Ok, so much for bite size blogs. I think were a week past our last post so heres Mandy for some recaping.
Friday the 13th-
Today was our big day for Koala's I mean we couldn't leave Australia without seeing them!! We went to the Koala Sanctuary just 30 minutes out of town. It was voted last year as one of the top ten zoos in the world! They had over 135 Koalas and chris and I got to touch a few, and I couldn't resist so I had to pay to hold one!!!!! THe zoo had a lot of birds, dingo, wombat, tasmanian devil, and KANGAROOS!! We got to pet the kangaroos they were really tame and really really lazey. One had a baby in her pouch and we took way too many pics. WE also got a slobbery kiss from one of the sheep herding dogs! After we went on the City Cat (a ferry that travels on the river), watched a free jazz band in the park, and searched for cheap food (not easy in the city) we finally found a place that had $6 steaks! Great last day in Brisbane!
Sat the 14th
Today we had some time to kill, so we went to the museum again and took picutres. Jordan and Melissa you would appreciate the ones we took of a cut out of dinos chasing each other!!! Our faces in the cut outs are so funny chris says I look constipated!!!! Chris went to a few art museums as well and we just relaxed before we had to go to the airport. Chirs got crapped on by a bird today, all over his arm hahaha it was really funny especially since he wa giving me crap about taking so long right before it happened!! Not much happened today we said goodbye to the warm weather and our tans and journedy to New Zealand!!!
Sun 15th
WE got into our hotel like at 1am sooo dam tired but we made it. OUr hotel had a giagantic kiwi on top of it (i was too tired to take a pic but it was pretty ridiculous). We woke up and almost missed our bus. In fact we had 2minutes to fun with our heaving backpacks on and somehow made it in time. WE met some great locals on the bus. We tried to tell the bus driver where the heck we wanted to go, but all the dam names of everything in NZ are so similar and nothing is pronoucned the way it is spelled (emma I am sure you experienced this!!!) we had some help from these locals on the bus though and they have us a map and directions. The friendliest people we have ever met probably. THen we jumped off the bus and literally went to the other side of the street and caught the next one (we were seconds from missing this one too) Got off and had to walk a ways to get to our campervan called the SPACESHIP!!! after a couple of hours we were on our way. A little crazy the van is bulky and everything is backwards down here. Poor chris i made him drive first had we at blinkers, wipers, and lights all going crazy at once haha it was really funny, until I had to drive!!!! It was a little hard to get use to but we are getting better. It was a little stressful bc the first place we drove through was Auckland (big city, and lots of one ways, no parking) we got stuck in a parking garage and had to pay $4 dam dollars just for entering funny now but at the time we were a little annoyed. WE went grocery shopping (figured out that no one knows what a grocery store is, it is called a super market oops my bad!!) and finally made it out of the city to Uretti where we camped. WE got a little lost on the way and a nice man showed us where to go. (everyone here is so friendly I love it!!) We made our first meal in the campervan, which was really fun. THe van is small but has everything you need stragetically packed and put togehter its pretty well! By this point we were so tired and went to bed It had been a really long day.
Mon 16th Uretti -> Ruakaka Beach-> Waterfalls->Bay of Islands
After checking out we went to our first beach, Ruakaka beach, which was right next to the campground. It was like our own private beach, there were two other people and it was so awesome. The mix of blue water, jagged mountain islands, and rain forest make for quite the sight when set behind your typical beach scene. After breakfast we headed north toward our destination, The Bay of Islands, which is the top right corner of NZ. The drive up was nice, we stopped at a scenic 30M waterfall. THe landscape here is incredible, its like if Bolivia and Ireland had a baby that grew up to be an adrenaline junky whos favorite movie is Jurrasic Park. We got to our destination, booked a sailing trip that swims with dolphins for the next day, made dinner at a park on the beach, and found a parking lot to park in for the nite.
Tuesday 17th Bay of islands
Today we decided to switch our tour from a full day of sailing to an overnite allinclusive cruise for the following day. We parked above the bay off the greens at a golf course and cooked breakfast against the million dollar view. We went on a hike afterward to a viewpoint of the bay. At this point i think its been 3 days without a shower so we were getting desperate. We found a public pool for a swim and very long communal showers. Feeling much better now we had another scenic dinner and a beer at a local fishermans bar with huge marlin everywhere. The Chomos' would have loved this barn not to mention the whole town.
Were still way behind on the posts and we have been soooo busy. Its pretty tough getting internet but we will do our best.
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