I know I know.... where are some pictures with you in them? In anycase, the following entry is pretty long... which is going to be an indication of entries to follow - nice and long.



Today it rained again, and according to the word on the street its supposed to rain all week and weekend, oh poo! I posted two more pictures. I was bored that day (and as you can see) it was raining so I took some snaps of the most famous corner in the Cross. There are actually 4 differnt roads that interesct here. The picture is looking down Darlinghurst Rd. (the one with all the strip clubs), to the left is Victroia Rd. (the street my hostel is off). To the far right is Bayswater Rd, and below me (I was on a bridge) is William St. The second picture in the series is looking down William St. towards the CBD, also know as the Central Buisness District (or downtown).



Work has been good, I have started working on the webpage while I am there. The phone isn't ringing off the hook, so I have some free time to write some e-mail, talk on ICQ and of course work on the company webpage. I really like only working the three hours in the morning, that way I can do neet stuff in the afternoon. Speaking of which....



After work, Joanne and I went down to Sydney Aquarium. Joanne is from England, so she has that funky English accent, she has a great sence of humor though. I am definately going to get a picture of us two together sometime soon, before she leaves. Anyways, it was about $15 to get in and we saw some pretty cool stuff. Half of the aquarium is outside, but still covered so the rain didn't bother us. They had the usual fish of course, but the coolest thing was the sharks. You go outside then head down some steps, the next thing you know you are underwater. Now I am not sure if this is a tank, or just a spruced up ocean bottom, but it was pretty beautiful down there. Jo and I spent about 45 min under the water just admiring the sharks. In one of the tanks back on land, they had my favorite fish - the puffer! You know the ones that blow up like a ballon when they are scared or threatened. In anycase, I was trying to get one to do that, it never happened. Guess they are used to all these weird humans staring at them through glass. After that we walked a few blocks to the Centerpoint Shopping Centre. There we had lunch, then took the train back to the hostel where we vegged infront of the television for about an hour. I don't know whats going to happen tonight, someone was talking about Karioki (sp), so we might go there. Apparantly there is a $1 000 prize to the winner - that would be nice in my pocket.



I have two postcards to send out. One to Krista Wells, she sent me her address via ICQ and the other one to my parents (oops). I totally forgot to write them one. I had everyones address in my palm pilot. So I assumed that was everyone I had to write a postcard to. Then I realized the reason why I didn't put my own address down was because I know it. I am going to mail those out tonight, just to get them out of the way.



So I didn't come to Australia to hang out in a hostel for a year - here is what I have planned for the next month or so:



Next weekend (April 1st Weekend) I am going to be heading up to the Blue Mountains. There is a town called Katoomba at the base of the mountains is where I will be staying. "The image most associated with the Blue Mountains is that of the Three Sisters, a trio of towering stone blocks crumbling away from the cliffs down into the dark blue-green velvet of the silent Jamison Valley below". Nice eh? The town is a little touristy, but I am only there to sleep. Most of the time I am going to be spending hiking around the mountains. The main attraction that I want to see is the Three Sisters. Legend has it that the father of three daughters that was at war put a spell on them to turn them into rock to keep them safe during the war. The father was killed in action, and the three sisters are still as rock waiting for someone to break the spell. Sounds pretty cool eh? Since its about 150kms west of the city, you get killer views of the sunset and the stars... *drool* I also want to see the Blue Mountains, so called because of the eucalyptis (sp) oil in the air, giving it a nice blue coloured smog. It's supposed to be good for the respiratory tract :) All this is going to happen from Friday night, to Sunday Night. So I only have one full day, but the two half days should make up for lost time.



Within the next month or so (Next two pay cheques), I am going to go skydiving. Here is the deal: I fly from Banktown Airport, which is about 15 km south west of Sydney. Cough up the $250, fly up to 4300m, strap my self to my instructor, then plummit to my death. The view must be amazing from 4 kilometers up in the air. I wonder how long I will be free falling for. One crappy thing though is that I can't bring a camera with me to take pics on the way down. I will definately get someone to snap a photo of me while I am all suited up and getting ready to jump. I am excited already - I think it will be great.



I don't really have any dates for what I have planned next. What I think I am going to do is work for three months. Then head up north to Cairns, where I can go scuba diving in the great barrier reef. I will probably spend a few weeks there (or longer if I can find a job) then head west to Darwin. From then on, I really don't have a clue as to what I am going to do. I might head south to Alice Springs and take a look at Ayers Rock (Uluru to the natives). Then again I might do that instead of heading up to Cairns.



I am having a great time so far, getting to meet new people (yes, yes, pictures coming soon) and having a blast together. I still miss Kristen and the rest of my family a lot. According to Jo, that will dissapear soon :) Sounds cruel I know, but I really don't want the homesickness to hinder my trip. I also want to thank everyone who has been coming to my site on a regular basis to read my journal and sign my guestbook. Please let me know when you get your postcard.



Expect some great photos this weekend, otherwise you can come down here and shoot me.



Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I was talking to Kristen today via ICQ and she was saying how she might be able to visit me during the summer time. All she has to do is save up $2000 for her plane ticket, and her mom will pay for the rest. Nice eh? So if she can get her butt down here for a few weeks that would be AMAZING! I have so many ideas of things to do with her when she's here, this place is a real romantic country, you just need to know where to go.

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