For our last night in Sydney we went to Hard Rock on Darling Harbour. I think we stayed there for almost 4 hours. I’ve never had so much fun in a restaurant my whole life. We ate, laughed, drank and just ate too much. That’s why it was so fun, everyone was so full. I couldn’t walk straight after. But omg the food was just amazing. Best night in a long time.


Waiting for our table.

Johans

Malene

Walking too our car

Driving over the Harbour Bridge to find a place to sleep for the night.

Our third day in Sydney we decided to just relax, go to Bondi Beach and eat at Hard Rock afterwards. The two previous days we stressed around trying to do everything at once. We really needed this day! Bondi Beach was amazing. Super popular, gigantic waves and the finest sand. I really liked it there. The parking was a little bit too expensive though:P

At night the second day after the Tower Eye we went down to the park for Sydney Festival. I’m so glad we got there when it was a festival. Just the atmosphere was amazing, so many people. They only played classic music though. But we didn’t care, we enjoyed ourself so much.



Johans, Morten and me.

The lady needed help getting her wine open.

Malene

The weather the second day got better and better. So we went up in the Tower Eye to see Sydney from a different angle. We payed $20 to get up, it was sorta worth it just to have been there and seen the city from above. But we didn’t stay for very long. Here’s some photos I took:

The Tower.

In Sydney we decided that we wanted to check out some exhibitions. So we went to a visitor center and got a recommendation for MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), where Australia’s first solo exhibition by the interactive artists, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, were showing. It was really interesting. You could go around an contribute to all the installations.

The pulse room. Each light bulb is a persons pulse. In the other end of the room there was two metal pipes you could hold on to. When you did, the whole room went black, except for the light bulb in front of you, which showed your pulse. When the next person came your light bulb moved one step forward and so on. I wonder if my light bulb is still there.

The second room we came to was full of measuring tapes. When you stood in front of them they started going up, until they where too long to stand up, then they would fall.

Photo 1: A room filled with old-style microphones. If you said something to one of them it would play back something totally different that the person before you said.
Photo 2: This was a long TV screen showing you if you stood in front of it, and if you stood there long enough you’re eyes light up and smoke comes out of them.

I didn’t quite understand this installation. The screen showed thousands of small photos. Some of you and some of others before you. I think the small images where supposed to show some kind of shape.

This room had a microphone in the end of the light stripe where you could sing or just say something and the sound would change into light waves.

The last room we went to had tons of fingerprints all over. You could put your finger into a little whole in the wall and it would sorta photograph it and measure your pulse. Weird room, almost a little gross.

I really enjoyed the exhibition. If you’re in the area it’s absolutely worth a trip. It will be up till February 12.

It was raining when we woke up the second day in Sydney. The plan was to go to Bondi Beach, but we decided to go see more of the city instead. When we got to the Rocks there were tons of tents and people everywhere. Every Saturday and Sunday they have a market in the Rocks. I love walking around and seeing all the weird/beautiful/cool stuff they got.


Cute small books.


Clock necklace with some cute decorations.



Malene, right in front of the restaurant we ate at the day before.

We used the whole first day to just walk around and discover the city. It is so big. After the Opera house took a walk through the park, then up to the Government house and down to the city and George street all the way to the Rocks. I really liked the Rocks. The streets there are so nice and there are tons of great restaurants. We ended up eating at an Italian place, with live music and an amazing environment.

Johnas on one of the huge trees in the Botanic garden.

Cutest bird!

The Rocks

Johnas

Malene

Me

Morten

Aussie pizza:)

The restaurant

Of course we had to go check out the famous opera house. You don’t go to Sydney without visiting the Opera house. It’s really popular. So many people everywhere. I was kinda surprised, cause it was smaller than I imagined. But really a spectacular building!

Photo from the Rocks.

Malene and me. Can you see Johnas in the background there?:P

Morten and Johnas.


Beautiful view over the city.

So we finally arrived in Sydney after almost 14 hours in the car. We probably chose the longest way, but we got to see Canberra. Also we started the journey all the way down in Lorne, which is a couple of hours from Melbourne the opposite direction of Sydney. Finding a parking space in Sydney city is the hardest thing. We drove around for almost an hour searching for a spot. We found one in the end just under the Harbour Bridge, The Rocks. The bridge is so gigantic and really beautiful. Here are some photos:

Taken from our parking space at the Rocks.



From the Opera house. Photos of the Opera will be up next:)

As I said earlier, on our way to Sydney we decided to drive through Canberra, Sydney’s capital. I was really excited actually. But there was nothing to be excited about. Only the Parliament maybe, but it turned out to be just a beautiful building and that’s all it was. Inside they had tons of Australian history, which I find kinda boring. I know, I should be interested and stuff, but I’m just not. I’m glad we stopped though, cause now I can say that I’ve been there.

Hey guys. Yesterday was a bad day. Everyone was hungover from Australia Day the day before. I went to the beach to work on my tan, fell asleep and got a little sunburned. Then I was half asleep the rest of the day. Very fun. Not. Well, I’m better today and I’m maybe gonna try the beach again. It’s Johnas’ last day here in Melbourne. He’s gonna fly back home to Norway at 11:59 pm tonight.

Anyway, here some more photos from our trip. This is from when we headed up to Sydney. We decided to drive through Canberra instead of taking the road by the ocean. We drove ALL day, except that we went surfing in Lorne in the morning. This was probably the most boring day we had (except from the surfing of course). I was so sore after all those hours in the car.

A parrot (or maybe a white cocka is more correct:P) in Lorne. He was posing from me.

The coolest house ever. It’s in the middle of Lorne and Anglesea.

Morten:)

Photo of Melbourne, from when we drove past it on our way to Sydney.

We drove till around 3 am, when Johnas started getting tired, so we stopped at this little place off the road to get some sleep.

Everyone eating breakfast before we started driving again.

We drove a different way back from the Twelve Apostles, so that we could see the waterfall and more of Australia. When we got out from the rainforest we met this amazing view. We just had to stop to take some photos. Unreal view! There was actually a farm just on the other side of the road. I’m so jealous of the owners:P

Back from the waterfall we bumped into this little guy. I tried to get close enough to get a good photo, but she got scared and jumped away. There was actually a little baby in her pocket. Probably really protective of it.

Happy Australia day everyone! Hope you’re having a good day:) We’re gonna barbecue really soon and then go out in St Kilda probably. The guys are already a bit drunk:P That’s what happens when you start at 6 am.

Me today! Dress from Sportsgirl. I’ll show you a better picture another day.

After Wreck Beach we went to Forest Beech to look for some waterfalls. We found Beauchamp Waterfall, which was an hour walk into the rainforest. I sorta hate walking in the forest. But it was so worth the while when we got there. The waterfall was amazing. So beautiful!