First days Australia

I arrived in Sydney and checked the city out a bit and partied on the hostel.

After two nights I went north to get to Brisbane. Trains and busses here are expensive but there were some carpooling offers and I actually found a cheap one for just 20$ to Brisbane! (Trains are 90 and busses even more)

The driver, Calum, was a super friendly Aussie and we had a great journey together. He invited me to his place in Airlie, a small place 850km north of Brisbane. I actually might go there because there are cool places on the way, not sure yet.

There was a French dude with me carpooling and he was traveling SUPER light!

We didn't make it in one day up to Brisbane and stopped in Byron Bay which is a very famous Beach town. Apparently they get there waves that are 10 meter and higher. The beach which I visited that evening was calm though.

Arriving the next day in Brisbane, I met with my aunt, Dani, downtown where she works and dropped off my luggage. She took a break from work, gave me a very warm welcome and showed me a local park. Then I went to discover the city on my own. Brisbane has a system for renting bikes that costs 5$ for a month and lets me use the cities bikes for free then. Needless to say, I registered immediately and went by bike!

Overall the city is super green, which I enjoy a lot.

Later that day I met with Dani again, going home with her and meeting up with Oluf, my uncle. I didn't take a selfie yet but will present them to you in the next blog 👍 I don't have many plans yet for the future but will definitely spend some time here.

The next day, today, I slept super good. Finally a room for myself again, a super comfy bed and silence all the time. I did some shopping and will eat the next days great selfmade food. Today I started with oatmeal, Greek yogurt, frozen berries and honey. Later I went to a couch surfing barbeque. Brisbane has electric, public barbeque places which are cleaned on daily basis and very well maintained, it's amazing!

On the get-together I met three guys who went for geo-caching and I spontaneously joined. It was around this beautiful place!

And I'm afraid that's it already again from me. Oluf has a sailing boat and we will probably go on a sailing trip tomorrow, do some snorkeling and return the next day - I'm already pretty excited ☺️

Oh and the heat here. It is "just" 33°C but feels way hotter. People are honestly surprised when I tell them that I walked midday 15 minutes to the supermarket. And admittedly I sweated a lot. When waiting for a traffic light to become green I hid in it's shadow 😂

Anyway, so far so good, 

Laurin