Friday Morning
It was craziness trying to get everyone packed into the car and ready to go. I was ready and came over to Teds to meet everyone. Then Holly needed my phone charger and meds so I had to run back. Then Jono wasn’t even finished packing! Natalie and I just sat outside on our bags, waiting. Eventually everything was settled and we piled into Jono’s car for the road trip to Sydney! Tim got shotgun (as per usual in Jono’s car) and the girls got the backseat. Jono’s car had been broken into a couple of weeks ago so there was no music except for the iPad (which you could barely hear in the car). So we played I Spy almost the whole way there. Circles and cats! Squres and Colours! I was so glad that Jno was driving because I am pretty sure that he is the only person on Earth who actually likes city driving! Weird as, yeah?! :P Sydney is an incredible city. We found a Wallaby Street but there is no such place as 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. We even Google-mapped it. Sad hey?
We got into Sydney in decent time and found Nat’s dad’s apartment pretty easily with the bossy GPS. ;) From there we decided to go to the Broadway Mall and meet our friend Khema there. Had Maccas for lunch (I had Gloria Jean’s coffee ). The boys were looking for Samurai swords for some random reason. They were super expensive in the first shop we went into so we left there and went down to Patty’s Market. That place was huge!!! There were so many booths and stalls filled with all kinds of things! Jerseys to swords to fans to dolls to UGG boots! You could easily get lost in there and spend all day trying to get out. We made sure we were on each other’s heels the entire time. Luckily Khema knew her way around. We found some swords the boys were happy with and I helped Nat pick out a fan and Holly a cute turtle figurine.
At this point because we had left Newcastle so late we were rapidly running out of time before we had to meet Tim’s brother. So we took Nat home because she wasn’t feeling well. The boys changed and we were off. We parked outside a Maccas near the university and walked to the uni theatre. We met Chris and went out for some Thai food before the show that Chris was on the production team for. Jono actually liked Thai food! That was his first time trying it and he LIKED it!!! (He is an incredibly picky eater.) The food was delicious, but there was too much and we couldn’t get take away boxes. Before the show we walked around campus and saw the library and the physics lawn. Before we knew it, it was show time! The production was really funny. It was more like a bunch of mini skits and dances and songs. It was very unique and very entertaining. “This pillow pulls together the entire colour scheme!” A male saying this with arm motions. Bzzt! Answer! Hehehe. Hilarious! After the show we joined the cast and crew at Churchill Sports Bar where I had my first hard cider (and first alcoholic drink). It was not bad except for the bubbles.
We stayed for a while and then headed back to Nat’s and watched an episode of NCIS. Then the boys stole our bed, so Nat slept on the lounge in the lounge room. I was so tired and over all the crock the boys were throwing at us so we managed to fit me, Holly, Jono, and Timmy on the bed sleeping width-wise. Somehow I ended up on the floor wrapped in some decoration blanket thing and Timmy stole the entire doona. I woke up to Jono saying that he and Holly were spooning to stay warm. Hehe it was a very funny/awkward situation in the morning.
Sat’day
We parked in the Broadway mall like yesterday, grabbed a morning snack and then hopped on a train to the Circular Quay at Darling Harbour. We walked around a bit and got some great photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Met Khema and Emma at the Sydney Opera House and took pictures on the steps. We couldn’t spend a lot of time with them because Jono and Timmy booked IMAX tickets for Inception. It was pretty cool because Sydney has the world’s largest IMAX theatre but I couldn’t sit still for the movie. After the movie we walked around the boardwalk and took pictures from the skyview and fountains. Before going home we rode the ferris wheel! It was fun! We found the car much more easily this time. (Last time the boys didn’t pay attention to where they parked in the carpark and refused to listen to Nat.) Had a sleepy ride home. Then Holly and I went out on the town with some of my roommates. Twas a good night! Went to an Irish pub (Finn and Chools), then the Kent Hotel for an IH birthday and finished the night off at MJ Finnegans! Cider was involved.
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