AUS - Sydney

it's gonna be our last country to visit on this journey. but it's still a month left.

finally i was able to buy new contact lenses. it's a lot more complicated to get them in nz and oz (australia) than in austria. my whole supply i brought with me is probably lying on the bottom of fiji's sea joining the rest of my stuff.

what we did the first night in sydney is to allow us a good german "weizenbier" (wheatbeer) and a "schweinshaxn" (pork shank) in the loewenbraeu.

after a tour in the Sydney Opera House we bought tickets for Verdi's "Rigoletto". honestly the performance wasn't very exciting but to be the SOH was a nice experience and worth it's money.

yesterday we made a trip out of the city to get some different impressions. the first stop was at Featherdale Wildlife Park. we were petting a kangaroo baby and stood face to face with a relaxed koala which was chewing its eucalyptus. i have read eucalyptus is also like a drug for koalas - just as an information. they really like to hug (people) as long as they are not enjoying their leafs. and koalas may get stressed when there are too much people around. recognizing the stressed koala looking around with big eyes for a shoulder to hug i offered him mine. and that small cuddly guy really climbed up on me with his long and strong claws. actually they didn't hurt but the park guard took him away telling me it's kind of illegal to hold them.

after being in the Blue Mountains 100km out of Sydney we visited a winery and tasted a couple of white, red and dessert wines. strange tastes for austrian tongues, but good quality. the guy next to leo, liam, joined us hitting the bars in Sydney the same night: nice experience and hot girls!

Bondi Beach in the middle of Sydney was our last destination in the south so far. although it's still winter, the temperatures are above 20 degree celsius and the water is ready to jump in.