Australia ....our new adventure!

Bondi Beach at Sunset

Have you ever dreamed of living in another country? Have you ever dreamed of enjoying exotic food in faraway lands? Have you ever dreamed.... of traveling somewhere?  Have you ever dreamed?

We were presented with the idea of living in Australia for three months and why would we say ‘NO’?!

Dale and I have the opportunity to go 'check out' Australia (housing, etc....) before heading there on a 3 month work project.  Dale brilliantly had a plan to hopefully get us a little more rest on our LONG flight there.

He reserved the window and isle seats.... hoping that the middle seat would remain empty.  With so many variables, who knew what would happen and then it happened - the last person boarded the plan and did not take the seat!  This allowed us to take turns sleeping across the seats which was the most sleep I ever had on an overseas flight and almost eliminated my jet lag afterwards (of course we had to stay awake all day after arriving at 8 am but that combination worked wonders).

Do you think Bondi Beach looks a little crowded?

We were so excited to experience fun in the sun, considering we left cold wintery/snowy weather back home.  We couldn’t drop our luggage of quick enough to our quaint little apartment across the street from Centennial park in Sydney.  We were met by a myriad of birds amongst them was a crowd of Corellas performing for us in the trees. We also encountered a fresh water eel that was trying to catch the bread being thrown to the birds.

Later that night we
did some ‘beach’ time on intoxicatingly beautiful Bondi Beach.... a long walk with a dose of people watching - often times it might be a tad bit more interesting then a movie, FREE entertainment!  We sat and enjoyed some music on the beach along with some great food at the beachside restaurant/hotel, 'Bondi Hotel'(topped off with Bondi’s famous Gelato). 

Travel saving highlights:

1- Book your seats, if possible, so the middle one is empty and then you can enjoy all three.

2- Rent a home or apt. to save on hotel cost.

3- Enjoy all the local entertainment instead of paying for something to do.

4- Watch for daily specials at restaurants, at the 'Bondi Hotel' we ordered the $10 plate specials that after 8:30 went from $18 and up.

5- With Gelato you might have to still pay full price.... we feel like that is worth it!:)