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Picture-rain, i'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

After Fraser Island we went to Airlie Beach, after two days in Airlie we went onboard our boat Alexander Stewart that took us under 3 days around the Whitsunday Islands.

Here is Alexander Stewart!



Viktor overlooking the amazing view.


Night-talk about all the fish and coralls we saw during snorkelling.


Happy!!


Bush-walk to the whitsunday islands national park.

Aboriginal cavepaintings.


Magnificent veiws!


Sailing!


And the boat with the sales up!

just nu tankte jag bara uppdatera om vad jag gor nu(ber om ursakt for engelsk tangentbord, orkade inte skriva pa engelska).
 
Igar(lordag) var en sorglig dag, sa jag hejda till viktor som akte hem till kalla sverige igen. det har varit 3 underbara veckor med honom, vi har gjort sa mycket roligt. bast av allt var att ta dykcertifikat i barriarrevet. lovar att uppdatera med bilder och forklara vad vi hittat pa under dessa tre veckor som var.

men med 3 veckor av bara kul tog ocksa pengarna slut. sokte jobb i cairns dar jag ar nu utan lyckat resultat. ringde till massa wwoof-farmar(willing workers on organic farms) wwoofing ar att man jobbar nagra timmar om dagen for gratis accomodation och mat. ingen farm hade nagon plats men en av dom jag ringde gav mig numret till en dam han kande. hennes pappa dog nagra veckor sedan och hon behovde hjalp med hennes hus iom att hon inte varit hemma pa nagra veckor behovde hon stadhjalp.
Igar flyttade jag in hos henne! hon heter Mimielle och ar ursprungligen fran fillipinerna men har bott i australien i 40 ar. hon har ett valdigt fint enplanshus med pool! jag har mitt egna rum med dubbelsang. hon har en jattesot hund som heter jack.
det bor en till i huset, han heter gerard och ar utbytestudent fran kina, han gar highschool.
mimielle lagar underbar mat och later mig bo och ata gratis i utbyte mot hjalp runt huset. idag(sondag) dammsog jag i 3 timmar(hon e sjuuukt pedant) och det ar det enda jag behover gora idag.. hjalpa till med middagen och diska och sa ocksa..
det basta ar att hon bara bor 30 min busstur fran cairns city sa jag kan aka in och vara med mina kompisar dar ocksa.

det ar roligt hur allt bara loser sig med lite tur!
 
nu har jag exakt 5 veckor kvar i austalien, jag hade tankt att vara hos mimielle i 3-4 veckor, sedan har jag 1-2 veckor kvar efter det. da tankte jag checka in pa ett hostel i cairns och umgas med alla svenska kompisar som alla kommer att samlas i denna lilla stad(alla vi som akte med work and travel i november)!
sedan flyger jag fran cairns till brisbane nagongang runt den 12-13-14 maj. 15 maj aker jag fran brisbane till bangkok. 
 
 

I thought I would show some pics of my new surfboard i bought a couple of days ago!


On the beach in Palm Beach where I live!


The first step to get on the board once the wave hits you is to push up your arms, to then shoot your feet on the board:



To my left I have Surfers Paradise:

In the middle here is palm beach where I live:

And on my right I have Coolangatta:

A couple of days ago Marika, Lara and me went on a roadtrip to IKEA near Brisbane to buy some swedish food(marabou, lingonsylt, gifflar, knackebrod osv)! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. It was a very fun day!

Update from last time!

A couple of days ago me, Marika and Lara went to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where we had a wonderful day!
I started out by holding a koala for the first time, it was wonderful.



We coudled with the cute kangaroos, they where so tame!


Look at this cutie :)


We got to hold a crocodile!


Kangaroo-feeding. Me, Marika and Lara!

Kangaroo and me. ;)


An aboriginal dance show! Me and Marika posing with the dancers after the show.


Marika and Lara with the cute koalas in the back.


Another day we went to Tallebudgera Creek for a swim.

