So we crashed last night in the early evening and after about 12 full hours of sleep awoke to go see the whales at 9 AM only to find the boat had been fully booked. Luckily lots of people like to see the whales so we jumped on a 10 AM cruise whale watching experience. We rode out into the middle of the ocean and walked up onto the deck with the boating throwing us around like crazy. We stood around for a bit listening to a guy on a speaker trying to waste time hoping whales arose. And arise they did!! At first it seemed that we would have to view the whales from afar and in small spurts. Soon though we had a spectacular show of these ginormous humpback whales flailing about in the water. They were huge! Pictures will be up in a week or so, but since we are going to the outback tomorrow for a week I wont have my computer or anything.
Not only were the whales awesome, but the horizon and multiple skylines of Sydney were absolutely breathtaking. We rode back, Derek talked about architecture, we all talked about weird shit, it was good.
When we got back we took a train and bus to the most popular beach in Australia, Bondi Beach. It was gorgeous and looked like a sweet place to surf though I don't surf (yet). It looks like the waves are just generated perfectly into this little culdesac like beach front. Using public transportation is extremely easy and extraordinarily clean. However, we have found getting directions to be a quirky challenge.
Us: How do we get down to central station?
Lady in a cafe we asked: Well you get on the bus, 1, 2, Gloria Jeans, 3, 4. (We were stumped)
Us: Which stop do we take for Bondi Beach?
Guy on bus: Well it's not 1, but the 2nd or 3rd. There is the beginning, middle, and end. So the middle or end. (stumped again)
Anyway we made it everywhere, we climbed a cliff at Bondi Beach, which had a magnificent view over the water out into nothingness. We met some girls on the beach and told them our next stop was "King's Cross." Everytime we mention this to someone we got the reply its swanky. We looked it up in a guide and in the "describing words" section it said: naked, naughty, swanky, etc. We got off the bus there and walked down the streeet....
Strip club, massage parlor, dancing girls, massage parlor, strip club, v.i.p. club, MCDONALD's CAFE, strip club, resturant, etc. It got nicer down the way so we stopped and got dinner, which was good and watched Aussie Rule Football on TV. It is a crazy game played on a circular field where you have to punch of kick a rugby type ball. We'll learn more on that later. I'll put up whale pictures when I get time to sit down.
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