Kite Festival & Art About

There was a Kite Festival at Bondi Beach a few weeks ago. I didn't get many photos, but there were SO MANY people there. (I'm pretty sure I haven't posted about this yet?) Anyway, here's two pictures. 

#selfie

Sydney is hosting some  kind of art festival for the next month and we went out to the kickoff event. It's called Art About. 

But first! look at the little mini-coke. It's so cute. Unfortuntely, there are no name Cokes in Australia >:(

Food!

Cooked on the grill of a car (get it? ) 

2-decker antique bus that was free during the event. We road it in a little circuit around a little bit of Sydney. 

On a side note, I met the creator of RideSurf, which is a service like Uber or Lyft that I'd already used 2 times. So that was kinda cool.

Apparently that 2-decker bus' business has been around since 1830.  

Have ya'll met Manny? Say hi. 

Have some random pictures: 

This is one of a few awesome things on the wall of a super-cheap bar we go to a lot.

This was a southern-food restaurant we went to for Taina's birthday. It was good, but clearly only imitation, not the real thing. I liked the sign though.

This was on the wall at Miss Peaches.  :)

So I leave in 2 days for Thailand. To assuage worries, my flight numbers on the way there (9/27):
      Sydney to Kuala Lumpur: MH0142
      Kuala Lumpus to Bangkok: MH0782

On the way back (10/4):
     Koh Samui to Bangkok: PG0136
     Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur: MH0775
     Kuala Lumpar to Sydney: MH0123

I have no idea of I'll have Internet while I'm there, but it'll be spotty at best. I'm not going anywhere where I'll be at risk for malaria or yellow fever or anything so no worries. 

Field Trip!

Yo. Life is good. have some pictures

View from the bus terminal over Darling Harbor. I know it's not good. but it was pretty when I was there

Coogee Beach

Selfie where I look like Courtney

post surfing #selfie

I bruised my foot. Feel sorry for me. 

well this is upside down. But it's minced kangaroo meat that I made spaghetti with. It was alright. A friend made Kangaroo steaks and they were delicious.

I went on a field trip with Marine class today. I had to get up at 6am :/  But then I went on a trip while I was in that region to Royal National Park.

Train station! Meet Emily and Edward

Train!

We went all along the bay taking sediment samples. I spotted dolphins at this point which made everyone very excited. It rained most of the time. 

idk...trees...

Boat!

this is about the size of my fist. Just a thing on a tree. there were a ton of them. Australia is weird. 

can't decide if I should cut my hair... I really like this picture. 

There was a little bit of walkway but it was mostly rock or sand. 

I could see really far

There were some cool dunes here

from the top of a Dune

also from the top of a dune

lots of little pools filled with little creatures

no idea what this was. 

I'm pretty proud of this picture

the way back we took a different path that was basically a road. Still pretty. 

We went far. 

shark!

Emily had a go-pro, so I wore it for a while. Hopefully I'll get some video uploaded at some point.

Lastly, probably my favorite picture from the trip:

I'm still a little sick but I don't care. Life is awesome. I went to the beach 3 times this week and am probably going again tomorrow. :)

Little different things

Here's a list of tiny differences: 

- the roads don't have double lines. They have them near turns or intersections, but then it just goes to dotted lines, like between lanes. 

- Burger King is called Hungry Jacks. I've been told there was already a restaurant (chain?) here called Burger King. 

- crosswalk times: they don't hardly give me enough time to cross. I have no idea how old people don't die. 

- no paper towels. In bathrooms or dining halls. 

- dual flush on every single toilet 

- so much slang. Which I knew before I came down here. But still. I think 'zed' instead of 'zee' surprises me the most every time. 

P.s. Have I mentioned how great it is to live in a city? It's so great. Public transport can get you anywhere and you can find absolutely whatever you want because there's just so much stuff. I miss the farms, but this is pretty awesome too

P. P.s. I am aware of the currently heightened terrorist threat both abroad an locally in Australia. I will try to post either here or on Facebook more often to help put minds at ease. But seriously, I don't wonder far from campus or tourist areas. No worries :)