New continent, New year, New adventures!
Long time, no blog (again)! We have been pretty lazy with the blog posts lately, and we apoligise for that. There's just so much going on all the time and whenever there's time left of our days we basically just do stuff we want (sleeping).
Alrights, let's just jump right in.
We're now in Adelaide, a pretty big city on the coast of South Australia, about 2 hours flight west from Sydney, which is the last city we visited. Lots have been going on since our last post, including a few more days in Melbourne, new years eve & sightseeing in Sydney, and now our new route, away from the bad weather and the floods in Queensland. We've managed to hit the worst summer Australia's had in 90 years. Fail-bros strike again!
After celebrating an Australian christmas with the Walkers (Liz's parents, brother Bob, sister Samantha, grandparents & aunt) and Aina, we didn't really do much other than shopping in the city. The boxing day sales started, and we all went looking for bargains. Marcus and Chris went to see Tron: Legacy at the IMAX cinema, which was AWESOME! Then, on the 28th of december we left for Sydney! Even though the flight was delayed, we made it there alright, and the next day we saw the city, the Harbour Bridge, the Opera house, enjoyed the great weather and met up with friends.
Bros in Sydney!
Enjoyed a beer (or two) in the baking heat in front of the harbour bridge!
The coming days we checked out what the fuss about Bondi beach was, as well as Manley beach. Bondi was huge, and packed with people! We went there on the 30th of december, an awesome sunny day, went for a swim, got tanned, and had dinner. A cool place indeed! Manley beach was about the same, but the rain pretty much wrecked that day on the beach for us, so we went for a beer instead at a nearby bar.
Bondi Beach, December 30th. Packed!
New years eve was amazing! We started out early by taking a ferry from Circular Quay by the bridge to Balmain, which is west of the bridge and the opera house and settled down on blanket & foldout chairs, with food, drinks, beer, snacks, music and good friends. We managed to find a great spot in the shade overlooking the bridge. We basically sat there for more than 12 hours, which might sound a bit much, but the great company and nice weather really made it a memorable day! The fireworks at midnight were amazing! It lit up the city and the whole sky, leaving everyone stunned and amazed, cheering and laughing. After the fireworks we hung out for a while and then took the ferry back to the city, and walked back on crowded streets to the hotel.
The awesome gang on new years! And yes, our dutch friend Tim insisted on hanging the dutch flag by our camp, even though there were only two dutch people among us...
The sky exploded at midnight!
The following days we stayed in two new hotels/hostels, trying to figure out where to go next. Our last two nights we stayed in a hostel in Kings Cross in Sydney, which basically is the red light district. All the noisy drunks outside the bars and strip clubs didn't really help you fall asleep at night... We decided on going to Adelaide to find the sun, and spent the last day in Sydney with Mike, Tommy and Jocke at Mike's mom's place, having a barbeque and playing water volleyball in the pool! It was a good day :) (Marcus and Tommy beat the crap out of Chris and Mike at volleyball. And it had nothing to do with the fact that Chris and Mike couldn't reach the bottom of the pool in the deeper end, on one side of the volleyball net).
Volleyball @ Mikes! We all felt really pool! ...I mean cool.
Adelaide is a quiet, mellow and cozy city, as far as we know. On friday we went to the beach, in 34 degree heat and sun (got burnt - we had it coming. Australian sun really is a lot stronger than anywhere else we've been so far). It was still a great day though! Yesterday was an even better day, since we went to the world famous Jacob's Creek, in the Barossa Valley, about an hour drive from Adelaide. It's the home of yellow hills with crops swaying in the wind in the distance, green vineyards as far as the eye can see, and of course - wine tasting! Since we arrived a bit early, we had a nice lunch with good wine, and while the rain poured outside we enjoyed cheesecake, kaluha creme brulee, coffe and tea. The sky then cleared up, and the sun was shining on us while a guide showed us the vineyard and the many different kind of grapes they grow. We then did some wine tasting. The list was long, and we tried many different kinds! After this, we made our way to a look-out point, giving us a breathtaking view of the beautiful valley!
A fine selection @ Jacob's Creek Visitor Centre!
In front of the vineyard at Jacob's Creek.
The amazing view from one of the look-out points in Barossa Valley.
From here, we all want to go to Alice Springs to see Ayers Rock. If we can find a cheap enough way to get there, that is. We'll keep you updated on how it goes. Hopefully ;)
/M, C & L
Alrights, let's just jump right in.
