Thursday/Friday 25/26
Continued packing most of the day; Ben took us to the postal shop to ship our boxes home. Packed some more and we ate the rest of the food in my cupboard and watched Glee and Burn Notice. Then headed to Nat’s room for chocolate milk and music! Went for one last drive to Kmart and then we went back to 420 to hang for a bit before Rhi took N and I to the train station. Said more tearful goodbyes. :’( I think I cried the hardest when I said good bye to Emma, Sean, and Nat. I frickin hate goodbyes and crying! I thought I was all out of tears when I said bye to Liam and Angie, but the water works came back on the train after saying bye to Rhiannon. We caught the 11:30pm train in Broadmeadow and had to switch trains in Gosford and that train was suppose to take us to Sydney Central Station but they made us get off in Hornsby. After much debate and talking to the guards Nerissa and I ended up taking a taxi to the international airport terminal. The doors didn’t open until 4 AM (we were rushing because we thought we needed to be at the airport 3 hours before departure). So we had over an hour to wait on a bench outside the terminal. At this point we were beyond exhaustion, I hadn’t slept at all and Nerissa only napped on the train. We finally got in then had issues with our boarding passes because I couldn’t get my itinerary printed. The ticket worker eventually printed our boarding passes and checked our bags. Customs wasn’t ready for us yet so we had to wait for a bit outside, but once we got in it was smooth sailing. Waited for 6 AM boarding, got on, settled in with a movie, saw about 30 seconds of it! Lol. Brekky was a no go since I was about to faceplant in it anyhow. When we landed in Auckland we went right through customs and then went searching for a shuttle from the airport to our hostel. We checked into the Base X hostel and then an hour nap turned into a 7 hour sleep! We still had a bit of daylight left when we woke up so we explored a bit. We found a gelato shop by the harbour that had a selection of 12 sorbets! I’ve never seen so many choices in one shop! I got a double scoop of plum and kiwi and Nerissa go pomegranate and passionfruit. So delicious! We had Subway and Wendy’s guacamole chilli fries for dinner. Uh yum! Walked back to the hostel and sorted out music for Nerissa for a bit, then went to bed. Early day tomorrow =)
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday 24 November
Tried to go to the beach with Rhi and Nerissa but it was still incredibly windy and the sand was pelting all of us. So we just came back and hung out at the pool. Nerissa helped me start taking stuff off my walls and putting my room away in boxes and bags. Later we went to Sean and Liam’s touch footy game and then made dinner. Hung out with IH nd then Teds and the we got ready to go out for one last night on the town! We went to Soho with IH and then walked to Customs House with Cramer and Nerissa to meet Teds people. Stayed for a bit and then caught the train home because we couldn’t get a taxi. Found Mattio and Max and a few others. Nerissa wanted to go to bed so I let her take my bed and I went for a swim at Teds.
Tuesday 23 November
Nerissa arrived today! ! =) Timmy and Nat went to the airport with me to pick her up! =) So exciting! We spent the day hanging out and taking pictures around campus. She came to the gym with me and then we just hung out and watched a movie.
Monday 22 November
Went to the beach with Emma B to meet the boys. They left after a while and Em and I went for a swim. We “swam” for about a half hour and then let the sun dry us. Joined up with the other IH girls who were sunning down the beach from where we were. After a bit it started to get really windy and the sand was pelting us so Emma and I left to get an ice cream! =) I just hung around 420 for the rest of the arvo. Played shithead then went to the Harry Potter movie with nat ad Holly. It was so good! It was also a pretty sad day. We had to say goodbye to Holly. So most of us stayed up until 4 am to say by and send her off with Nat to the airport. We buried a painting of Nat’s in her luggage while she was sleeping. ;)
Day 2
Sunday 20 Nov
5 AM wake up to go back to Echo Point and see the sun rise over the Three Sisters. It was absolutely gorgeous! The cloud cover over the valley was spectacular. =] After taking photos at Echo Point we took the rocky, muddy trail to Katoomba Cascades and Falls. Much longer trek than we expected! We took an alternate routh to get out of the park and walked back to the hostel. Had to check out by 10 AM. We had enough time before our train to check out another part of the park. We decided to try and find Leura Cascades. It was a long and STEEP climb! Whenever I stopped to take a pic my legs would be shaking. Doesn’t help that they were sore from gym on Friday. The cascades were beautiful and the forest was incredible. That has to be one of my favourite NPs =). Once we all made it out of the valley we headed for the train station. 5.5 hours and 3 trains later we made it back to Newy. I dropped off my stuff and then just chilled in Teds.
