’ello Mate!!!

So I leave the US on Friday, January 23^rd for 27 months in Vanuatu. I did not expect to leave Vanuatu so soon and mark another continent off of my list. After 7 and half weeks of training I end up in Sydney, Australia. This was an amazing opportunity and I tried my best to live it out to the fullest. I am going to list some of the amazing things I did in Sydney, Australia!

•  Taronga Zoo. It was a beautiful day. The ferry ride was awesome. My favorite animals were the meerkat and the koala. We missed the time were you get to meet a koala. L
•  Sydney Sea Life Aquarium. The underwater tanks were really neat. I enjoyed walking around with Nicole, Jason, Shaheed, and Julia. We also went on this AMAZING boat tour of the Great Barrier Reef. Not… This was the worst thing I have ever been on and it cost an extra 15 dollars. Well it was a good laugh.
• Saw Bondi Beach and got my first tattoo at Bondi Ink. It was an amazing day. I love my tattoo and everything that it means to me. (next post) It was a meant to be kind of thing. They were playing all the music that I loved. My tattoo artist was awesome and I had amazing friends there supporting me. I also got my tattoo done with four other girls. Three of us it was our first one. It was such an awesome experience.
• Saw a movie in the biggest IMAX theatre in the world. It was great. We watched Interstellar. A great movie to watch in an IMAX theatre.
• Ate at McDonalds.
•  Shopped at K-Mart and Target. Here K-Mart is 10 times better. (I know Carrie, you cannot believe it but it is true.)
• Went to Blue Mountain. It is about a two-hour train ride from Sydney. We went on a bad day. It was cold and foggy. We could not see anything. However, it was great to get out of the city.
• Became a pro at using the trains.
•  Saw fireworks at Darling Harbor and had a margarita at Margaritaville.
•  Went to the Sydney Opera House. It was beautiful. I did not get a chance to see and opera because we had a 10 o’clock curfew.
• Walked around one of the many Botanical Gardens in Sydney.
• Celebrated St. Patrick's day at a pub! 
• The best part was getting to know all of my fellow volunteers. It was great to hang out and spend time with people who I probably would have never gotten too. 



A famous bridge in Sydney. You can walk up it but I did not.

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  Sydney Skyline!

  
  

  

  At the zoo with the skyline behind me!

  
  
  
  

  

  The Meerkat

  
  
  
  

  

  Closest I got to touch a Koala.

  
  

  

  Sydney Opera House

  
  

  

  A fountain :)

  
  

  

  My dinner number on St. Patricks Day!