After a 1.5 hr plane ride, a 3 hr. layover, a 4 hr. plane ride, a 6 hr. layover, and a 14 hr. plane ride, we finally made it to SYDNEY! Our big plane was a piece-of-crap compared to South African Airways. I have never been so tightly squeezed in my life. I sat next to a woman who had been in Kenya doing the peace corps for 3 yrs., so that was interesting!!
In the Sydney airport we met two guys from Manitoba who has similar plans to our for the month. It was nice to meet people who were doing the same thing to know we aren't the only ones! They helped us find a hostel, and we got a decent deal at a nice place in central Sydney. We walked around a bit our first day, and I went to bed at about 630pm. The funniest part of the day was within a 15 minute period at the park where we saw a car crash and a near lethal tree branch fall on the woman next to us! Our roommate at the hostel was from Germany, and she was very nice. She gave us some great advice about what we should do on our trip.
We got our rail pass taken care of and tomorrow we head up to Queensland to spend New Year's with my friend at a family beach house. Sounds real rough. I am excited, although the 11-hr train ride will be hectic. Then we go to Brisbane for a few days, and hopefully we will make it up to the great barrier reef!
Right now we are in an Internet cafe. We just met a cool guy from San Diego. I have to go now so Tara can get online. Pictures to come soon!
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