Australia

-



10 years ago, my family and i embarked on the lengthy journey to Melbourne, Australia to spend Christmas, New Year and most importantly my 9th birthday with my uncle who was working over there at the time.

Although I was only 8, Australia is a trip I will never forget for many reasons, some of which I will share with you now!

Apologies in advance for the quality of these photos, they were taken on a Samsung in 2013. 

Here's my 8 year old guide to Australia:

SYDNEY

During our stay we drove a painstaking 10 hours to visit Sydney. We obviously had to see the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour but honestly, in typical child fashion, i wasn't all that interested. My mum managed to snap a very rare picture of me smiling while we were on a boat across the harbour.

Despite the sightseeing, my favourite part about Sydney was the hotel we stayed in - not because it was beautiful but because every key card had a different song linked to it so when you scanned your card to use the lift your song would play – my song was Sexyback by Justin Timberlake.



CHRISTMAS 

I experienced the biggest culture shock when I woke up on Christmas morning to the sun shining through my window. Christmas is 100% my favourite time of year, but it didn't have the same cosy feeling in Australia as it did back home. Having a barbecue for Christmas dinner and going to the beach after opening my presents was one of the weirdest experiences of my life, but i loved it. 



EUREKA SKYDECK 

For my birthday we ventured to the Eureka Skydeck – one of Australia’s tallest skyscrapers measuring 975ft! The concept is basically a glass box stuck onto the side of this building (on the 88th floor) designed to frighten the life out of you. You stand in the box and sound effects as if the glass is breaking and the box is creaking etc. play through the speakers. It was so much fun and a perfect way to round off our trip to Australia. However, my mum didn’t take part and had to leave because she was so scared –  i was extremely disappointed and it's safe to say I’ve never forgiven her.  

~

I hope you enjoyed this small snippet of my experience in Australia! There’s so many more things I could talk about and I'm desperate to go back in the near future so that I can appreciate it even more now that I'm older. 

 

<3
Location: Australia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Amsterdam

-
Image
  In November last year my best friend and I went to Amsterdam for a little weekend away. It was both of our first times in Amsterdam and we had the best time! As usual, here are a few of my must-sees in Amsterdam.                                                                               SCENERY This may be down to the fact that most of the Christmas decorations were up, but I loved all of the lights strung across the city because it gave the place a wholesome winter vibe which is my favourite. Amsterdam is different than any city I’ve visited in terms of the layout - we did get lost quite a few times while trying to get home but that was ...
Read more

Italy

-
Image
  My most recent trip was visiting my friend Amy on her semester abroad in Milan a few weeks ago! The weekend went so fast and I loved every minute! Here's my favourite (and least favourite) not-so hidden gems of Milan!:   DUOMO  I’m generally never that fussed about seeing different tourist attractions as most of them don’t really interest me for more than a minute. However, stepping up the stairs from the underground station to see the Duomo actually took me by surprise. The sheer size of the building and the figures on each of the spires was breath-taking. We also went to a cute restaurant that served the best pizza ever so I was more than happy to be there - except I spilled it all down my dress and had to walk about like that for the rest of the day. Don't ask how you spill a pizza because I still don't know.   TOURIST TRAPS  As usual with any city filled with tourists, there is a fair share of tourist traps. The ice cream on the left is obviously...
Read more

Split

-
Image
In April last year I visited Split in Croatia for the first time with my family for a well needed city break! Here’s a look at my favourite things in Croatia!.   ARCHITECTURE   I really loved Split’s whole aesthetic in comparison to anywhere else I’ve travelled to. It was very clean, but it also just looked very full of life if that makes sense. The buildings were very well kept and there were so many statues and monuments around for us to look at. I’m not sure if this is the same as the rest of Croatia, but I would love to go back and find out!   GAME OF THRONES MUSEUM  At the time, everyone in my family but me had seen Game of Thrones so naturally we had to go to the museum. I wish I had seen the show before visiting the museum instead of after, but it was still a good experience none the less. My least favourite thing about the whole trip was this haunting figure of Peter Dinklage.   QUALITY TIME   As cringe as it sounds, ...
Read more