ABBA POSE! haha ;)



Me and Marika on a night out near Surfers Paradise :)

Sorry for bad posting the last weeks but I have been working nearly 10 hours a day and been a busy bee!
Last weekend I went for one night to Byron Bay and met up with Marika, Lara, Gustav and Johan. It was a crazy night and heaps of fun!! Here are two pics from that night.






Now Marika and Lara are staying in my apartment with me for a while, and Marika is here for two weeks. Heaps of fun! Nice to not be so alone.. It's kinda lonely to live by yourself. Soo, what else? I often hang out with people from work too, especially John from Colorado. Lots of BBQ's at his house every week. I work at a cafe in Coolangatta and we have coffe, sandwiches, cakes, fresh juices, milkshakes, smoothies and other basic stuff. So at work I just run around like a crazy person doing stuff that needs to be done. It was wery stressfull at first but now when all kids are back in school it's much calmer.
Here are some pics of beautiful Coolangatta!




Me, Lara, John and Marika at a weiw-point in Coolangatta.

At John's house, Marika, John and his friend Jay.

This is my little baby Charlie! He's the neighbours jack russel, and he's the cutest thing ever! He loves laying on my lap on his back and getting his tummy scrached, haha.

The 31st me and Elin arrived in Brisbane, we came to our hostel which had a big roofterrass, pool and a cosy bar so we decided to spend the night there celebrating. Here are some pics from the night!

Our roommates Elaine and Maddie


Our third roommate Laura and two guys she knew.


Me and Elin.. Like my mask?? ;)


Timbuktu was there!!!


We were on the dancefloor getting our groove on all night!


Happy New Year!!

First stop after Queenstown was Christchurch, the city compared to England. I also had my last night out with Adam and Karen since I was leaving for Kaikoura the next morning.






After Christchurch we headed to Kaikoura. First stop was by a sealcolony and you could get close to the seals, see the one behind me? 


In Kaikoura I went to the stonebeach.



And that evening we went fishing! First he pulled the lobsters up, and there where loooads of them! Here he is checking the size of the lobster if it'b big enough to keep.



We also got companied by the worlds second rarest Dolphin!


As soon as we got the fishingline down, it was just to pull it up again and there was fish on the line!


Steve our busdriver got the most fish, about 12(I only got two, haha)


A albatross came and said Hello. Look at the difference in size between it and the seagall!


We got to keep all the fish and lobsters so back at the hostel a feast awaited us!


The big barbeque!


Steve putting all the lobsters on the grill with garlicbutter on, mmmm!


My lobster worth 300dollars(1500 svenska kronor). It was massive!! I got the biggest lobster since I got hurt on the boat, my chair fell off and slung me to the side of the boat.. Aoach!

After the tight and bright party in Lake Mahinaphua we set of towards Frans Josef. In FJ there is glaciers and thats about it. I could't afford a glacier hike so me and a german guy, Benjamin went for a walk and came across this long, pitchblack cave. Ofcourse we had to explore it! The second day we went to a hot water spring and had a wonderfull relaxing time!
(klick on the small photos to make them bigger)

After two nights in Franz Josef we headed for QUEENSTOWN! The place where I could finally settle down for 6 nights and get of that damn bus a bit.. First three photos are from the first evening we got there.

The day after arriving we went on a day-trip to Milford Sounds. The weather was amazing for once and it was beautiful!




The 23rd of december me and Karen wanted to do something togehter while her boyfriend and Johan and Gustav went doing manly stuff so we went horseback-riding! It was amazing, the first time ever for me. My horse was huge and it's name was Drum and he was very sweet and calm.




On christmas the 24th me and two swedish friends Per and Petter decided to do the worlds fith highest bungyjump, Nevis. They where dressed as father christmas and me as santas wife, as you can see on the picture below, hahaha!

Later that evening I cooked christmas dinner for Ben, Per, Petter, Johan, Gustav, Karen and Adam and after dinner we went on a pubcrawl. A very fun evening!





