Fair Dinkum !

Ok, this is it then, our last day in "the lucky country". Last day and first real hangover, which had to be experienced due to the name of the blog. Our 40 hour voyage back to Finland begins in 1,5 hours, so we haven't got much to say. There's no time for pictures or videos either.

Anyway it's been rather lovely, especially yammy to be correct. ( I'm tired - kimi ). We'll see you (our finnish friends) soon, when you all come to Helsinki airport at 23.59 on Saturday.
Be there.

New pictures and videos ( e.g. bondi bitch ! ) are coming when we are back in Finland and have the time to do those, stay tuned even if this wasn't your cup of tea.

So, see you when you see me.

Cheers Australia, you've been fockin' awesome, and thanks for the readers as well.

Over and out.

Dig a hole and bury me, it doesn't get better than this !!

So, everything has gone so well that we haven't had the time to write here, sorry.

But yea, the last days in Cairns and  it's been awesome. Done some snorkling and scuba-diving in the Great Barrier Reef, wondering around the rainforest and of course swimming with crocodiles ( at least there might have been some ).

Also the local partylife has been checked out ! Quite different than in Sydney, in a better way though ! Indeed, Kimi even lost his shoes after a wild night out... He can't remember a thing, and it was a bit of a miracle that we found home that night, Riky just found Kimi walking around without shoes, completely wasted( hi mom ). We haven't just been too wasted to walk, we've also made loads of new friends ! E.g. Matt and his footy-team from Victoria, Australia; three finnish girls and a strange posse consisting of a Frenchman, some Germans and a huge guy from Malta.

All of the previous we met in the must-see nightclub in Cairns: Gilligan's.
























 Besides Gilligan's we also went to another famous club called the Woolshed, where the party looked like this:

So, that's all folks! The pictures from scuba are coming when we get them, probably going to put them when we are back in Finland.

Ps. Bondi Bitch ! - challenge has ended, Riky lost, the punishment will be executed tomorrow and posted as soon as possible.

Cheers, mates

Let's go surfing !

 Well, indeed ! We heard from a local surf-shop owner that Manly beach ( which name comes from when many years back some governor kinda guy said that those aboriginals who stood on the beach looked manly ) is the best palce to learn to surf. So we packed our hats and jumped on the first ferry there. From Manly beach we found a nice fellow who was kind enough to lease us a surfboard and two wetsuits. With no previous experience we headed out to catch the huge waves, which actually were somewhat the smallest and the most gentle ones you can find out here. The following pictures will give you guys an idea of how easy it was !

I'm ready to rock'n'rolamo

This is hard...

Damnit !

No worries mate

Aaaaaargghhhhsshshplls..!

A small distraction came along 8)

fuck...this...shit

Trying to get to the shore

I'm done.

Ready to hit the waves !

Yahooooooooo!

 

Hard indeed

Yeah right...

This time I'll make it... NOOT

Atleast my hat stayed on..

Fuck my life

Riky had another go which went rather well. Here's how it's supposed to be done.

Bondi Bitch !

 Today we chilled out at Bondi Beach all day, sunbathing and swimming in the huge waves of the Pacific Ocean. No severe sunburns so far, though it was only our second sunny day since we arrived in Sydney...

welcome to Bondi Beach

yes indeed, welcome

bitter litter

There's the cabin from the famous tv-show Bondi-Rescue ( Rantavahdit, JIM tiistaisin klo 16.30 )

Bondi Pavilion, if you didn't catch it already...

Also, we have something new for you, our loved ones. A competition, where the loser will be crowned Bondi Bitch ! Unfortunately only our facebook-friends will be able to participate in it. Instructions are in finnish in the video below.

Beyond the Black Stump

So, this post is basically just pictures with captions on them because we have been taking them and think that those are what you want to see. kivaa

Okay then, these first ones are from our way to Circular Quay and also a few from there.

"Pulu"



"Koivu"



yo bitches

Finally arrived at Circular Quay. Sydney Harbour Bridge in the pic

Some crazy ass nigga freaking out

how pale xD




"Helsinki"



"Kultuurikeskus"

Then after the bohemian experience we got back to our hotel and thought about checking out the Sydney nightlife....f*cking cultural differences... I think the video says it all.





