somewhere than at somewhere to stay hostels.

After arriving we walked to the city. Unfortunately, everywhere we looked was a construction side. So there wasn't a lagoon, beach or something else at the riverside. :-(

The city centre consists of one big mall street. Nothing special in my oppinion. Since we weren't that excited, we took the time to do some organisational things like cancelling the Westpack Account, going online, booking next Greyhound and checking some hostels. Then we took the free loop bus (cool thing!), had dinner, walked to the hostel and then went to coles, did some grocery shopping and had 4 icecreams (4pack was cheaper than 2 single ones..) ;-) then we went home and to bed...

Australia Zoo

This day we followed the call of one of Australias biggest heroes. The croc hunter called...we picked up one of the free courtesy busses and headed to the Australia Zoo. Steve Irwin's home. Before arriving, however, we had to watch croc hunter videos during the complete bus ride. For over an hour. Maaaaan. Crickeeeeeyyyyy (Steve's slogan). Guess I wont watch any episode for the rest of my life ;-)

But after we entered Australia Zoo everything was fine. Some really cool animals (Wombats, Kangaroos!!, Aligators and so on). A really nice zoo, but to much Steve.

Arrival at Noosa

We checked out at 7 am and picked up the Greyhound at 8 am and left amazing Hervey Bay ;-) Once again we had a pretty funny driver who threw the bags into the bus like he was hammer throwing ;-)

At about 1:10 pm we arrived at our Noosa hostel. Our room was called "Wabby". Nice ;-)
All at all the Noosa Backpackers Resort could've been a littler more tidy - but after sleeping in the wilderness short before, that wasn't much of a problem ;-)

We then walked to the town, checked out the beach (pretty nice. a little more elegant than the ones we saw before) and had a relaxing evening.

Fraser - Day III

We woke up at about 6 am, had a short rain shower and realized that the tent of our 4 english guys broke down during the night - but they didn't realized it and slept in the broken down tent. Hail the alcohol ;-)

At abotu 6:30 we started towards the Eurong resort where we did our last dish washing and where we had brekky. Then we started our one hour inland drive towards Lake McKanzie. When arriving we couldn't really believe that it was exactly the same like one always sees it on pictures. deep blue water, turquise shallow water - oceanlike.



While laying at the beach for a few hours, our english guys got their typical english tan (reeeeeeeed) ;-) At about 2 pm we went back and headed for the ferry station. There we checked the tyre pressure, had some icecream and then went onto the ferry.



When returning to the hostel, we first had a shower and then met again at the "all you can eat pizza night" at the hostel. After talking for some time with our Fraser-Mates we said goodbye and went to bed. What amazing days!

Fraser - Day II

Surprisingly we got up as early as we wanted ;-) had brekky, packed our belongings into our 4WD and went dish washing. Then we decided to head south.

Our first stop that day was Eli Creek and it was, once again, amazing. Eli Creek just leads from inside the island towards the ocean. And the coolest thing, you can just jump into eli creek and let yourself flow down the stream. Absolutely amazing.



Furthermore Eli Creek was kind of a "Party Zone". Meaning a lot of Travellers met there, listened to music and had a great time...

After some time there, we went further down south and arrived at our next parking spot. From there we had to walk for about 40 Minutes through the Forrest (saw a really big lizzard) until we reached Lake Wabby. Another beatiful spot on the biggest sand island of the world. The most impressive thing at Lake Wabby is the sand dune right next to it which is about 45 degrees steep and which provides one with a sureal view, once one climbed it. On one handside there is Lake Wabby with a very green and huge forrest behind it and on the other side, there is nothing - but sand. It really looks like one just arrived in the dessert. With one dune behind another...





After having a great time there, we walked back to our car and went to our next campside where we met another group. This time we had Pasta for dinner (once again thx to Matty boo boo) and went to bed...

Fraser Island

We had to check out at 6:30 am. Put our backpacks in a locker and met at 6:50 at the common area of the Palace hostel in order to get our instructions for the next 3 days. We saw 2 intro videos. One for driving on sand, the other for camping on Fraser Island and staying Dingo safe ("but in a case of emergency, defend yourself aggressively..";-) )...then we got to know our other group members (Leo, Alex, Erika (Germans) Matt, Joe, Adam & Michael (from the UK). And off we went to the garage where we swapped the cars and packed all necessary things in it (tents and all the other camping gear). After finishing this we went to woolworths and did some grocery shopping. After finishin shopping in time we went to the ferry and made our way to our 3 Day Fraser Island adventure.

