Australia

Operahouse

Harbour Bridge

I found my car!!

Bondi Beach

Devilish..

Hugging a sheep at Taronga Zoo

Operahouse by night

Smirnoff ice on a can!! Unbelieveble..

Farm girl

Ice heart..

Hanging Rock

Bonfire

Tewantin caravan park (we did not go to Noosa on our way to Rainbow beach, but to Tewantin, wow what a great place! Not...)

We left Tamworth last Saturday evening and arrived in Brisbane Sunday morning. Nice way to save some money, didn't have to pay for a hostel that night.

Brisbane is nice, but in a way it's just another city. We stayed at a place called the Palace and in the basement was a bar called the Downunder bar. That place was packed every night. It's unbelieveble how some places are crowded with people all the time and others are completly empty no matter how good thay are! Strange..
I met up with Heidi and it was really good to see her again. I haven't met any other Norwegians. But a lot of Germans, Irish, English, Dutch and Danish!

17 of May was spent half the day in Brisbane and the other half in Byron Bay. So unfortunately I missed the parade..

So now I'm in Byron Bay. It's a surf town full of backpackers and the atmosphere really reflects that. We're staying at a place called the Arts Factory. Palm trees everywhere and a pool with a hot tub in it! Nice...

Last night went out to a bar to celebrate the Norwegian Independece Day. They had a didgeridoo contest (it's that long, wooden instrument that aboriginals play that sounds really strange) and everyone was dancing on the tables.
Today we tried to go to the beach, which is really beautiful, but the weather is a bit strange here, one moment it's nice and sunny, the next it's pooring down!! Crazy! That's why I left Norway!
Tomorrow I might go to a massage class to learn how to rub a body the right way.. Hehe..

I'll probably head back to Brisbane on Saturday.. And then keep going north. Em (an English girl I travel with) and I would like to go to Fraser Island on a kind of a JeepSafari and then most likely do a boat trip on the Withsundays. Maybe get a job on a boat for a few weeks, we'll see.

I'll keep posting stuff here to keep you up to date, but I don't know how often I'll be near a computer.. More pictures will come it's just a hassel to find a computer that I can upload them..

Well, I'm just back from 11 days of cowgirl school on a farm called Leconfield. It's close to Tamworth which is about 7 hours north of Sydney. It's been good fun, but crazy cold in the nights! This is not what I came to Australia for...And there was no internet connection up there or mobile phone coverage.. Oh my.. Strange to feel so cut off from the rest of the world. But now I'm back at the civilization and it feels good although I feel really dirty. Can't wait to find a room and take a warm shower..

We have just been offered a job picking cotton, but I don't know whaat I'd do, it's really cold here, and I'd really like to go a bit north.. Hmm... I got another job offer making beds at a hotel on the Whitsundays... What to do, what to do...

The cowboy school was fun though. I have done so many funny things I never thought I'd do. I have been hand milking a cow..

Sheered a sheep (that is to shave their wool off), I have shoed a horse! And earmarked a calf.. I can't remember everything at the moment, but I have sent in my pictures, so later I'll see if I can put some on this page..

first time I've lassoed a cotton seed bag..

My mail is fine, it was just some problems in Sydney, so you can keep sending me mails, I'll answer as soon as I can find the time! And I really enjoy reading news from home!!

Gotto go.. Write more again later.

C

A few days ago was ANZAC day. It is a memorial day for the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died on a turkish beach during WWII. We got up at four a.m. and witnessed the morning service, then we went to Taronga zoo. We saw coalas, kangaroos, lions, snakes and heaps more.. Fun! I have a lot of pictures now, had to buy a new memory ard, but I still haven't got any of them developed, so still no pictures to send ya.. Sorry.. They'll come later on.

Yesterday was raining, so not much to do... We could of course do loads of stuff, but not in the mood.. So at night we just went for a walk down the harbour. It's really beautiful at night.

Today was laundry day! Tonight we'll probably go out.. Gotto see a bit more og the Sydney night life while we're here!

I still have problems with my hotmail.. I keep getting thrown out! I'll see what I can do to get it sorted out.. It seems to be my problem only.. #@%^@%#!$!! I'll go mad if I can't "fix" it. We'll just have to see.

I've talked to my relatives, so they'll come pick me up on the train station on saturday. Hope they like the Norwegian coasters (I don't know how to spell that..) that I got them! I'm nearly finished reading Paolo Coelho's "Veronica wants to die", so I'll leave it for them to read, it's in Norwegian...

Ah, and we had Jarlsberg for breakfast today!!! Produced in Oslo! We're so lucky..

Hugs!!!!

Today was a great day spent at Bondi Beach. It's beautiful white beachwith amazing soft sand, just south of Sydney, and there's a lot of surfers there.. We took the train and a bus to get there and it was surprisingly easy. It was like a totally different atmosphere there, a surfer's city, kind of. Neat.

Great waves toady, but a bit windy for sunbathing.. I think we got a good tan, though, but we'll see tomorrow if we look like lobsters or still white Norwegians..

Yesterday we (that is Tiril, Heidi and me) went for a little sightseeing, we saw the Opera house and got to know a bit more about Sydney.
In the evening we got to know two of the guys we shared the room with, thery're English, and we also joined them at Bondi today. Nice to get to know other travellers!

Being a backpacker is something totally new for me, and I have to say it's very different from being a "normal" tourist. It's very social and so easy to get to know people. A lot of fun!

More updates to come!

C

Na har jeg kommet frem etter mye om og men. Har ikke noe saerlig jet-lag, men vi far se etterhvert. Hehe. Det har vaert en uuuutrolig lang flytur, ikke saerlig goy, men vel overstatt. Alt gikk bra, fikk lov a ta med melkesjokoladen min inn i landet til og med!

Eneste som var litt kjipt var at bagasjen min havnet i Moskva.. Den kommer forhapentligvis hit senere idag... Ellers blir jeg sur..

Det er greit varmt her, men jeg har pa bukse og genser enda litt. Det er ikke sa varmt assa!

Na skal jeg ned a spise frokost, magen er skikkelig sulten..

Savner alle hjemme!

og snart leggetid. Nå er forhåpentligvis ingenting glemt. Da får det bare være.

Jeg blir stadig overrasket over hvor mye tid ting tar! Det er helt utrolig. Men med litt hjelp er leiligheten vasket og sekken pakket. Nesten klar!! Og for alt hva jeg vet kan jeg ha blitt tante for fjerde gang mens jeg skriver dette. Sitter bare å venter på telefon fra brodern om at Eirik endelig fant veien ut, hehe.

Nå er det vel tid for loppekassa..

Natta!