Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island used to be a prison so the exhibit was really interesting. It was a lot of modern art including a bunch of digital pieces. They were all set up in random places on the island, such as in cells and guard houses. This presented an opportunity to take a lot of fun photos. Lizzie really likes photography, Sam's a art major focused in photography, and me, I'm asian, so when you put us all together, we went crazy on the photos.
It was a ton of fun wandering all over and we finished up all the exhibits as the sun set. As we took the ferry back, we went under the Harbour bridge and the Opera house were both illuminated. We then hurried back to catch the train to Jorden's to celebrate her birthday. We immediately headed out to a cheap mexican restaurant with 4 dollar tacos and 3 dollar tequila shots. It was the best cheap mexican I had in the last 5 months. Then it was time to go out, despite it being a Tuesday. We went to a place called Side bar where we were the only group of girls and the other group was a group of gay guys. It was really fun just to hang out with a cool group of people and enjoy dancing.
The next day we took a train to the infamous Bondi beach. Apparently its normally really crowded in the summers but considering it was winter, was pretty empty. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was nice to walk along the water and see the Pacific from the other side of the world.
Jorden, Sam, and I realized there was a market we wanted to go see so I could buy souvenirs for everyone so we rushed over to Paddy's market and went crazy. There was so much to see so it was hard to get everything in before they closed. Once we made it back, we tried out this new sushi restaurant right outside of Jorden's apartment. It was their grand opening so all the sushi was 50% off, which means a lot of sushi under 3 dollars. It was delicious too and a great last dinner in Australia. We then stopped on the way home to get ice cream and had a great girls night in watching New Moon.
The following morning, we got up bright and early to catch the train back to the airport to fly back to NZ. It went without any problems and we came back to find Lincoln short of a few members. That night, everyone got together to hang out in the lounge as a last hurrah and farewell to people. It was the last time we were all going to be together and it was really sad to know that this experience was almost over.
Also heres a link to all Australia adventures.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=185193&id=665896295&l=0e987dd5d8
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