We're now in Adelaide, a pretty big city on the coast of South Australia, about 2 hours flight west from Sydney, which is the last city we visited. Lots have been going on since our last post, including a few more days in Melbourne, new years eve & sightseeing in Sydney, and now our new route, away from the bad weather and the floods in Queensland. We've managed to hit the worst summer Australia's had in 90 years. Fail-bros strike again!
After celebrating an Australian christmas with the Walkers (Liz's parents, brother Bob, sister Samantha, grandparents & aunt) and Aina, we didn't really do much other than shopping in the city. The boxing day sales started, and we all went looking for bargains. Marcus and Chris went to see Tron: Legacy at the IMAX cinema, which was AWESOME! Then, on the 28th of december we left for Sydney! Even though the flight was delayed, we made it there alright, and the next day we saw the city, the Harbour Bridge, the Opera house, enjoyed the great weather and met up with friends.
Bros in Sydney!
Enjoyed a beer (or two) in the baking heat in front of the harbour bridge!
The coming days we checked out what the fuss about Bondi beach was, as well as Manley beach. Bondi was huge, and packed with people! We went there on the 30th of december, an awesome sunny day, went for a swim, got tanned, and had dinner. A cool place indeed! Manley beach was about the same, but the rain pretty much wrecked that day on the beach for us, so we went for a beer instead at a nearby bar.
Bondi Beach, December 30th. Packed!
New years eve was amazing! We started out early by taking a ferry from Circular Quay by the bridge to Balmain, which is west of the bridge and the opera house and settled down on blanket & foldout chairs, with food, drinks, beer, snacks, music and good friends. We managed to find a great spot in the shade overlooking the bridge. We basically sat there for more than 12 hours, which might sound a bit much, but the great company and nice weather really made it a memorable day! The fireworks at midnight were amazing! It lit up the city and the whole sky, leaving everyone stunned and amazed, cheering and laughing. After the fireworks we hung out for a while and then took the ferry back to the city, and walked back on crowded streets to the hotel.
The awesome gang on new years! And yes, our dutch friend Tim insisted on hanging the dutch flag by our camp, even though there were only two dutch people among us...
The sky exploded at midnight!
The following days we stayed in two new hotels/hostels, trying to figure out where to go next. Our last two nights we stayed in a hostel in Kings Cross in Sydney, which basically is the red light district. All the noisy drunks outside the bars and strip clubs didn't really help you fall asleep at night... We decided on going to Adelaide to find the sun, and spent the last day in Sydney with Mike, Tommy and Jocke at Mike's mom's place, having a barbeque and playing water volleyball in the pool! It was a good day :) (Marcus and Tommy beat the crap out of Chris and Mike at volleyball. And it had nothing to do with the fact that Chris and Mike couldn't reach the bottom of the pool in the deeper end, on one side of the volleyball net).
Volleyball @ Mikes! We all felt really pool! ...I mean cool.
Adelaide is a quiet, mellow and cozy city, as far as we know. On friday we went to the beach, in 34 degree heat and sun (got burnt - we had it coming. Australian sun really is a lot stronger than anywhere else we've been so far). It was still a great day though! Yesterday was an even better day, since we went to the world famous Jacob's Creek, in the Barossa Valley, about an hour drive from Adelaide. It's the home of yellow hills with crops swaying in the wind in the distance, green vineyards as far as the eye can see, and of course - wine tasting! Since we arrived a bit early, we had a nice lunch with good wine, and while the rain poured outside we enjoyed cheesecake, kaluha creme brulee, coffe and tea. The sky then cleared up, and the sun was shining on us while a guide showed us the vineyard and the many different kind of grapes they grow. We then did some wine tasting. The list was long, and we tried many different kinds! After this, we made our way to a look-out point, giving us a breathtaking view of the beautiful valley!
A fine selection @ Jacob's Creek Visitor Centre!
In front of the vineyard at Jacob's Creek.
The amazing view from one of the look-out points in Barossa Valley.
From here, we all want to go to Alice Springs to see Ayers Rock. If we can find a cheap enough way to get there, that is. We'll keep you updated on how it goes. Hopefully ;)
/M, C & L
Kommentarer
Postat av: Marie
Helt underbart! Tänk ni ligger vid stranden och vi huttrar bland snö och is!
Fantastiska bilder!
Kram
Postat av: Aina
Ohh have you heard the story about Jacobs creek? It was my grand grand fahter... :P
Postat av: Christina
Åh, vad mycket olika saker/ställen ni upplever! Bilderna är som vanligt så härliga! Nästa gång vi köper det vinet tänker vi på er. Kram, kram
Postat av: Anton
Fantastiskt!
Ni ska inte hinna med Nya Zeeland innan ni drar hem? Hört att det är sjukt fett!
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