Bye Melbourne, Hello Sydney!

So I’ve spent the last 4 weeks in Melbourne. It has been RAD. Made the nicest friends, especially the YORKSHIREEEEE lot J

I tried getting a job so we could maybe have stayed a bit longer and find somewhere nice to live, DID NOT happen, who said working in Australia was easy? Not me.

We saw some really cool stuff in Melb, we went to the top of the tallest building, and we had a 360 view of the city, it was amazing, we went at sunset, so it was really pretty and then we saw it when it was dark, the city was all lit up, so pretty. I couldn’t believe how big the city is, and it has so many suburbs too, I bet we didn’t even see half it.

Anyway, we left Melbourne early Tuesday morning on our Oz Experience bus, it was freezing! Like England, so depressing.  We set on our way to Sydney, but we made a few stops first. We headed to Wilsons Promontory National Park, which was absolutely beautiful, it had a rain forest which was  so peaceful + lovely, but not only this, It had the most beautiful beach I have ever  seen, seriously. (See facebook soon for pictures)

That evening after a very long day of climbing, walking, travelling + exploring, we had fish + chips down at a local restaurant in a tiny village called Forster, not far from where we were staying at lakes entrance.

Lakes entrance are not quite 5 star accom, (ha) was like something out of a horror movie, like the new Friday the 13^th, with less nudity. It was alright, although the hot water run out + found myself using the boys shower (yuk).

Next Day we all arose at 5.30am (double yuk) had breakfast and headed for Thredbo Alpine Village. Another couple of hours away, apparently its Australia’s highest point. It had snow, yes real snow, amazing. We stopped for lunch on the way in the little town, I had the best chilli burger ever, I’m sorry but I just had to tell you about it. We then went on a ski lift to the top of the mountain (almost) it took you about ¾ of the way up, we had to walk the rest……but we didn’t, we just stood about for a bit, took some pictures, and headed back down the mountain. We were in a hurry to bag the best beds in our room. The accom was much better, it had a tv in the room ( I watched dusturbia) + we stole a kettle to make multiple cups of tea.

Had a horrific meal that night, we were still so hungry we were snacking on bread. Had a lovely nights sleep, woke up too late didn’t have time for breakfast, spent the entire journey to or next destination being hungry. Standard.

Next stop Canberra just for a couple of hours before we hit it hard to Sydney. Canberra is like the Truman Show. Completely man-made, constructed purely to be the capital of Australia. Nothing there, but it’s where the big guys hang out, members of parliament and all that. We went into parliament house. It was pretty dull. Don’t care much for politics and stuff like that. My highlight really was the hungry jacks I picked up for the bus, (double whopper w/cheese, I thank you!) Followed by a rather amusing game of Bingo!

 Arrived in Sydney 2 days after leaving Melbourne. Its warmer, but a bit of a shit hole.

That night we got a sweet deal on a cruise around the harbors, which was awesome, I saw the opera house, magnificent.

XO!