After arriving Fraser, we stopped at the station, reduced the tire pressure and then started driving inlands...on sand. mate. what a feeling. the first part of the inland track is called "roller coaster" and it really felt like one. amaaaaaazing ;-) it really took some time for the driver to get used to the way driving on sand works. and then, all of a sudden, there was a car coming straight at us...the first really exciting part of our adventure. it was quite hard to pass the other car and not to fall over. but somehow we managed to succeed and continued our way towards our first designated aim - the beach.

About 2 hours later we arrived at the beach which is the "highway" on Fraser. So there we had the chance to go a little faster (up to 80 k's are allowed). Was quite cool to cruise on the beach so close to the ocean. After some minutes of driving along the ocean we made our first stop. At the wreck "Maheno". It's an old ship wreck, that just lies there...nice :)



Then we continued our driving on the beach and passed "colored rocks" (some rocks colored in red and white. nice!) and stopped at "indean head". We climbed up to the top of the head (matt without shoes!!! ;) ) and had a marvellous view. on the lefthand side there were some dolphins, on the right hand side you could see sharks and on the horizon there were some whales. sounds quite strange, but mate, we've seen it :) Later on we walked back to the car and waited for Matt...and waited...and waited...;)

Our last stop for this day were the "champagne pools". They weren't that cool as expected (because of low tide, I guess) but Leo and Alex went for a swim anyway. While the two where swimming at the pools the others of us were lucky enough to see another whale out at the ocean...

Then we went back to our 4WD and started looking for a camping area. On our way back on the beach we also saw our first dingo. He was really running straight onto our car and after we passed him, he started following us...strange....Mike afterwards came up with the theory that he did this, because we didn't stayed dingo safe while sitting in the car ;-)

After some more minutes we found a cool camping spot at the beach, set up our camp,

had a little barbie (thx to Matty boo boo who was a professional chef) and a nice night with a great view at the stars with no civilisation next to us...

Hervey Bay

Well. This day we arrived at Hervey Bay. And when we first entered the "city" we where slightly shocked. It's only kind of a huuuuuuuge shopping center. That's all. Nothing else to see. After arriving at the hostel and checking in, we thought of going to the beach....it took us quite a long time since there weren't any signs and after arriving we where shocked for the 2nd time. It's completely different to the nice beaches we saw before. There is simply...nothing! So we passed it quite quickly and hoped it would get better. But it didn't. So somewhen we came to the point where we arrived that morning and met, once again, our german (from eastern germany) courtesy bus driver. He told us that here in Hervey Bay there is nothing more to see. Cool ;-) So we wen't back to the hostel (where we finally got a double room instead of a dorm) and started cooking. After that we wen't to bed quite early since we had to get up early the next day...

We stayed at the "Palace" in Hervey Bay where we also booked our Fraser Island tour. The hostel wasn't that great, but ok. It has large "Units" in which are the double rooms and dorms. so there are about 15 - 20 people in one unit. That's quite a lot. The bathrooms aren't that great either. but, as I said, it's ok. As backpacker you don't expect that much ;-)

Agnes Water / Town of 1770

We arrived at 9:50 somewhere in the middle of nowhere where a shuttle bus was waiting for us. the shuttle took us to our hostel for the night. the "Southern Cross". Woooow. What a nice hostel. You've never seen anything similar before! Fantastic common area, incredible rooms (at first we didn't had a double, changed it later on) with ensuite. seperated toilet and shower, nice furnished, tidy, huge wardrobe and a great sourrunding. If it wouldn't be in the middle of nothing, it would be absolutely fantastic ;-) Oh and brekkie was included. Nice! :-) Some other cool things were the "common fridge" which could be used by everyone and the 2 incredible cool dogs. real cool guys :-)

After Brekkie we decided to do the "free tour" were some guys from the village showed us some nice views and told us what to do and where to go (of course they wanted to convince us to book some tours (which are unbelievably cheap down there at Agnes Water)). The funny thing about this tour: The guide was kind of a pirate ;-) and always finished his sentences with "Aye" :)

Then we did some grocery shopping, booked our next Greyhound via telephone, went to the beach (noisy sand!!!;-) ) found some purple stones and climbed some rocks.