5 AM wake up to go back to Echo Point and see the sun rise over the Three Sisters. It was absolutely gorgeous! The cloud cover over the valley was spectacular. =] After taking photos at Echo Point we took the rocky, muddy trail to Katoomba Cascades and Falls. Much longer trek than we expected! We took an alternate routh to get out of the park and walked back to the hostel. Had to check out by 10 AM. We had enough time before our train to check out another part of the park. We decided to try and find Leura Cascades. It was a long and STEEP climb! Whenever I stopped to take a pic my legs would be shaking. Doesn’t help that they were sore from gym on Friday. The cascades were beautiful and the forest was incredible. That has to be one of my favourite NPs =). Once we all made it out of the valley we headed for the train station. 5.5 hours and 3 trains later we made it back to Newy. I dropped off my stuff and then just chilled in Teds.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sydney/Blue Mountains
The next Saturday (19)
Khema slept over last night and took the 8:30 AM train to Sydney with me, Bridget, and 2 of B’s friends. We parted after lunch in Paddy’s Markets. She went shopping with her friend and I went through the markets with B and the others. I couldn’t find Matti a dingo but I think he’ll like the alternative =). After the markets we headed back to the train station to wait for the train to Katoomba. Another 2 hours on the train and then we checked into our hostel and had a snack. We made up our beds and then set out to Echo Point to see the Three Sisters lit up at night. This was the beginning of our Blue Mountains trip. Walked by a handmade chocolate shop on our way back to the hostel. =) It smelled delicious! It was really unlucky that we would have time tomorrow to go and get any =( . Read a bit of Jane Austen before bed.
Khema slept over last night and took the 8:30 AM train to Sydney with me, Bridget, and 2 of B’s friends. We parted after lunch in Paddy’s Markets. She went shopping with her friend and I went through the markets with B and the others. I couldn’t find Matti a dingo but I think he’ll like the alternative =). After the markets we headed back to the train station to wait for the train to Katoomba. Another 2 hours on the train and then we checked into our hostel and had a snack. We made up our beds and then set out to Echo Point to see the Three Sisters lit up at night. This was the beginning of our Blue Mountains trip. Walked by a handmade chocolate shop on our way back to the hostel. =) It smelled delicious! It was really unlucky that we would have time tomorrow to go and get any =( . Read a bit of Jane Austen before bed.
Dubbo to Newy
Sunday
Woke up early again to drive back to Newy. This time Nattie’s mum drove because she was meeting Nat’s dad in Newy to go to Sydney together. We got there a whole lot quicker! (Nat has green P’s so she can only go 100 kph) We went to the beach a little while after getting back to Newy. It was an interesting trip but still fun in the surf. Had a sleepover in Victoria’s room tonight. I was so tired I didn’t make it through the first 15 mins of the movie! Lol
The next week was full of chillin but the pool with Rhi, random drives with Nat, Macca’s runs with Ben and Emma, a headcold, gym with Henry, and of course going out on Wed with IH and Friday with Teds peeps. Had my last day at gymnastics on Friday =(
Woke up early again to drive back to Newy. This time Nattie’s mum drove because she was meeting Nat’s dad in Newy to go to Sydney together. We got there a whole lot quicker! (Nat has green P’s so she can only go 100 kph) We went to the beach a little while after getting back to Newy. It was an interesting trip but still fun in the surf. Had a sleepover in Victoria’s room tonight. I was so tired I didn’t make it through the first 15 mins of the movie! Lol
The next week was full of chillin but the pool with Rhi, random drives with Nat, Macca’s runs with Ben and Emma, a headcold, gym with Henry, and of course going out on Wed with IH and Friday with Teds peeps. Had my last day at gymnastics on Friday =(
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