2 Crazy Sheilas

How sad it was to know that my trip through the beautiful Australia had nearly come to an end. It seriously went by so fast and it aws so much fun!

Miranda and I got out of the plane, collected our luggage and hopped on the train to Central Station where we then switched trains and headed north of the city to meet up with a friend, Cody, who we went to University with in Melbourne at LaTrobe. Cody works and thus lives in Sydney during breaks and summers at University, so therefore gave Miranda and I a free place to stay with a friend!

Miranda and I arrived at Codys and hung out for the rainy afternoon at his place and enjoyed all the food he made us to fill our empty stomachs! After an afternoon of doing relatively nothing we headed down the road to meet one of his friends, Jules. We found out that we were to be staying at Jules’ because she had room for us and apparently loved taking in travelling nomads! We stayed at Jules’ for a while and drank wine, chatted with another naighbor (the wife of Codys boss), and giggled at her unruly 11 year old, Sam. After finishing a bottle of wine we headed across the lawn to the neighbors where we drank more wine, played some table tennis and watched their children, including Sam, kick butt at Guitar Hereo, which is a playstation game where you play a guitar. A cask of wine later Miranda, Jules, and I decided it was time to head off to bed as Miranda and I had planned to get up early and head into the city, find a hostel, and enjoy our last hours in AUstralia after running a few errands.

The next day Miranda and I woke a little later than planned, had toast and tea at Jules’ house, said goodbye and headed back over to Cody’s where we were fed breakfast again! After stuffing my stomach beyond belief we headed into the city….regrettfully deciding to take the bus….which in the rain the walk and wait for the bus was not pleasant, especially when it didnt come and we had to walk the opposite direction to the train station. When we finally got into the city Miranda and I had to run to STA travel to get our travel inineraries, send off a package of sand to the states (customs doesnt allow us to bring it in so we smuggle it via mail) and head to the bottle shop (the liquor store) to grab Jules a bottle of wine as a thank you. Once we were finished with all of our errands we headed back to Cody’s grabbed our bags and went back, yet again, into the city and checked into our hostel for the night. Once all of this had taken place it was late afternoon and Miranda and Cody headed to do some shopping while I took a shower.

Tonight we were meeting up with our dutch friend, Rody, whom we met on our travels down the coast, for dinner and drinks. Rody, who goes to Macquarie University in Sydney, took us to a resturant named Pancakes on the Rocks. You can guess it, we had pancakes for dinner, which were delicious and after we headed to a few of Rody’s favorite bars. One of which was like five bars in one and had a DJ floating on a see-through platform! It was pretty cool! After heading to the multi-bar bar we headed back to a bar near our hostel, where we had the most fun! A long night of partying and celebrating our last night in Australia with Cody and Rody was the exact thing Miranda and I needed! We had a blast dancing, taking jager bombs (too many I might add), and just having fun. The next morning Miranda and I woke to get back to the Sydney airport for our flight to Nadi, Fiji.

It was really sad to say goodbye to Australia, but it really didn’t hit me then as the thought that Fiji was ahead clouded my sadness for leaving. I still can’t believe I am not in Australia anymore and its really sad to think that I don’t know when I will be able to go back, let alone see the many friends I made while there. It was the best decision I ever made and I wouldn’t take it back for anything, the only thing I regret was that I didn’t decide to stay longer!

Australia wasn’t the end of my travels though, as I am now in Fiji! Fiji is beautiful, complete paradise! I will be telling you all about my time here in Fiji next…so stay tuned

~Claire