Before I begin I need to backtrack a little because I forgot
some things that Andrea and I did in Sydney before we went to Tasmania. We went
to the Sydney Tower at night which was interesting. I hadn’t been there yet and
it was nice. We are going to hopefully go back in the daylight when we return
to Sydney. It was interesting to see things all lit up and be able to point out
things that I was familiar with. We visited the aquarium so that Andrea could
see the dugongs. Then we went to Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. Now, I made
everyone go in London and it was terrible but the one in Sydney was really well
done. First of all we didn’t have to wait in line for 2 hours and there were
not one million people milling around. We got some pretty epic shots with ET,
Crocodile Dundee, Obama, the Royals, Ricky Martin, etc…They had really good
props that you could use too so that was nice. I would totally go back there.
Alright, I think that was the highlights that I missed before.
On Friday, July 10th my workmates had a farewell dinner for me at a club in Merrylands. It was really nice. Wendy, Stan, Demi, Rishi, Neha, Azeez, Rachel, Rebecca, and Rebecca’s two kids came. It was really nice of them since of course they didn’t have to do anything. I was also happy because Andrea got to meet everyone. Rebecca and Rachel had gotten me three beautiful silver charms: the Opera House, a kangaroo, and a koala for my charm bracelet so that was really thoughtful of them. It was a really nice evening. Very touching.
On Saturday, Andrea and I went on a jet boat ride in
Circular Quay. It was awesome from start to finish. First off the weather was
perfect. The company was so professional and nice. I was having a wee bit of
trouble with my life jacket and the jet boat driver came over to help and said
(with a smile) “There’s always one” and then basically looked at Andrea and
said “Oh I guess there’s two”. It made us laugh really hard and remember back
to the times in chemistry class. Can you believe this year makes 10 years out
of high school for me? That is sick. Anywho…the boat ride wasn’t as thrilling
as the Riptide Ride in Munising we had been on but the views of the Harbour
(even out past where I had been before) were amazing. I was very impressed with
the professionalism of the company. I would for sure do that again.
After that ride, we caught the ferry over to Luna Park. It
was awesome!!! I love that park so much! Anyway, first of all they had minion
mania going on there which I was excited about. We got to see the parade which
I had missed before. And finally Andrea went on two rides with me. First, we
went on the Ferris Wheel and then we went on another ride that was a bit more
intense…I loved it. It had been so long since I was on an amusement park ride.
Most fun I have had in some time. I really like Luna Park!
On Sunday, I said goodbye to my flatmates and left for the
airport. It was sad leaving the apartment, I mean after all I was there for
over 6 months. I really liked that place. It was close to work, the mall, and
transportation. I could not ask for more than that. And my flatmates were so
nice. I wasn’t super close to them or anything but they looked out for me and I
appreciated that very much. It was a really lucky find, no doubt about that.
And then we were in New Zealand…
