2 Months...Can you believe it?!

So I have been in Australia for 2 months now. I actually can't believe it. I feel so at home here!

I'm going to let you all in on a little inside info now! (Mom, Dad, you're not going to be happy about some of this but its life)

So over the past 2 months that I have been here I have; met a lot of really cool people and made lots of new friends. I have been to the wildlife centre where I pet and fed a kangaroo, and saw koalas and dingos. I have driven on the other side of the road, and well thought I was in Canada at one point and actually went down the wrong side of the road and came you know head to head with a yute. Thank gosh we were both going at low speeds in a residential area. I have rented a moped and went places you would never think a moped would go, I was about a good 45 minutes from a town on an empty tank of gas...I made it home with just enough gas. Kait and I tipped the moped and between us we had to pay the moped guy $200 each for him to fix it. We don't talk about that much anymore, we are still quite bitter about that. I have had about 8 jobs while I have been here, I am now down to 2 and I really enjoy them. I have bought a 26er of Smirnoff vodka for about $50, yes alcohol is very expensive here, I now drink very cheap wine or even stoop as low as drinking goon. I have been to Melbourne for the weekend where we explored the city, went to local wineries and did wine tastings, and bought some local bottles of wine. I have been down the Great Ocean Road and it is absolutely beautiful. I have almost missed a flight back to the Gold Coast, running through the parking lot with the McDonalds family pack in hand we made it to the check in just as they were closing it off. I have been to Byron Bay three times now and have come to the conclusion that is so far my favourite place on earth. I have went to pay for something and gotten my card declined. I have had $44 to my name. With that being said I have spent about $5 000 in 2 months.  I have asked someone to borrow money at the bar to buy a bottle of wine. I have worked a 17-hour work shift. I have taken over 1 000 pictures since I have been here. I have been to a rainforest and hiked through it. I have been to caves where there were glowworms. I have tried hitchhiking but didn’t get picked up. I guess karma has gotten me there because I don’t pick up hitchhikers either. I have been locked out of my apartment for hours and had to hang around the pool where some family asked me if I wanted to join them for dinner. I declined. I have gotten a new tattoo, it is on my foot, and it is the most painful tattoo I have gotten so far. I have been on a rollercoaster here that I think is the scariest one I have ever been on. I have become a Chai Tea Latte addict, its very hard for me to pass by a Starbucks and not indulge in one of these yummy drinks.

There are still lots of things I want to do like learn to surf, I want to skydive in Byron Bay for Christmas, I want to go camping in Noosa or anywhere on the Sunshine Coast for that matter, I'm planning on going to Fiji in February with my roomies and some friends before I leave the Gold Coast and there is heaps more but I would be here for hours writing it all out.

My plan from the Gold Coast as of now is to go farming in a little town outside of Perth, apples will be in season at this time. I figure I will get a sweet tan, get fit and really learn how to ruff it. This will enable me to extend my Australian Visa for a year. Don't worry I just want to extend it so I can make sure I can see everything in Australia I want to see before I have to come home. This side of the world is so beautiful!