Australia

So we woke up at 6 o'clock to get to North Parade in Adelaide city to join the Anzac day ceremony. I dunno what the hack is going on but im bloody tired and cold and really not keen on going. but when we do get there a bit after 7... There are a massive crowd of true Australians, old, young, kids and even babies! and an orchestra, Australian flags and flower settings all over and handsome soldiers in their proper uniforms. What is this then? why is everyone here? Its another public holiday so people should be sleeping right. But here they all are standing in the cold singing the one and only "National Anthem" I know better than my own; 'Walzing Mathilda'... Or its actually Australia's most widely known folk song, but it is considered to be some sort of National Anthem. This is the day when you honour the soldiers that fought during war, so its peaceful and respectful and very Australian. This is definately something every Aussie should do, wake up early on a day off and walk to wherever they keep the ceremony and also have the massive breakfast me, Jase, Corey and his family had.

if you see closely you can spot the Australian flags there

me

pose

Then it all followed by feeding some ducks....

ay check out who's boat I found

ducks

feeding a duck

exploring Adelaide

and the pretty native black swans, perfect for Anzac day and everything

the whole family

ok too many bird pictures. sorry



this was during the 'over 2 hour long' parade. funny looking people there

and two Adelaide boys grumping because theres no local beer

So once again im in a wildlife park in Australia with Jason, a must when youre here! well, im not saying you have to go to a wildlife park with Jason but he's good with the camera so why not

entering the park

some sort of mousy thing welcoming us. these were running around everywhere





and the dingo ground

voffsen

Pelle Pelikan there



feeding the kangaroos

baby one

well hello


legendary tasmanian devil

heavy, smelly and scratchy? soft, cuddly and happy... my kinda bear.

alright, holiday ahead here guys. A special easter coming up as well. this is the 17th easter spent here at Point Lowly for Jason and his family. And this is the last one, so lets make it special! And for you who dont know about this place scroll down a bit and you'll see some nice pictures taken during sunset. Point Lowly is near Whyalla. nearly five hours drive north east from Adelaide. I can see the water from here.. and i like it. i like it a lot! im going fishing, hell yeah!

lezz catch 'em big ones aaaight

check it out. i actually caught one

sorry mate

we like fish dont we..

pretty sunsets here

first sunset was amazing

second one was pretty damn amazing

the lighhouse

late at night..

I like the fire and the boy with the guitar. he's keeping us all entertained here (mamma det aer pojkvaennen min)

I joined some of the family traditions as well. Building a sandcastle. uhm, "castle". no structual integrity here..

Just before we are leaving the dolphin family decides to swim across

check it out. might need glasses for the extreme close up. it's just above my head there.

im driving on the "wrong side" of the road. and in the car. this is freaky..

and just before we are leaving Jason wanted a selfpic

cute

are we ready to hit the road yet?

i always wanted to join the army... uhm. not so sure if this is what its about

after the crushing news from Maria, giving us two weeks notice, 5 more weeks in Melbs, we have to leave "Eureka Tower" where are we gonna go dude? we absolutely adore our place! and where else than in hostels will someone let us stay for 3 weeks? cause we are so done with those places! well we girls always have a solution for everything right, no matter what. thats why i love this girl! so... if it wasnt for my precious Ida's crazy drunk behavior one night in our fabulous casino next doors, we wouldnt be in Carnegie at this very moment. where we even have our own room. 75 dollars a week (thats $100 less rent than in eureka, HEUREKA!) the only problem is the leaking roof. yup. dont like rainy days these days. several nights sleeping with pots and pans in my bed waking up with wet bed linen. gotta tell ya, not a nice feeling the first thing in the morning! oh, another thing is the busy train-line that runs just outside our house. something we dont appreciate, especially on a day off when the first local trains get their asses on fire. arrrrgh!

here we are. the blue one. My room is the window to the right and the left one is Ida's. We love the store downstairs. 50% off anything. i think she said that. hmm...

we love the dark little secrets about this city: "the cozy mysterious chocolate restaurants". and here we are in one with some working mates.

Ida's and Kajsa's cooking adventures

hard rock crew (our office)

here we are in our lovely uniforms at work. this here is the kitchen where I work.

and the kitchen where Ida works, also her last shift. gee, the cutest chef i've ever seen!

"one last night in Hard Rock"

after several farewell nights spent here in Hard Rock melbourne, this is definately the last one. ready to leave with mi backpack all set with the small goodie bags i got for leaving pressie to keep it real in Adelaide. Wicked.

well, who wouldnt be excited about chopped parsley and plain flour hah?

after all the sizzle dizzle dazzle hassle plane ticket bookings I finally made it here! Three days off from work on an island with my really really good friend Fraser, yay! Definately a good holiday ahead!

First day we drove up to Port Arthur. Before we got there we stopped for some quality kodak moments.. prettyyy!


this was actually taken on our way home, the place was called; "devil's kitchen" wonder what they cook here??

So Port Arthur. A place where the first convicts were dropped off to first become prisoners and then... (excuse mi French...) get killed. autch. so many people were killed here. Gives me the creeps just walking around here...


and some more scenery... and a loose prisoner if you watch closely

self pic time

It was such a long day so we took off back to Fraser's other place (summer house) where I met the rest of the wonderful family and the cutest puppy dog ever not to mention the two cozy cats I so wanted to steal. Tomorrow we are cruisin' to wineglass bay... zzz...

aaaaay

wanna see me do a backflip off this rock... 1...-2...!!!... uhm.... ?

the beach where we saw dolphins. weren't lucky enough to catch them on camera

someone left a message for me in the sand... aww

now what in the name of....? something Fraser had to check up on everytime we ran into this weird slime sea creature(s)

we are not that creative when it comes to taking photos :-P

and the wallaby thought to come and say hello

a closer look

Later on the same evening....

Here we are. Emma, me, Matt, Fraser and Simo. What I love about travelling! Even if we all met on the other side of the world in a busy big cosmopolitan city called London nearly a year ago, here we are again, in Tasmania, Australia. Awesome!

there are no more surprises for me. we met mama possum and the baby on our way back home from the pub. a bit disappointed i didnt run into a tasmanian devil though

Cadbury chocolate factory

mmm... chocolate.

cyber santa... hihihih!!

cant get enough of these sexy hair-nets!