Samstag, 4. Oktober 2008
4. Oktober 2008
G'day mates,
there you go with the overdue update of my life down under.
Sorry, that I haven´t updated the site for so long but I was incredibly busy before the break (had to hand in some assignments)...and during the break I was travelling. But now you will get a shitload full of nice stories and pics of what I've done over the last few weeks.
First of all, I have shocking news: our huge flatscreen TV has been stolen (most of you might already know)! I don´t know how it happened...I just know that it is gone. I guess it was stolen by one of the girls' (our so called "housemates") friends...but you never know! I haven't watched TV a lot...but sometimes it would just be nice to relax in front of the TV for some minutes :-(
Besides that, I celebrated my first birthday down under...and it was a good one. I was really overwhelmed how many people came just because of me :-) That was one of the best birthdays I ever had. Thanks again guys for coming :-) I uploaded some pics of that night in Griffins Head (Pub). The special thing was that Sam celebrated her birthday the day after mine...so as soon as my Bday was over at midnight, Sam took over the wheel for her bday party. That was so much fun and we had an awesome time :-)
Then, after finishing my assignments, the well-deserved mid-semester break came. We left Adelaide at Saturday 20th September to go on the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne. First, we had a 3-day guided bus tour on the Great Ocean Road where we went to some sights, National Parks and a rainforest. On the way we stopped in the city where Ripcurl and Billabong are located (can´t remember the name). We were given some time to go shopping in the various surf outlet stores there...it was sooooo cool and I bought some new pieces that make me look more Australian than ever before *lol*
After this tour, we stayed in Melbourne for 4 days with the whole crew. We partied a lot, but did some sightseeing and shopping as well. It was an amazing trip as Melbourne is a great city...I love it!
Melbourne Skyline
The best thing was that I met with my buddy from Adidas, Jonathan (I met him during my internship in Germany), who is from Melbourne. Was so cool to see him again :-)
After an awesome week of fun, we flew back to Adelaide by plane...and to be honest we kinda missed Adelaide eventhough Melbourne is a cool city. But we missed the familiarity of good old Adelaide as Melbourne is way bigger and more busy than Adelaide. I was a feeling like coming home. Before that I didnt realize how much I love Adelaide...I consider it my Australian HOME now :-)
After chilling in Adelaide for the weekend, we went to our next trip on monday 29th of September. Destination: Flinders Ranges, Outback!
The crew
We picked up our 8-seater van in the morning and went shopping with the whole crew. After having congested our car with loads of food and alcohol, we started the trip. It felt so good to drive again, I missed it...no matter if we had to drive on the wrong side of the road *lol*...you get used to it pretty soon. Literally, the outback started about 20km out of Adelaide. We drove the highway A1 almost straight for 400km...it was an awesome feeling to drive in the middle of nowhere. Our destination was Hawker, a little 480 people village in the central Flinders Ranges. After a fun-packed road trip with some photo-stops on the way, we finally arrived in Hawker where we had booked a little cabin on a camping ground. In the evening, we celebrated Matt's Bday with a nice BBQ and surprised him with a nice cake and a German dictionary (as he always hangs out with the Germans...that is why we are called "Team Germerica"). He was so happy...
The following days we undertook some hikes, saw some Aborigine paintings and went to the Flinders Ranges National Park where we met some cute kangaroos and Emu's...some of them dead, some of them alive!
After 3 great days we left the outback to go back to Adelaide. We had so much fun and we took a lot of pics which you will see later. The best thing was that the group was really harmonic and no quarrelling took place.
After arriving back in Adelaide, we partied for Matt's Bday with all the others that missed our little party in the outback at Pj's...like every thursday *lol*
All in all I have to say that the break was an awesome time in which I have seen a lot of Australia. Especially the outback was an experience that everyone should gain while being in Australia...it was amazing:-)
Summer really has started now...the days are so pretty, sun is shining...everything is perfect. I´m so happy to be here, it´s such a lovely place :-) I hope the weather is not too bad in Germany...even if autumn is coming with huge steps.
But now the daily routine comes back soon...I don´t want uni to continue :-( After the break, I have to write 3 more assignments this month...so I should start soon :-(
Tonight, we´re going to Ministry of Sound in Adelaide's biggest club, the HQ...I hope this will be a good night to say goodbye to the holidays with all my friends :-)
I have posted some pics of parties and my Bday, the Great Ocean Road and Melbourne and our trip to the outback. Access them as usual under pics on the right side of this page.
I hope the next update of the site will come soon...I promise to try keeping the site up-to-date!
That's it for now...if you have any questions or if you miss me, don´t hesitate to drop me some lines to bauer_andre@gmx.de.
