Oz Post #1

So it's been two weeks in and it's hard to describe all the awesome stuff that we've gotten up to so far. In chunks, the two past weeks could be divided by Sydney, Bondi Beach, and Byron Bay. Arriving in Sydney, i quickly found a shuttle and drove into Sydney, and in minutes Jack and i were reunited! the most epic of hugs, and for a day or two later, jack would interject that he still couldn't believe I was now in Australia with him. I got to see the Sydney Opera house, beautiful as can be, and toured around Sydney only half awake with Jack guiding me this way and that. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, where we also went for walks by the harbour, and visited the 2nd largest fish market in the world - where we also tried a free sample of cheese priced at 120$/kg!!, we bussed out to Bondi beach, one of the most famous beaches in Australia. Staying at hostels has been interesting, lots of people from all over the world. At bondi we spent some time with a couple of Swedes, Canadians, Americans and Irish people, having simple meals of pasta and bathing in the sun on the beautiful beaches.

Our unstructured day to day life doesn't end there though. Jack made a friend volunteering in Mozambique from Australia and so we took a 12 hour overnight bus ride to bryon bay, the hippie center of Oz. the only fast food spot there is a subway, and big protests are currently happening against the consideration of letting a KFC start up there. We stayed at his friend's parents' place, a macedamia nut farm 30 min. from the beach. throughout the week we tried surfing, did some walks through rainforest - type terrain, and relaxed on the farm.

Sadly we had to say goodbye, though now we've arrived at our next destination, some of Jack's relatives are having us for the next two weeks. In the plans are some hikes, seeing the sights of Canberra - the capital of Australia, maybe doing a bit of babysitting, and beach bumming.

life is good, we start woofing at the end of april. what lies ahead, read on to find out!