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Published: November 6th 2006
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Arrived in Sydney.
Scott and I bought a camper van this morning and it is soooo groovy! It is brightly painted with flowers, mushrooms and a sunshine, and has curtains, a bed, carpet, a little camper stove and a cabinet to keep all our clothes etc in!
The weather here is weird. It was pouring it down with rain this morning, so we spent all morning getting soaked whilst running around trying to buy a van. Some of the ones we looked at were pathetic, but when we saw this one we bought it on the spot - hope its OK.
The weather is nice now and we are at Bondi Beach...guess why I am here at e-mail instead of sunning myself and regaining the tan I lost in New Zealand? The retard at check-in in Auckland sent my bag to Singapore instead of Sydney!!! Hence, I now have no bikini and indeed no clothes apart from the ones I am standing in! I have been borrowing T-Shirts and towels etc from Scott, but his shorts are way too big so I am living in my beige trousers. They said it should be arriving here tonight though
as they have sent it on another plane from Singapore. It better had be as we want to leave Sydney tomorrow! (and I want to wash my hair - Scott doesn't have any shampoo, we just share a cool travel bar thing we bought)
Sunday 23rd December Disaster!!
Finally we are now back in Sydney at Bondi Beach. It has been just one big disastrous week I have to say. Let me start from the beginning...
Monday - camper van broke down on the motorway so we walked for 8km each way to buy oil. Spent the night in a garage to wait for morning but they were all booked out, but said we were OK to drive to Sydney.
Tuesday - tried to drive to Sydney but the van started making strange noises so we pulled into a garage. They were full too, but told us to carry on to Sydney. We did, only to get worse noises. Ended up broken down in the middle of no-where and being towed to a garage!
Wed to Fri - Sleeping in the garage car-park, waiting for a replacement engine!
Saturday - Got the van
Sunny in the Garage
We spent nearly a week here living in Sunny while she was being fixed! at 9am (they had been working on it since 6am!) and it screwed up again. The mechanic said it wasn’t his fault. Made it to Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Sunday - A friend’s dad is a mechanic so came to advise us about the car to make sure we are not ripped off. Meanwhile, i walked into a pillar and now my front tooth is chipped in half and I look like a witch! Have a dentist appointment tomorrow (Christmas Eve!).
Before all the hassles we were having a great time. We travelled north along the coast from Sydney, stopping at each good beach and surf break (I have invested in a surf board), visited a koala hospital (sad but oh so cute!) and spotted wild kangaroos, which seemed more interested in us and our van than we were in them!
Merry Christmas!
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