Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4460

Back in Sydney! Everything is still very shiney here. I went back to the Opera house today and it is still shiney. I walked across Harbour Bridge today and it is as shiney up close as it is far away. As you can see, i went to Bondi Beach. Weather was poor but i took some photos anyway, last chance. Next stop is Canberra for a couple of days before i head North and enter Queensland. Gonna spend a while looking around Brisbane before moving to Cairns....probably. Added a few night pictures of the Harbour area, as well as some Harbour Bridge pictures i took as i was walking across it. Maybe pics tomorrow when i charge camera.... read more

Josh and I went to an Aussie rules footy match today, we saw the West Coast Eagles crush the Brisbane Lions by 122 points to 63... it was an awesome game, but one of the most brutal sports I have ever seen, some of the players took some really big hits, the kind that would have football players writhing on the ground for hours. From there we went out to the pub, watched some football, dissappointed to see Chelsea win the league, but i guess it was inevitable Had probably the best day so far yesterday went on a trip to the Pinnacles, these weird rock formations in the middle of the desert. We also saw Koalas and Kangaroos at Yanchep national park, and went sand boarding on the dunes (like snow boarding, but on sand) ... read more

Ken and Alison were kind enough to take us on a trip to the Blue Mountains for two days. Only 2 hours from Sydney, this part of the Great Dividing Range took 25 years for Europeans to cross, not because the mountains are high but because this is true Aussie "bush" - extremely rugged and dense. Travelling in a 4WD bus (yes, that's right) we made our way out of the city. In the distance the mountains really do look blue. There is reason for this. Eucalyptus, or gum trees, emit an ultrafine oily vapour that hangs in the canopy giving it a blue tinge. Isn't that interesting? Our first stop was a small meadow tucked away from the human population where kangaroos come and eat and relax and socialise it seems. We could get really ... read more

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated this thing, now that I'm living in Sydney and going to Uni here things have settled down quite a bit compared to all the adventures I was having while travelling the East Coast. Aussie life is wonderful! I'm in week 8 of 14 at Uni (as the Aussies refer to university, not school, because here, school refers to highschool). Just finished a week full of midterms and assignments. It really is unfortunate that uni work has to get in the way of my time here! The weather is starting to cool down quite a bit as we are entering autumn. I'm afraid my days of lying on the beach in 25+ degrees is over, the past week has been low twenties, but still very pleasant ... read more

oltiin ulkopotilaiden puolella. Megan pisti meidät tekeen vaikka mitä. Hoidettiin pari omaa potilasta ja auteltiin niitä muiden potilaiden kanssa. Täyteltiin tulokaavakkeita, pestiin ja suojattiin haavoja. Niiden sihteeri meille meinas hermostua, mut muuten oli kiva päivä. Sit siellä oli se poika, joka oli heitetty palavaan autoon. Muistaakseni mainitisin siitä aikasemmin. Noh me sitä nauratettiin sielä, ku kerrottiin suomesta. Kiva, että silläki oli hauskaa, ku se on ollu hirveen masentunu eikä pysty nukkua.. Kyllähän me piristetään! Sit sen isä sano, että meidän pitäs mennä viikonlomalla Brisbaneen johonki monista teemapuistoista. Sit se poika totes "tehän ootte enemmän ausseja ku minä sitten. en oo ikinä käynny näissä" mähän reippaana tyttönä heti, et eiku mukaan vaan... se ei tainnu ottaa mua ihan tosissaan, ku nauro vaan... kyllä me voitas se mukaan ottaa.. oli se sen verran söpö...... read more