The First Road Trip !

So after these few days in Sydney trying to recover from my heavy sunburn I’ve finally started my Australian adventure.

We got a van to relocate from Sydney to Adelaide. The relocation consists in getting back a van to its original place for a quite cheap price. This van costed us 5$ / day plus 25 $ fees and we also had 210 $ for the fuel expenses. We could keep the van for 4 days (74 hours in fact because you get the van in the morning and you give it back in the afternoon) and we were allowed to drive 1971 km.

The plan was to drive along both coasts before and after Melbourne, but in this very short time it would had been very difficult to see anything, then we decided to drive straight to Melbourne on the first day and spend more time the next two days to see the Great Ocean Road.

If you plan to go in Australia, you definitely have to do this road. There is so much things to see there !

From East to West :

Lorne :

Kennett River :

Cape Otway :

And of course, the 12 Apostles :

Now I’m in Adelaide for a week, in a cool backpacker. This city is small enough to be visited by foot, you can get a bike for a day for free to go in the Hills or on the beach (I’ve done both). I’ve tried to find a job there but plans changed and I’m leaving this Friday with two girls for a drive to the Uluru ! I’ll tell you about that next week

First days in Sydney

I’m in Australia ! I’ve already left Sydney and I’m in a campervan somewhere on the Great Ocean Road but for now I’ll tell you my first days in Sydney.

I arrived in Sydney on the 30th december. At the airport the immigration process was really fast, the guy just put my passport in the scanner, probably retreive my online visa application and that’s all ! No question or anything. For the luggages a dogs checked my bag and I was succesfully entered in the country

After reached the city by train, I had to get a sim card and try to open a bank account. I got a Telstra simcard, who is supposed to have the best network, and after leaving the cities it looks like they have. For the bank account the HSBC ask me for a 2000 A$ deposit so we will see that later.

After these little administrative details I join my friend who lived already there for a few months to put my luggages at her flat (500m from the beach and shared with 6 girls… I could have found worst ). And I had a really bad idea : go to the beach ! After such a flight it’s the worst thing to do in Australia, I felt asleep on the beach and got my worst sunburn ever !

I spent the next days to cover myself with aloe vera with pain and to totally avoid the sun. After 6 days, my feet are still red :

I still managed to go the NYE in Bondi with David Guetta. I was definitelly not my best concert and really overpriced but maybe my burned legs didn’t really helped me to enjoy it. If I’m still in Australia next year, I’ll go in Sydney’s harbor instead.

I also spend some time to walk around the city and visit a few things such as the Royal Botanic Garden or the Harbor. And then start the real adventure : the road trip to Adelaide via Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road !