Australia

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(NOTE: this is a temporary entry because there are still heaps more photos we have, but we have to go white water rafting in 30 minutes!!!)

We only had 12 days in the massive country of Australia so we were limited to areas around Sydney in New South Wales. However, that didn't stop us from having an awesome time. The first couple days we were a bit culture shocked after coming from a month and a half in south east asia. When we checked in to our hostel in Sydney on the first night we paid all 3 nights and a key deposit which was $90 each...very shocking when we were paying $3 each in SE Asia for a private room with satellite tv!

we also had an "its a small world" moment when we ran into Hugh in a random bar in Newcastle. We had met him trekking in Nepal 2 months earlier and yelled across the bar to get his attention. turns out we spent our last days with him as he was kind enough to drive us tourists around the Hunter Valley wine region and to the Blue Mountains. Had such an awesome time !!!

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Photos

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view over the Australian outback

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in front of the massive airbus A380 we just got off!

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me in front of the A380...450 seats, all you can eat/drink (even alcoholic), intense entertainment system (100+ movies to chose from etc)...just a great luxurious flight even in economy class!

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our hostels bed covers...

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jamie shooting pool at our hostel...we've become obsessed with pool and seek it out wherever we can

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a statue of a bull jamie found to be rather revealing/bold

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pool competition run by two hostels...neither of us came 1st but I finished top 3 the second time around and the winner bought me a drink so that was sweet!

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Christian and us. He had just moved to Sydney from a rural town to find work (he just got his marketing degree)

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a buffet that only let you go up once...never heard of this, had to stuff the plate!

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taking the train from Sydney to Newcastle - 2 hr 45 min journey.

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our hostel in Newcastle which was a stones throw away from the beach!

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burger and chips

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newcastle beach

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I thought this might be a penguin so I zoomed to take a photo of it thinking that was really cool. Then it flew away...definitely no penguin lol

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jamie posing near the beach. just north of newcastle beach is one of (if not the, can't remember) longest stretches of beach in the southern hemisphere

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a swing designed to fit wheelchairs!

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i let jamie play a bit because she was good that day lol. weeee

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which bond do i look most like?? lol i think mr. connery

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this one's for you miller!

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inside our hostel. it was a small hostel, but the kitchen was very clean and not busy so we were pleased

Comments

[Eric]

I really enjoyed your Oz post. It made me want to go back there. My blog is looking for travel photos. If you have the time, email us some at [e-mail] or check us out at dirty-hippies.blogspot.com. We are also giving away a free night at a hostel in South America. Check it out. Continued fun on your travels, Eric

[Miles]

Great
Great blog - I love the humour. The pictures look better than last time - must be the new camera.

[John @ Side Bar]

Hey Paul and Jamie, Cheers for checking out Side Bar while you were in Sydney! It sounds like you had a mad time and the photos are great. I hope the rest of your trip is amazing! Cheers, John @ Side Bar.

[Cous Cous]

lol...thats awesome. Amit and I have seen a bunch of huge dogs walking around, all of them with their balls still hanging out...yesh

[Cous Cous]

I have pictures of Amit doing the same thing at night in San Sebastian...lol