melbourne is just Sydney all over again, as a result, we don't really find it that attractive, in fact it is even more sydneyish than sydney itself. by that i mean, sydney is all about it's culture, arts, museums, cool looking buildings. i think melbourne has even more of it. we checked out an art gallery here and were bored out of our mind within 2 mintues, we are officially sight seeinged out. don't get me wrong, it is a sweet place and has a great downtown with lots of pubs, cafe's and jawdropping scenery, we're just over it. federation square is pretty cool, used to be an old rail yard that has been converted into this uber modern array of abstract steel structured buildings that house, you guessed it, galleries, museums and cinema. last night darcy and i just chilled in one of the covered promenades over a good beer (pepsi for darcy) check fbook for pics. right now we're staying with this guy called PUD, he's a big aussie dude, lives an alternate lifestyle but is a sweet dude. bin good to get some free accomodation and have a house to chill in. the other night we had a bbq which was awesome, something we haven't done since byron bay. he also took us out in the fishin boat for a quick spin the other night as he just got it fixed and needed to test run it. let darcy and i run it for a bit, not too difficult but still good times.
before this (sorry, i'm a terrible backwards storyteller) we spent a couple days on the Oz experience bus again with our ADD driver forest. this took us from sydney down to melboure, we got dropped off in canberra to visit a couple guys we met in surfers, canberra is not hightly regarded in australia although i must say it is a really nice city, it is primarily a university and government town and was actually designed completely before hand by an american guy. as a result the town feels like seattle with wide streets, lots of green space etc. i think that's why we liiked it. although it is true that it is a pretty quiet city, despite being 300,000 strong. sydney and melbourne hate it cuz they were both competing to be the capital and so parliament just decided to build a brand new city and had a competition to design one, thus canberra was born. k so back to our mates, we crashed at their dorm for a couple nights and i just relived my uni days during exams for a bit. was a good feeling not to have the stress everyone else had though. checked out the war memorial in canberra which is huge and elaborate. had some great cafeteria food and hung out there chattin for hours, just like the old days. after canberra we got picked up again and bussed the rest of the way, stopping at Mt. Kosiosko. This is where the skiing is done in australia, we did an amazing hike that took us to the highest point in australia, i even used the highest toilet in australia, which was on the mountain, yup cool story i know. being on the mountain and chairlifts made darcy and i really homesick for snowboarding and can't wait for the season back home. the next day on the trip we stopped at Wilson's promontory national park, but darcy and i and forest just went for a surf session rather than checking things out, the waves were big though so it was tough.
so yah anyway before that we were in sydney, like i said before, just a lot of site seeing, we did go up the sydney tower and had some fun taking pictures through the telescope, we also bought ourselves a pair of australian boxer breifs while we were up there. we've kind of been on a bit of a binge lately on concerts and shows, in 5 days we went to two concerts and a cirque du soleil performance, we went to a seether concert that darcy wanted, basically just spent the whole time in the mosh pit, pushing and shoving for position, i didn't really focus on the music much but it was a fun little challenge to try and stay close to the front of the stage. the other concert was Xavier Rudd, a local australian artist who uses lots of local instruments in his music, was a good concert but more chill for sure, then in Canberra (i hop around again, sorry) we went to the cirque performance, paid $120 for our seats, ouch, but it was amazing and a great time. anyway there's a ton more but we have to go back to pud's we're gonna have another bbq and then go out on the town once, we haven't gone out for a while so it should be fun. enjoy and like i said, check fb for some new pics, still missing there are our skydiving pics and those from the seether concert.
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I'm sure what you paid for the Cirque seats were worth it. They never disappoint. I can relate to overdosing on culture, though; especially art. After a while one painting looks the same as the next. Even the Mona Lisa is not impressive.
Even if I never saw another piece of art the Mona Lisa would still not impress me....ugly frowning woman....no color to it either. Ok enough about paintings I am so jelouse of the Cirque seats....I want to go again so bad!! Well I am glad you are getting tired of Australia cuz we don't want you to stay there permanently you know! Come home after all your surfing and exploring please!! Miss you both.
I have to confess, me and Sydney have got a bit of a thing going on. I have been there in the heat of summer, when the sun bleaches everything you dare wince at. I have been there for the party-packed Mardi Gras. And for another summer when the sky remained a drab grey and rain ensured my trunks remained in the suitcase. So, even though my mission was to find the hip and the new, in everything from restaurants to hotels, I planned my attack on the city from Bills, an old favourite. But it's certainly hip. And after a day on a plane, it seemed nothing short of heaven.
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