Then we went back to the pick up place and waited for the shuttle. but instead of being picked up by the shuttle bus, the southern cross boss and his wife picked us up. cheers, mate :) back in the hostel we did some cooking and went to bed since we had to get up early the next day in order to catch the Greyhound.

Back out of Paradise

We got up at 5 in the morning at our DOUBLE (hehe) room on long island and went to the back beach in order to watch the sunset. Was pretty nice, and pretty early ;-)

Then we had some brekkie, checked out, stored our luggage at the counter and did a short island walk through mole island national park. had some nice views (which we thought not to be that cool at first) and then returned to the croc club and spent the rest of the day at the poolside. sunbathing, relaxing. life's nice :) In the evening we changed our clothes, took the ferry to shut harbour where we realized that the whitsunday cruising receptionist forget to gave us our tickets for the bus back to Airlie Beach. So we had to explain it to the bus driver who finally said "hop on" so we returned in time at the YHA to pick up our luggage. Afterwards we had dinner down at the oceanside with some pizza and garlic bread from Domino's and some chocolate icecream afterwards. a perfect ending for a great time here at the whitsundays :-) the day ended by hopping onto the next greyhound which left at 11:50 pm...

Heaven is a place on earth - Whitsunday Islands

Got up at 6 a.m. Brekkie at the terrace. Then packed our belongings and checked out. Stored our backpacks at the YHA's storage room and went down to the busstop. We've been picked up by the Whitsunday Cruising Bus @ 7:15 and went to the harbour where we could already see our catamaran because of its interesting color ;-)

Then we checked in at the counter and boarded "Camira" afterwards. We really got some cool places at the front of the boat where we had a great view on this beautiful and sunny day.

We were cruising around, passing some islands and being impressed by the clear, blue water when we suddenly realized that everyone was running to the front of the boat. So we stood up, looked into the direction everyone else was looking and there it was. A HUGE WHALE. Jumping out of the water and waving at us. How cool is this? Since we didn't pay for a whale watching tour, we didn't expect something like that. How amazing! Even after a few minutes of cruising the Whitsundays, it was worth everything. Man. Awesome! Unfortunately we do not have impressive pics of the whale since we weren't able to take some. Sometimes one simply can't take pics - sometimes you only have to enjoy what you're seeing.

After passing the whale, we made our way to the snorkel area where everyone got some fins, a snorkel-mask and, if wanted, a wet suit. Then a small boat brought us to the snorkel area and after getting the instruction from one of the crew members ("go, find nemo!") we snorkeled for about 15 - 20 minutes. Then we got back onto Camira and continued our way through the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. We got some food (cakes) and drinks and enjoyed living at it's best. And after lying in the sun, thinking it couldn't get better, there it was. The next highlight of this journey. THE most amazing beach I've ever seen. WHITE HAVEN BEACH.At first you could only see some white sand on the horizon. But when getting closer, the shining became brighter and brighter and you couldn't stop looking at it and feeling somehow special.

After stopping, we went through the crystal clear, turquise water onto the most beautiful beach you can imagine and spent some fantastic time there. The sand was just amazing. An unbelievable feeling.

Lying there, looking at the ocean...this should be called white heaven!

After spending some time in paradise we got back onto our $4 million yacht

and had a massive all you can eat bbq on board while cruising for some time until we reached daydream island. There we got off and changed to a ferry that brought us to our "hostel" for tonights night on Long Island.

But surprisingly it wasn't a shitty hostel like we expected it to be (called "Barefood Lodge"). It was part of a beach resort ("Croc Club") and we were allowed to use everything that was there (pool, spa, entertainment). Furthermore we only booked a dorm (was cheaper) but due to some luck we somehow got a double room without paying more. yeah! :-) What an amazing day.