SO! That was Queenstown, I loved it there! Loads to to. Next update I will show you my last two stops in NZ, Christshurch and Kaikoura. Right now it's the 30th of december and im in Auckland again, tomorrow the 31th 09.35 the flight from Auckland to Brisbane goes, so back so wery hot weather and job-searching. Wish me luck!

Here are some photo-updates! Klick on the photos to make them bigger!


   
Carracing, black water rafting in caves in Waitomo, Hot water stream in Taupo

   
Second night in Taupo, the whole gang went out. First picture Jodie and her husband Olli(and me ofcourse). Second picture of me and my tandemmaster Yonatan and last picture Mark and Amy!

   
Johan and Gustav from Uppsala. Middle picture of the waterfall where Gollum eats his fish in Lord Of the rings!! Third photo of the lovely meal in the wonderfull hostel in Nelson(first city on the south island).

   
After the lovely meal and beer tasting in Nelson the guitarr went out and we all sang songs all night long. Second picture of our bussdriver JP, and then one of the coldest rivers ever on the way to Lake Mahinapua.

   
In the middle me and Karen and the third photo Gustav, Adam(Karens boyfriend), Karen, me and Johan at pancake rocks!(Still heading towards Lake Mahinapua).

 
Pancake rocks! Second picture is Selina and Mehahn at the beach when we arrived in Lake Mahinaphua. 


The following pictures are from when we had a themeparty att the bar where we stayed in Lake Mahinaphua, the bar is called The POO bar, haha. The theme was "Tight and Bright"!

Karen and Adam


Benjamin the nipple boy!


JP- the boxer!!


Alma the hippie and me as Sandy in Grease


The gay couple! Hahah


Haha! Nathaniel and his best friend(can't remember his name)


Karen getting her groove on!


The whole gang!




Really missing everyone at home now especially when christmas is coming..!

No pictures today im affraid, I haven't got the time but i'll run through the things we have been doing the last couple of days.
Thursday in Taupo when we arrived I went skydiving from 1500ft and it was soooo good! It was so scary but I LOVED IT! My tandemmasters name was Yonatan and he was so small, I was 3 times bigger than him, haha! I have got a film and loads of pictures so I will show you another day! 
Friday everybody from the bus went out and got drunt, it was a fun night! I also ran into my tandemmaster which was funny.
Saturday we packed our bags and headed for one night to River Valley which lays in the middle of nowhere, the only thing you can do there is rafting which I couldn't afford so I took it slow and read lots in my book. Today(sunday) we arrived in Wellington, the capital city for only one night. We arrived late and will leave for Nelson on the south Island tomorrow morning!


Congrats to my sister who took TWO silver medals in the european championships!!! YOU ROCK!

Just a quick update!
Yesturday we left Mercury Bay, not much to say about that town because we arrived late and left early this morning.
Today we arrived in Rotorua, and checked in and then went to this big hillside where we raced with small cars! It was really fun. After that I went to the supermarket and bought some dinner. Right now im going to the hostels bar with my new friends Gustav and Johan from Sweden. We met on the bus the first day we started kiwi experience and they are really nice!

Tomorrow we are going to Waitomo, where they have lots of caves and glow-worms! We stay there one night and then on thursday we are going Taupo for two nights where they have a lot of lakes and there I am going to... wait for it.... wait for it.... SKYDIVE! From 12000ft or 15000ft I haven't decided yet. CRAZY!

Talk to you soon!

We arrived in Auckland, New Zealand really late last night. Today we have strolled around town a bit but it's pooring down with rain here today so after a while we went to the supermarket and bought food for these 3 nights we are staying here and went back to the hostel again.
Friday morning the bustrip "Kiwi Experience" starts around the whole of New Zealand. Elins only going to the north island and I am seeing both so I will be traveling by my self for the first time since we came, it's going to be a fun experience. Our first stop will be the Bay Of Islands.



This is the bustrip i bought but I have added the top bit, so I get to see Bay of Islands, Cape Reinga and so on..