Lying on the sofa in the hostel whilst Daniel is making some noodles. "Luckily" gluten allergy is more common here than I expected and the shelf with gluten free products at the supermarket is bigger here than at ICA. 

I realized while I was re-packing my rucksack that (my cousin) Jodie has an Australian number and I have loads of credit to use, so I gave her a call. It was so much fun catching up! We will see her when we get to Sydney! 

We might go to a bar later and listen to some live music. Got an early start tomorrow with our flight to Alice Springs. Can not wait to go on the Rock Tour and visit Uluru, Kings Canyon and Kata Tjuta. We'll see if I can handle my immense fear for spiders whilst sleeping in the outback....

- Nastasja

Daniel on the tram on the way to Glenelg - the beachy part of Adelaide. 

We were picked up by my grandmother's sister and her husband for lunch in Port Adelaide. They treated us to a lovely lunch at the restaurant you can see in the third picture. We're up in a light house taking these photos. 

At the craziest two-storey Sunday market. I would have loved some of the kitchen stuff and old books from there. 

The light house. 

A different kind of latte - a piccolo. Same amount of coffee but less milk. According to the guy selling it, ha. 





Just a perfect warm evening spent in Glenelg. We had shorts all day and are expecting 31 degrees tomorrow too! 

- Nastasja

Before checkout we ate breakfast with the two German girls in our room, Noreen and Louise, and the Italian guy, Alberto, we met yesterday at the hostel. After we'd packed everything we walked aaaalllll the way between Waymouth and Wakefield - not a long distance unless you are carrying two heavy backpacks and other stuff. So, we're spending two nights at Backpack Oz (where Julia and I stayed two years ago) and are waiting for check-in. We're staying in a 12-bed dorm. Wonder if there are any snorers there? At 12.30 we're meeting my nan's sister and her husband in Glenelg, by the sea, for lunch. 

It's supposed to be 27 degrees today, wohooooo!

- Nastasja

HEY!

 

We've just bought ourselves membership cards for $2 each (~12kr) at an Internet cafe called Peterpans; we can then use them in all the Peterpan cafes in Australia. The wifi is too expensive at the hostel so we've just used whatever has been free on the streets.

 

Yesterday we wanted to go to Gorge Wildlife Park but the only way of getting there was through a privatised guided tour which we didn't want. We were adviced to visit Cleland Wildlife Park instead so we hopped on a bus and got off at a small.... town? village? called Crafers. It reminded me so much of Marback, except it was about 1/4 of its size, haha. What they didn't tell us in town was that there only were two busses from Crafers to the wildlife park so we had two hours to kill before the next bus. We drank a pale ale each at the pub (of course there was a pub!) and then ate a massive burger at the coffee shop across the road.

 

It was bloody freezing at the park but the animals were lovely to see. We fed kangaroos, patted a koala (that's the best thing with Gorge Wildlife Park - the koala hold is free, at this place it was $30) and just enjoyed a day out. After a long bus trip back to the hostel we were so happy to see that our bags had arrived! Yesterday's shower was the best ever. After a meal consisting of chipolates and mash I was shattered and fell asleep.

 

We're sharing our dorm with two German girls that are really nice, the third German girl left this morning. The final residant is an Indian guy who SNORES so loud that none but one of the other girls could sleep the first night. I have never heard such a noise in my life!

 

We're off to find Australian sim cards today and are going to book our last two nights before we leave for Alice Springs on Tuesday morning for our 3 day and 2 night Rock Tour.

 

Laters!

 

- Nastasja

Soligt är det med!

Bring on the new HIMYM episode!

- Nastasja

Vi hann knappt checka in innan vi fick veta att flyget var en timme försenat. Vi har två timmar på oss på Heathrows mobsterflygplats. Att ta sig från terminal 5 till 1 på EN timme nu istället och att bagaget hinner flyttas med verkar bli lite smått stressigt. Men så länge vi kommer med ska det gå bra. De viktigaste sakerna har vi ändå i handbagaget.

- Nastasja

P.S

Vi har haft problem med kommentarerna då det tydligen kommer upp att de måste godkännas innan de publiceras. Har fixat det nu så det ska bara vara att kommentera på! Puss!

Nastasja hittade en rolig sida såhär några timmar innan vi ska åka

 

 

Det som sägs i de nya reglerna, är att man endast får ta med 50g tobak in i landet (Australien) utan att behöva deklarera detta och betala sjuka summor för lite mungodis.

 

Så att, det, o så,, tur man inte snusar, sa någon, nån gång

 

Vi har förberett så hemskt mycket inför resan i tid och haft flera tillfällen att pusta ut emellanåt. Men det blir alltid lika fullspäckat med saker att fixa dagen innan man åker; nödlösning med linser, uppdatera telefoner, kopiera papper, överföra filer, ladda batterier, borsta tänderna på katten, leta efter skit som man vetat länge att man ska packa, men man har inte en aning om vart det ligger. osv.. Sista svetten ska ut i bastun ikväll sen fixa vidare!

/DD

FINALLY the blog is up after a week's brainstorming for a good name. Here we'll be uploading everything that we're up to on the other side of the world. At the moment we're in the final stages of fixing stuff. The rucksacks are unpacked and I am a bit worried about how I am going to survive without my straighterners. Time will tell.

 

Laters!

 

- Nastasja