Well it has been a very eventful and fun two weeks so far of my holiday here in Australia. Carlotta and I just got to Adelaide a couple days ago now and dropped off Mickey (our manual camper-van and house for the past two weeks). We have had a blast in him wondering around and getting into trouble. I even had a go at driving Mickey and towards the end I took over the wheel quite a bit. Carlotta had to teach me and we had a few lessons at relearning how to drive stick throughout the trip which was quite entertaining... for her! I have so much to write but I will try to make it as short as I can...
Our road trip started off with Carlotta and I getting into Robyn's car (our bp boss) with her mother, Irene. She gave us a ride to toowoomba which is close to Brisbane. We spent a night in toowoomba at Jeffery's motel. Carlotta and I went to play pokies with robin and Irene. We watched Robyn loose 30 dollars straight away and got so bored that we left to check out the bar where she ended up finding us two beers deep, Woops!
The next morning Robyn dropped us off at the bus station so we could go to Brisbane where we spent the following couple of nights before picking up our camper van Mickey. While in Brisbane we didn't do too much, hung out and saw a bit of the city. We met up with Cory, a guy that lived in cunnamulla and moved to Brisbane, he took us to Chinatown and to buy some used CDs for our trip. I also got to see my friend Clayton who found me in Chinatown. I hadn't seen him since Korea so it was good to see him, we went and had a few beers and caught up.
The morning of getting Mickey was very entertaining to say the least. I won't go into details now, it's a post in itself but it was quite an adventure. Once we got on the road our first stop was dreamworld (an amusement park in the Gold Coast). We got in free because of Deli and Bob, they have a relative that's high up in the company. It was fun, we found ourselves spending the most time at the sheep sheering shed. It was fun to talk to the guys there, they couldn't believe we lived in cunnamulla. That night we stayed at a caravan park at the top of surfers paradise in a town called southport. It was very pretty and relaxing.
We spent our next days driving, well Carlotta drove basically the whole time from Brisbane to Melbourne, poor little bugger. On our way down to Melbourne we spent a night in a national park which was so cool but a bit scary at night because we were so isolated, the park was called bundjalung national park. Some other cool stops along the way include Tweeds Head, Grafton, Hungry Head, Old Bar, Bulahdelah (where we bought Spikey, our cute little cactus that's traveling with us.
We spent our Australia Day in Newcastle with Pete, Sam, Kyle, and all their friends. (They are family with the Vella's in cunnamulla and are so nice) There was a BBQ going by the pool along with some beer drinking games in the shed all while Australia's top 100 was playing on the radio. It was a fun day. Carlotta and I also got to sleep in a bed for two nights in Newcastle because we stayed the following day just to hang out in Newcastle for a day with them!
Next stop was onto a rainy day in Sydney, Mickey tried to give us some problems that day but not to worry we sorted him out. It was then onto Wollongong one night and Kiama the next, we loved it there - so pretty right on the beach. Canberra was our next destination. On our way there we stopped at a cute little town called Moss Vale and had a look. Canberra was huge and there aren't many people living there but it was a cool city.
From Canberra we headed to Wagga Wagga to have a look and then stopped in Wangaratta to spend the night. The next morning we drove straight past Melbourne to Phillip Island where we spent a night, it was very pretty. It was onto the great ocean road for the next couple of nights after Phillip Island before making our way up to Adelaide to drop Mickey off. We stopped at some cool places after the great ocean road including: Portland, Port MacDonnell, Mount Gambier, Kingston, Wellington, Milang, and Hahndorf. It was a sad day when we reached Adelaide because our time in Mickey was coming to an end. He was so good to us towards the end and we became attached. I miss sleeping in him and just driving to random places to see what the go is.
We are now in Perth after riding the Indian pacific train that's a day and a half journey. It was so fun and both Carlotta and I were sad to get off the train not only because we it was fun but also because we are now officially homeless! Out holiday has been quite a journey so far and we're loving every minute of it. Perth should be good, they just announced that it was going to be sooo hot, then they said 38 degrees and Carlotta and I both looked at each other and laughed - we're from the bush and are used to 48 degrees... Haha.
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