Oz Begins

Sunday, November 07, 2010 Katie and Taylor
After a few chill out days in Sandakan we were all set for our adventure to Oz. We flew to KL in the morning and caught an evening flight to the Gold Coast (south of Brisbane). We arrived in Coolangatta on the day of the Melbourne cup – a national holiday for a horse race for those of you who don’t know - and settled into our hostel on the beach. It was a stunning day so we lazed around the beach watching surfers before watching the horse race in the afternoon. As usual our horse (appropriately named Harris Tweed) was leading the whole way until the last few seconds where he seemed to give up and lost us our money, oh well. After finding everything on my checklist (nachos, Kopperberg and sun dried tomatoes) at lunch we headed to a local bar for a few drinks in the evening. Drunken women started fighting in the bar and were causing a scene so were asked to leave, we scored some free drinks for that so we were quite happy to watch the show!


We only stopped in Coolangatta for one night before our flight to Sydney the next day so were sad to leave the sunny skies behind for rainy Sydney. The weather wasn’t too bad, typical summer in Scotland so we had a wander around the city avoiding the showers. We had 3 days in Sydney and managed to pack in a lot of sights including, Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, the Rocks and its night market, Darling Harbour, Kings Cross the Botanical Gardens and Hyde Park. We were also treated to a fantastic lunch thanks to my cousin and his wife and managed to squeeze in some shopping too. There was a travellers expo on at the town hall over the weekend which had everything you needed to plan a trip and lots of free stuff so we went to see what we could find. We both won a cruise on Lake Taupo in NZ, given free beer and got some really good deals on hostels and food on our way up the East coast of Oz so left with our free hot dog lunch very happy. The next step was getting a car so we headed to the car market to find a good deal. We ended up on Gumtree and found a great deal so on Wednesday we will be the proud owners of a 1998 Ford Falcon Stationwagon and she/he needs a name if you’ve got any good ideas let us know!



Before we pick up the car we have a few days at Bondi Beach and a night a Taronga Zoo. The sun has come out for us so Bondi is mobbed but it’s a great place to relax and maybe try to surf.
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