Take care!
Greeting from Down Under,
André
there you go with the overdue update of my life down under.
Sorry, that I haven´t updated the site for so long but I was incredibly busy before the break (had to hand in some assignments)...and during the break I was travelling. But now you will get a shitload full of nice stories and pics of what I've done over the last few weeks.
First of all, I have shocking news: our huge flatscreen TV has been stolen (most of you might already know)! I don´t know how it happened...I just know that it is gone. I guess it was stolen by one of the girls' (our so called "housemates") friends...but you never know! I haven't watched TV a lot...but sometimes it would just be nice to relax in front of the TV for some minutes :-(
Besides that, I celebrated my first birthday down under...and it was a good one. I was really overwhelmed how many people came just because of me :-) That was one of the best birthdays I ever had. Thanks again guys for coming :-) I uploaded some pics of that night in Griffins Head (Pub). The special thing was that Sam celebrated her birthday the day after mine...so as soon as my Bday was over at midnight, Sam took over the wheel for her bday party. That was so much fun and we had an awesome time :-)
Then, after finishing my assignments, the well-deserved mid-semester break came. We left Adelaide at Saturday 20th September to go on the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne. First, we had a 3-day guided bus tour on the Great Ocean Road where we went to some sights, National Parks and a rainforest. On the way we stopped in the city where Ripcurl and Billabong are located (can´t remember the name). We were given some time to go shopping in the various surf outlet stores there...it was sooooo cool and I bought some new pieces that make me look more Australian than ever before *lol*
After this tour, we stayed in Melbourne for 4 days with the whole crew. We partied a lot, but did some sightseeing and shopping as well. It was an amazing trip as Melbourne is a great city...I love it!
Melbourne Skyline
The best thing was that I met with my buddy from Adidas, Jonathan (I met him during my internship in Germany), who is from Melbourne. Was so cool to see him again :-)
After an awesome week of fun, we flew back to Adelaide by plane...and to be honest we kinda missed Adelaide eventhough Melbourne is a cool city. But we missed the familiarity of good old Adelaide as Melbourne is way bigger and more busy than Adelaide. I was a feeling like coming home. Before that I didnt realize how much I love Adelaide...I consider it my Australian HOME now :-)
After chilling in Adelaide for the weekend, we went to our next trip on monday 29th of September. Destination: Flinders Ranges, Outback!
The crew
We picked up our 8-seater van in the morning and went shopping with the whole crew. After having congested our car with loads of food and alcohol, we started the trip. It felt so good to drive again, I missed it...no matter if we had to drive on the wrong side of the road *lol*...you get used to it pretty soon. Literally, the outback started about 20km out of Adelaide. We drove the highway A1 almost straight for 400km...it was an awesome feeling to drive in the middle of nowhere. Our destination was Hawker, a little 480 people village in the central Flinders Ranges. After a fun-packed road trip with some photo-stops on the way, we finally arrived in Hawker where we had booked a little cabin on a camping ground. In the evening, we celebrated Matt's Bday with a nice BBQ and surprised him with a nice cake and a German dictionary (as he always hangs out with the Germans...that is why we are called "Team Germerica"). He was so happy...
The following days we undertook some hikes, saw some Aborigine paintings and went to the Flinders Ranges National Park where we met some cute kangaroos and Emu's...some of them dead, some of them alive!
After 3 great days we left the outback to go back to Adelaide. We had so much fun and we took a lot of pics which you will see later. The best thing was that the group was really harmonic and no quarrelling took place.
After arriving back in Adelaide, we partied for Matt's Bday with all the others that missed our little party in the outback at Pj's...like every thursday *lol*
All in all I have to say that the break was an awesome time in which I have seen a lot of Australia. Especially the outback was an experience that everyone should gain while being in Australia...it was amazing:-)
Summer really has started now...the days are so pretty, sun is shining...everything is perfect. I´m so happy to be here, it´s such a lovely place :-) I hope the weather is not too bad in Germany...even if autumn is coming with huge steps.
But now the daily routine comes back soon...I don´t want uni to continue :-( After the break, I have to write 3 more assignments this month...so I should start soon :-(
Tonight, we´re going to Ministry of Sound in Adelaide's biggest club, the HQ...I hope this will be a good night to say goodbye to the holidays with all my friends :-)
I have posted some pics of parties and my Bday, the Great Ocean Road and Melbourne and our trip to the outback. Access them as usual under pics on the right side of this page.
I hope the next update of the site will come soon...I promise to try keeping the site up-to-date!
That's it for now...if you have any questions or if you miss me, don´t hesitate to drop me some lines to bauer_andre@gmx.de.
Take care!
Greeting from Down Under,
André