Australia
Introducing Hels to the Land Down Under:
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We arrived in Sydney for a 2 week surprise visit to Tyler’s family home after being away for over 1yr.
6:50am we land and are greeted by Tyler’s stepdad Raihe. We drive down to Wollongong where Tyler lives and go to his mum’s work to surprise her. Now no one wants to here about all that surprise surprise lovey dovey business so we will skip all that haha.
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After all the meet and greets we go to bed jet lagged and exhausted! THEN I wake Hel’s up the next morning at 6am & made her run down to the beach with me to jump in the water to wake her up.... ( we have a big day ahead of us). We dry off and jump in the car where I drive her to another beach where I surprise her with a skydive over it!!! She was scared out of her mind but thats all part of the fun. (check out the Video in our “video’s” section)
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WE SURVIVED!!! We jump in the car again and now head up to Sydney and do all the touristy things, we visit the Sydney harbour bridge, the Opera House, we go on a ferry around the harbour, a million and 1 photos and all the ice cream you can imagine.. And beer to wash it down of course.
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Heading back to Wollongong where a group of my mates meet us at the beach, surfboards in hand, Jetski’s in the crystal clear blue water, tunes going and drinks all round. WHAT A DAY!!!! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!
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I worked for a few days here and there earthmoving to try and replenish the bank account (unsuccessful) and loved every second! God it was good top be back digging holes and playing in the dirt like a kid again.... BUT
I’ll cut to the chase....we also:
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Took a day to head down to Ulladulla and visit our friend from banff Chloe. if you haven’t already been, GO! Ulladulla & Mollymook is unreal.
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Spent a weekend in Sydney with Helena’s friends who came to visit from Adelaide.
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Coogee to bondi walk incl starting with the best Pina Colada in the world from the Coogee Pavillion
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Stand-up Paddle boarding at “the farm”
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Hiked mountains - where Helena got her first tick haha
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Beers at every Pub (Jamberoo pub was our favourite - and they loved to hear our story that we had seen their sticker in the most remote pub in Scotland)
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Beats & Eats music festival
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Aus-X open Supercross
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Nan Tien temple
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Enjoyed Helena’s first Aussie BBQ
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We had an awesome time!! we spent 6 weeks exploring around, lounging & doing yoga on the beach and by the pool, eating all the food and drinking all the drinks, hiking up mountains and driving around the coast. Life is good.
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We also headed to Bali for 2 weeks with Helena’s family in the middle of our time in Australia (see the Bali page for the trip).
Next stop: JAPAN!
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