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RTW 2002/03: Australia

Andreas Mayer
2005-12-04 10:59:42

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Introduction

Why did I go travelling this time, at the age of 28 when most people are getting married/ a mortgage/kids etc.? Unlike last time I was not really escaping work, running away from a very stressful job. I was quite settled in fact (though now I know that I was settled in the wrong things). Work was OK, at times quite enjoyable, my house good, though increasingly the mess was annoying me, I was starting to get healthy (up to the Munich beer festival anyway). So things were pretty OK and I could have kept going and yet I went since for me travelling always seems better than staying at home. Winter in the UK sucks, no matter what…so the plan was…go to Australia with Alison for four weeks, after two of those weeks meet my dad for 10 weeks, then go to New Zealand and meet JD for 3 weeks before coming home on my own via the Cook Islands, Fiji and the States. Budget was £6000 for 6 months away.

Going away was OK, it was bad timing with regards to Billy who knows what will happen when I get back? But I got a good sending off, paid for drinks at work at lunch time, then went out to Covent Garden and all my house came + JD and some people from work. Had a nice dinner with my flatmates the night before I left and they all chipped in for a huge breakfast that Alex cooked in the morning. Alison came to my place and, hung over and a bit stoned, we went to the airport (thanks for driving Charlotte, thanks for coming Billy) to catch a flight to OZ.

Australia East Coast (5/11/02-4/12/02)

Sydney (7 days)

Arrived in Sydney after a long but uneventful flight via Singapore. We talked to some Canadian guy who immigrated to Sydney and was loving the place.And it was pretty cool. We did the usual things I guess, walked around Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, the Rocks, took the ferry to Manly Beach (nice) and the ...