The flight from Perth to Sydney was not too long but it was in the middle of the night and rather uncomfortable so sleeping was limited. As it turns out though, this is not a problem when you have booked a week with OzIntro because its so much fun you don't have time to feel tired.
The OzIntro team picked me up from the airport, took me to my hostel, and then when everyone had arrived they took us out in the afternoon for a quick tour of Sydney. We have two guys as group leaders and they are amazing! Everyone in our group is also great and we all got along instantly. The walk in the afternoon took us to Circular Quay, the Sydney Opera House, and through the Botanical gardens. In the gardens the guys pulled out some pringles which we originally thought was a little odd and wondered if they were just planning on giving us snacks. We quickly learnt however they were to feed the birds that would land on your arm... or if you're special like me they land on top of your head! From there we went to take a ride on a jet boat and got soaked. When the driver told us we wouldn't like him by the end of the trip he wasn't joking. It was freezing cold and every time you managed to wipe the water out your eyes he would spin the boat and soak you all over again. Needless to say when we finally got back to the hostel there were queues to get to the showers. Once we were all warmed up though we met back with the group for dinner and drinks in the bar next door, Scary Canarys. It was a brilliant night. The drinks here are not that cheap but, when the bar man decides he likes you and wants to give you one free bucket of snakebite instead of charging you for two glasses, it really doesn't matter.
The next day was straight down to business. The morning was spent in the OzIntro office talking about working in Australia and the best options for us, followed by a trip to set up our bank accounts and medical care. OzIntro are fantastic at helping you get everything sorted for your trip :-) . After lunch on Darling harbour we headed off to the Aquarium to see all the pretty and scary creatures waiting for us out in the Sea. A lovely trip, but when you know you're going surfing the next day seeing sharks and sea snakes can be a little unnerving :-\ . The evening was then our first proper night out to get to know everyone. Before leaving we bought some goon (in oz thats just cheap wine in a box) and bonded over some drinking games. A popular clubbing area in Sydney is Kings Cross and there we went to Trademark, where, in an inpromptue dancing competition, I won a 3 day safari across Fraser Island :-) Sweeeeet!
The next morning I was not so happy. Turns out goon gives you a reaaaaaly bad hangover. I also discovered however that surfing is an amazing cure for said hangover. We were taken to a private beach for my first ever surf lesson. It was freezing cold, pouring with rain, and really windy... but I loved it! I even managed to stand up :-) ... just once, and then I fell off sideways, flipped my board and got smacked in the head... BUT I still stood up so it was fantastic. I would definitely try surfing again. As well as being amazing fun it was also very tiring so for dinner we've decided to head down to China town as we're all too exhausted to cook for ourselves... it's a hard life.
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