If you want, you can check out the Whitsunday Pics here

Blue Lagoon

Our day to chill ;-)

Since our trip to the whitsundays was cancelled and booked for the next day, we had one day "off". so we got up late, had brekky at the terrace, did our laundry, went grocery shopping and hung out at the lagoon (which is a salt water pool, by the way).

then we went to the i-net-café and had pizza for dinner at the seaside. nice, relaxing day. almost felt like holidays ;-)

Mission: Airlie Beach

Once more got up at 7:30 am. Checked out at our hostel at 8:50 (before we had brekky @ the poolside), took the city loop (passing the strand etc.) to the ferry terminal and waited for the Greyhound. Got onto it and started our journey to Airlie Beach. Saw some cool things on the outside and had a break at Delta Mobil in the middle of nowhere. Once more :) Then we continued the trip and arrived at about 3:15 in paradise (there's a sign at the entrance saying "welcome to paradise"). But it first it didn't look like paradise. Airlie Beach consists of only one street....but anyways, we checked in at the YHA (very tidy!!) and the explored Airlie (before we had to book our Whitsundays trip again since the trip we booked before was booked out, but we didn't get the email saying this. so the girl at the store where we asked when we have to be there the next day told us that our booking couldn't be confirmed. but since we are very spontanious, we decided to book the trip for the day after..).

While exploring Airlie we realized that it's not that big (as mentioned before) but still has it's nice places. A small beach, grass and the lagoon which is very cool...



Afterwards we had dinner at subway and strolled around..

"Maggie" - Magnetic Island

Once more we got up very early in order to have a short brekky at our terrace. Then we walked to the ferry terminal and had a nice ferry ride to "Maggie". We got off, and at first, we didn't know where to go. Now signs that showed the ways to the boardwalks or something like that. So we grabbed a flyer, asked one of the staff and planned our trip. We decided to walk to Arcadia. The way led us through the national park. A really rocky and small way with very steep parts. So, from time to time, we really got a little exhausted. But was fun anyway. On our way through the "mountains" we met a funny old man who talked to us for some minutes - a break which was warmly welcomed ;-)

After arriving at "the top" of the mountain we had a great view over the horseshoe bay (from our self-found lookout) and a little fruity-picnic.


Then we continued and started our way down the other side heading towards Arcadia where we arrived at beautiful Alma Bay. A very small bay with very few people and crystal clear and nice temperatured water. After lying in the sun, relaxing, sleeping and enjoying we went for a swim. Then we returned, dried and moved back to the ferry...

After returning to the mainland, we got into an internet-cafè and booked our Whitsunday Cruise and the YHA at Airlie Beach. Afterwards we had some dinner and then strolled towards the strand. We passed some really nice parts and (amphie theatre, the monthly "night market" - a cool event with music, food and goods, the pier with cooool lights) walked until we reached the rock pool.


Then we hurried back to the city in order to do some grocery shopping again. It worked out and we arrived at coles before they closed. After coming back to the hostel we almost fell into our beds immediatly - what a cool day :)

Mission Beach

Got up at about 7:30, checked out (very funny receptionist) and then headed to the greyhound stop...then we had our first greyhound experience and landed somewhere in the middle of nowhere. mission beach. the area around the greyhound stop looked pretty shitty and we had no clue how to get out of there. but after the very friendly woman at the greyhound office explained to us how to get to the beach, we went down and had a marvellous view..


We then spent some hours down at the beach, had brekky and a good time and then went back to the greyhound office where we received some information about whitsunday tours. when the bus arrived we hoped on and continued our journey to townsville. We had a short meal break @ Cardwell, sat on the beachside, thought about how good life can be and wrote this stuff here. Then we continued our trip at 4:45 (4:45! 4:45!). We arrived at about 7 pm in townsville and realized that there was no pick up bus for us. so we thought about how to get to the hostel....but then, all of a sudden, a van from another hostel stopped close to us and asked whether we need a hostel. we then told them, that we already have a hostel...then we talked again a few sentences in german..and suddenly one of the girls asked in german where we need to go...and when we realized that our hostel was located in the same street, their hostel was, they decided to take us there...even if it was their first day as drivers, and even if they wouldn't be allowed to do so...but, no worries :) thx again, girls!

Then we checked in and realized that there were a lot of antz and spiders in our room and that the hostel (Adventurers Backpackers) wasn't that nice like the Calypso in Cairns. Afterwards we had a stroll to the city centre, went grocery shopping, walked at the strand, had a small dinner (cereals and coke) at the amphi theatre (that's a bp's life ;-) ). After that we returned to the hostel (where, btw, the amenities were better than expected) and planned our next day at "Maggie".

