Nic & Laura
 
After our very good night sleep we hit the road again, this time towards the Grampians. Grampians is a national park between Adelaide and Melbourne. Arthur and Aukje had been there a week before and really recommended for us to go and see it. Grampians is a big mountain and you can really see it from far away. We decided to drive up there and stop on the way. We were 400 m above sea level, which is higher than Estonian highest point. After an hour of windy roads we decided to have a leg stretch break next to a beautiful lake and we were attacked by some local parrots. That was really funny – trying to have a pee in the bush whilst looking out so the parrots don’t get your bum. We went to see the McKenzie falls which is the biggest fall I have ever seen. I can compare it now! Because it was so low down in the valley we admired it from the edge of the cliff. But I got really upset with fellow Estonians – as we entered the road to walk down, there was a big tree with “With love, from Estonia” on it. I wanted to say that we all not all stupid like this! It would have taken us an hour to get down there and we still had a long way to go. We have a look at the pictures – it really was a beautiful drive. After the Grampians we decided to drive towards Adelaide and maybe find a place to stay the night in. We were thinking to spend the night in the car but then saw a cheap looking motel on the side of the road and decided to go and sleep there. Well we shouldn’t have. It goes to the history as the most horrible place we have ever stayed at. The guy, who was the owner, looked like something out of a horror movie, coming out of his cubicle wearing only a vest and boxer shorts. I think he hoped I was by myself and charged us 70 dollars because it was late in the night. The room stank of cigarettes and something else. I don’t want to know what that something else was. And he asked me if we would like a room with a view. I said yes please, because we are on our honeymoon. Well the room with a view was over a building site with some Adelaide lights in the distance. Great! I didn’t sleep well that night; I thought he might creep into our rooms and steal our passports! Hehhheee! In the morning we saw something what looked like blood in front of the motel. Yuk! We were off to our first host in Adelaide – Francine.

 
Leaving Melbourne was pretty exciting. We were going to drive on the Great Ocean Road and see all the amazing things in the Lonely Planet guide. The first hour went very slowly. We stopped over and had fish and chips and that was pretty horrible. We decided, with the grease dripping down our chins, that we won’t finish it and fed it to the bins. So on the way again, reading the Lonely Planet guide, I discover that the local golf course have got some wild kangaroos, so we head to see them. And oh my goodness, they were actually there! See, the lonely Planet Guide do not tell lies! The second longest stop was in Lorne where we saw our first waterfall in Australia (and my first waterfall EVER!). That was really beautiful and we did spend some time to admire its glory! Then I found that the oldest lighthouse in Australia is on our way, but I wasn't so interested seeing that, than the koalas what according to the Lonely Planet Guide are hanging around in the trees. Tick! They were there and we spend some time watching them. They didn’t like us as much we liked them so after
they tried to run away from us (looked more like walking in slow motion to me) we got back into the car and on the way towards Adelaide. We decided to spend a night in Warrnambool, only if we can see all the things on the way before. Because how stupid it would be to do the Great Ocean Road and see the Twelve Apostles in the dark! First tourist stop was at the Gibson Steps. We didn’t go down the steps because it was sunset and we really wanted to reach the Apostles. Did took a picture though.  Nic didn’t like the fact than they are not original anymore. We enjoyed the Apostles on the sunset. It was a beautiful moment (and very blinding). Then we stopped on couple of other places like the London Bridge (a rock), the Arch (a rock) and Loch and Gorgeis (a cave) and made our way towards our first stop on the way – Warrnambool. Nic was rather tired as I can’t drive so we decided to stay in a Motel for the night to get a good night sleep. We bought some Chinese food and watch telly in bed. Bliss!


 
After our two days trip from Sydney to Melbourne we dropped off the car and went to look for a phone. We called our hosts that we have arrived and arranged for them to pick us up from the local bus station - Cockatoo. We were picked up by Arthur, our new host. We drove in his big white Toyota to our new home for two weeks - Trickle Hill. Arthur and Aukje have got three girls, 2 horses, 4 ponies, 2 dogs and some chickens and roosters, a snake and a lizard. I think i have named all of them! We were living with an english girl, Laura, in our own little house. There was lots to do on Trickle Hill, weeding, planting, building, scooping poop are just some of the jobs we were asked to do. We worked long hours but ended the day always with a glass of vino or a beer with our hosts. We had a really cool morning with Arthur when he decided to take us for a muddy drive. Well i did almost swear. Anyway we did spend 2,5 good weeks there but it was time for us to move on. So we decided to go and see our new friend Merric in Melbourne, had a crazy night out with him. Slept in his bus and then hit the road towards Adelaide. Here we go!
 
Hello everybody!
We haven't been writing for a while. First of all we tryed to catch up with the Japan stuff and then we ended up in a WWOOFing place, where we couldn't use the internet as much we would have like to. Anyway, let's start from the beginning.
We landed in Australia on the 18th of October at 9 o'clock in the morning. I was obviously called into the immigration and the boy with a funny picture in his passport was let through just fine. We were scared that my visa is not working but it all turned up all right at the end. We showed our boots (as we did clean them after watching a lot of Border Controll in England)  and took off our jumpers. It is Australia after all and we were ready for the heat - what wasn't there. Whilst shivering on the platform to catch a funny looking double-decker tube to Mary's house, we put on our jumpers and decided it is too cold. We got off the tube in North Sydney and took a bus towards Mary (Mary is a very lovely friend of Frances). Knowing us we did come off the bus too early and had to drag ourselves and our backpacks up the hill. Typical! Mary wasn't at home but left us a letter with some instuctions for the secret place where we found a key and let ourselves into her lovely home. So here we were - in Sydney! Mary and Hamich took us around for the afternoon and then we spend a night in trying to relax and get some sleep.
On Sunday we decided to go and see the Sydney Opera house and the lovely beaches. We took a boat from the opera house and went too far away from everything. There was no point to walk back so we bussed it to the Bondi Beach to see some live surfing. I have never seen that before. I'm not sure if we were too stuck in the moment or what but one moment we were walking on the beach and the other almost swimming in the ocean. Anyways, we took a bus back to Sydney and tryed to find something nice for a presant for Mary. So take a not travelles - in Sydney, non of the nice shops stay open on Sunday after 6!
On monday we said goodbye to Mary and started our drive from Sydney to Melbourne to meet our first WWOOFing host in Australia.

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    We met on the 8th of July 2005 and were together for exactly 5 years when we were married on the 8th of July 2010 at Taagepera Castle in Estonia. This website is devoted to our married life and the future that we plan to share together.

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