HEY GUYS
We know, we know - it has been way to long since our last blog post. Life has been pretty sweet the last few months. But access to internet has been extremely lacking.
I think we left off with ending our trip in Perth. SO after bumming it on Will's floor in the centre of Sydney we rented an apartment in Manly for three weeks during the Christmas holidays. An entire house to ourselves with a gorgeous dog named Bobby! From here we both searched for and landed a job in the area. Christmas was nice but definitely not the same without snow. It is cool to say that we were swimming on Christmas though!
In January we moved out to a sweeeeeetttt house in Dee Why, where Sam works at a beach front restaurant. Our house was a 5 minute walk to work, groceries and the amazing beach and surf. We have taken up surfing, Mike being the only successful one out of the two of us. But it is a challenging blast. The waves are extremely powerful but so invigorating. Nothing like having your sinuses pressure blasted with salt water haha. We lived with four other boys, 2 from Sweden and 2 from Czech Republic and they were awesome to hang out with. We have meet some pretty sweet people here in Dee Why.
Living in Dee Why is like a dream. On a lunch break you can go swim in the ocean and catch some rays. The weather is usually sunny and hot, however some of January had an unusual amount of rainfall. We didn't want to move out of our house but with Sam's parents coming down for a 3 week holiday in February it didn't make sense to keep paying rent while we were off on a roadie. So bye bye beach house
Sam's parents came down February 9th and stayed for three weeks. We rented an amazing campervan and drove up from Sydney as far as Airlie Beach and the WhitSundays, before flying to Melbourne for a few days of city living. The trip was DYNAMITE. The weather was pristine with sun almost everyday. Beautiful beaches during the day (including body boarding across the waves and playing volleyball in the shallows), playing cards and hanging out at night. Fraser Island was a fun day adventure as was sailing and snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef. Oh and Fishing. (we ate the fish we caught thanks to the cooking skills of Mike and Dad and the camp BBQ).The Great Barrier Reef is stunning and it was pretty amazing to be swimming with the fishes, including NEMO fishes! We hit up a few National Parks along the way, some of them including dense subtropical rainforests with the most majestic and enchanted trees we have ever seen. The roads to get there are more intense and adrenaline pumping than many roller coaster rides. The downside was being sucked by the leeches who managed to weasel their way into our shoes and through our pants.
On our adventure we saw Koalas, Kangaroos and Wallabees. Amazing birds. Dad and I had a parrot throwing fruit at us and all of us got to see a baby joey climb out of his mothers pouch. Adorable! No crocodiles though. The markets in Melbourne were massive, similar to Paddy's Market in Sydney.
Sitting here now it is impossible to remember all the amazing things we did but the memories are fond and this trip is proving to be the time of our lives. Just arriving back from our trip and sending Sam's parents off has left us slightly down. It was really nice to have a taste of home. We are currently homeless and on the hunt for a new place. We both still have our previous jobs but are unsure of the hours we will now be receiving. So cross your fingers and pray that everything from now on will be just as amazing as it has been the past few months!!!
Lots of love and missing everyone terribly.
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