Daintree Rainforest / Cape Tribulation

Woke up at 6:30 :-( and started our tour at 7:30 when being picked up by Shane in his "joungle tours" van. Our guide introduced us and himself (I'm Shane, from Australia) to the others of the group who've already been at the van. Our first stop was in Cairns - we had to pay the rest of the amount which we did not pay while we booked the day before. After finishing the paying, we went to the "2nd most beautiful ocean road in Australia" which took us along Ellis Beach to our first lookout (the first time we could see Snapper Island).

Afterwards we went on to Mosman Gorge and started our Rainforest Walk where Shane showed us some dangerous leafes and other stuff in a manner that would even have made Steve Irwin look like a school kid. (For example the "Gimpy Gimpy" leaf - "gimpy means very bad in aboriginal. What do you think gimpy gimpy means??" ;-) ). While walking through the forest we also had the chance to take a swim in a crystal clear river which was "100 % croc free" ;-) Then we went back to the van where we had to wait for 2 german girls which seperated themselves from the group a few minutes earlier. bloody germans...;-) (usually we had to wait for the spanish - but that's "normal").

After continuing our journey we arrived at our next stop where we entered a small boat and made a Daintree River cruise with an eagle eyed guide. He saw really everything....amazing! Whil sitting in the boat we saw our first crocs live outside a zoo. That was really awesome...and they grew bigger with each seeing.

But besides crocs we also saw some interesting birds (kingfisher for example) and a lot of mangroves ;-) But, obviously, the crocs where the most interesting animals at this moment. Even after one of the biggest frogs in this area entered our boat and refused to leave ;-)

Then we hopped on the bus again, continued our journey to the Koala Beach Resort where we stopped for lunch and for a group pic and a cool view.


Afterwards we went to world famous "Cape Tribulation" where we had some time, took some photos (Rainforest meets Ocean), relaxed and prepared for our return trip home.

After crossing the Daintree River once more (the river where we saw the crocs!), Shane gave us a lift to the city and we went for dinner at a chinese take away at the local food court where we finished off the day.

A perfect 1st trip on a perfect day!

O-Day

We got up early, went to the showers and listened to what would be later called "hostel music". This time they had a "Beautiful Girls" CD on rotation. Coooool :)

Then we went to Cairns, had brekky at the Esplanade, figured out that Cairns isn't that bad as it was supposed to be and we made our bookings for the next days. We booked a Daintree Rainforest Tour, Greyhound, went to the bank, the post and planned the next days..aaaaaaaaand I finally found some swimming shorts (terribly ugly - but cheap. Since I forget mine at Bondi, I didn't want to buy some "cool" ones).

Later that day we strolled along the "Esplanade" (the promenade along the ocean) and saw the following sign right beside the walking way. Please pay attention to the "may" on the sign ;-)


After that we went to an "high speed internet" cafe which was exactly the opposite...but as poor backpacker one takes what one can get...

Furthermore we did some grocery shopping @ the local woolworths, phoned the hostel @ townsville, went to subway for dinner and walked the way home...

That was our organisation day :)

Leavin' on a jetplane / lucky 1st time

Today's schedule:
Meeting with Dimitri (landlord) and Sebastian (fellow tenant)...having brekky and dinner at bondi, walking at the beach then leaving to central and handing the key to Sebastian. After that going to the airport, flying to Cairns (pronounciation: Kääääääärns). When we arrived, we were waiting for a taxi...then, suddenly, a van arrived with "Calypso inn" on it. We looked at each other...didn't know exactly what to do. Then a guy jumped out of the van. Asked if there's anyone for Calypso and said "alright guys, hop on. this is not an official bus, you're just lucky..." Maaaan. cool :) So we arrived at the hostel, got our room and insepcted our first hostel in Australia...and it was...really cool. What a room. what a bed. And what cool music evera morning :)

Coastal Walk & Preps

Today we did the coastal Walk. Once more. Bondi - Coogee. Fantastic weather. Simply cool. Very nice day. Picnic at Randwick. Stopped at different lookouts.

Had an icecream at Coogee...on the way home we met Katha (and said goodbye) and then had dinner with my french couple. After that continued with packing and brought my laptop to Britta (thx again!)....