After the hard time of struggling we got ourselves up and managed to go to the pool. Again. But this time the weather was awesome ! Sunshine, clear sky and the temperature was sky-high. Thank you Australia it was worth the wait.

There's something in the water... !



I rule the world





King of Bondi

Guitar hero



Handicap-sex right this way







G'Day drongos!

Well hello there!

So, the first two days of exploring the world (by planes) are done and we managed to survive to the Land Down Under somehow without any major problems on the way. The picture of Riky is from Guangzhou's Baiyoun Airport, China where the air was unbelievably humid ( that's why the beers! )

We arrived to Sydney at 21.00pm and by then we had been travelling for over 30 hours. Yet after the room check-in we had to take a walk around the town. Surprisingly the amount of drunken people was just about the same as in Finland !

The weather isn't as expected, temperature today ( 14 oct 2011 ) was 15-17 celsius and very windy and cloudy ( rain is expected ) but because this is our summer holiday, we woke up at 6.00am and simply had to swim in the roofpool !

And now for the first video-post, cool ! You might notice that it was also the first ever made by Riky, maybe not the smoothest guy on video :D Anyway, enjoy !

8,5 hours to go... !

Luggage - check
Passport - check
Money - check
Passport - double check
Banana costume - check
Joakim - check... I guess...

Looks pretty good, I'd say.

The feeling right now is somewhat unreal, we actually made it this far !
There ain't too many people who can say they believed in us when we first had the idea of going to Australia. ...Could be because of the fact that we were both pretty drunk when announcing to people that "WE'aRe GooiNg to AusTRaalia !!!"

Anyway, here I am, trying figure out something to do with all this energy. 5 hours to wake-up and I couldn't even sleep if I wanted. I checked the weather in Sydney for the rest of the week... rainy.... but next week should be sunny and warm, sounds like Bondi beach to me !

Well, enough if this shit, I'll get back to you when I actually have something cool to say.

Cheers,
Riky

Ps. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a picture that describes my current state of mind quite well.

The Day After Tomorrow

It's gonna be one hell of a ride ( hopefully not that fatal though )

Countdown: 2....

...i'm not going. i'm the one of us who is a afraid of spiders more than anything else.
ps for your information, i don't find that picture even a bit funny...

-joakim

http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_spiders.html
(One of the world's most poisonous spider is living ONLY in Sydney... fml)

Countdown: 10

Little bit of information about Australia if ya'll are so left behind as some people seem to be.

These are actual questions from a Australian Tourism Website, where they had an inbox for ignorant visitors to ask something proper or-so-those-who-asked-thought about the country. Website's admins must have really great sense of humor figuring by the answers.  At least I had a great laugh, enjoy:

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia ? I have never seen it rain on TV,
how do the plants grow? ( UK )
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them
die. _____________________________ _____________________

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? ( USA )
A: Depends how much you've been drinking.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad
tracks? ( Sweden )
A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water.
_____________________________ ___________________

Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia ? Can you send me a list
of them in Brisbane , Cairns , Townsville and Hervey Bay ? ( UK )
A: What did your last slave die of?_____________________________ _____________________

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia ? ( USA )A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe .
Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does not
... oh, forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings
Cross. Come naked. _____________________________ _____________________

Q: Which direction is North in Australia ? ( USA )
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and
we'll send the rest of the directions.
_____________________________ ____________________

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia ? ( UK )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do...
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA)
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is
oh, forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in
Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia ? ( UK )
A: You are a British politician, right?
_____________________________ ____________________

Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round?
( Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is
illegal.
_____________________________ ____________________

Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense
rattlesnake serum. ( USA)
A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All
Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make
good pets.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its
name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. ( USA )
A: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of Gum
trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You can scare
them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you
tell me where I can sell it in Australia ? ( USA )
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is
smaller than the male population? ( Italy )
A: Yes, gay night clubs.
_____________________________ _____________________

Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia ? ( France )
A: Only at Christmas.
_____________________________ ____________________

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )
A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.

Countdown: 20

Out of ideas? Definitely not ! Here's some high class entertainment for you, our beloved reader(s) !

Countdown: 30 !

Land Down Under, here we come. PS the intro is great, i think we're gonna try to do the same ( video of it is most likely to be seen on the blog later on )

Countdown: 40

Never seen the movie but cool sights in the trailer, AND it also has the word "Australia" in it so it simply has to be posted.

Countdown begins: 50 !