Our Four Day Roadtrip.

     So it seems I'm back quite early from what was going to be a month long roadtrip down the coast. Well we found out that it is actually illegal to camp in your car anywhere besides a caravan/camping site. Which means we would have had to pay whenever we wanted to park to sleep. I hope you're not too disappointed, but we still had a fantastic time and I got to see the Sydney Opera House and kangaroos! Let me tell you how it happened.

     When we arrived in Coolangatta that first night we were so excited for the days to come and to walk around the next day. We were parked right by the beach, bathrooms, and across the street from a coffeehouse with live music. Unfortunately, it was also right next to the main road and people like to drive fast and loud at night.

Roadtrip | Aussie Style ☼

   Today, I thought I should share with you guys our big adventure! My husband and I will be traveling along the east coast of Australia for the next month. We'll be packing light and sleeping in our car along the way, so it'll be interesting for sure! We are both so excited to see what this journey will bring us and where it will take us. We are taking this trip very casually, so we may hit all of these destinations or cut it short if we feel like it.

     I will be posting as often as I can, although we aren't sure how or when we will be able to get WiFi. So if posts become far between, I may just only update my Facebook page to let you know where we're at along the map. Below I have mapped out our tentative plan and the places we really want to check out. We have a few things planned in a couple of cities already which I will go into detail once we hit those spots. Of course, there will be the usual surfing (for Anthony!), sunbathing, and walking on the beach at almost ALL of these destinations. But there are some places that have unique things for us to do! I'm looking forward to sharing our trip with you, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

We will start here in Minyama,

- Coolangatta (part of The Gold Coast),

- Byron Bay,

Day trip to Nimbin (super hippie town; btw marijuana is illegal in Australia),

- Yamba,

- Coffs Harbour,

- Nambucca Heads,

- Port Macquarie, 

- Forster, 

- Sydney, 

- Jervis Bay, 

- Eden, 

- Melbourne, 

- Great Ocean Road (Melbourne to Adelaide or something like that). 

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Meet Penelope!

   So it has been a HOT minute since I've updated you on our Australia adventure! I feel like not a whole lot has been going on. We've basically spent our first month here in this lovely house, checking out the nearby area and being lazy. That's all going to change soon though, and you'll see why! Here's a quick recap on the past couple of weeks. 

• More reading books and tanning
• If you haven't heard, I got my nose pierced
• Anthony and I had a little work for a couple of days in Brisbane
• We've checked out a couple OP Shops (Thrift Stores)
• WE BOUGHT A CAR!!!

An Afternoon in Brisbane

It's not easy getting out of the house when you don't have a car, in a place you don't know very well, where they also drive on the other side of the road. Anthony and I spend most of our days at home, searching the web for cars, improving my blogs, talking to people back home, or reading by the pool. It's enjoyable, but you can only stay entertained for so long. So, every chance we get to ride to town with someone, we gladly take. When our friends Ryan and Sarah invited to take us along to Brisbane while the ran errands we were more than happy to go! Sarah also messaged me about the art gallery and must see places nearby. Here are a few pictures from our touristy day in Brisbane!

 At the Gallery of Modern Art, they had quite a few very different exhibits going on. Their main one was about food and the way their government tries to restrict it. It is very similar to the U.S. and how most foods are genetically modified and it's really hard to buy truly organic foods. Whereas here in Australia, their food is not nearly as modified as in the states. You can buy natural and it's not going to break you (mostly because their pay is also higher here, but that's a whole other topic). In the hallway next to those exhibits were these biospheres which looked so complex!

They also had an exhibit called Trace: Performance and its Documents, in which I saw Ai Wei Wei's Dropping a Han dynasty urn (1995) and was SO excited about. I had learned about Ai Wei Wei in my last semester at UCM and we had also watched a documentary on Netflix about him and his opposition to the Chinese government. He is a prime example of how artists can influence and have an impact on society through their art. 

This was Anthony's favorite piece. He likes paintings and how realistic artists can make them. It is quite impressive!

One of my other favorite pieces was from the Terrain: Indigenous Australian Objects and Representations exhibit. This exhibit held many different mediums from weaving to paintings, jewelry to installations. It was gorgeous, and the earth tones were beyond beautiful. This piece in particular caught my eye. It was a canvas with these deep orange, red and brown dots. I love the texture it creates from a proper viewing perspective, but the close up detail photo is amazing as well!

After the art gallery we wandered over to South Bank where they have a man made beach. Let me tell you how strange of a site that is! I guess if you can't go to the beach, bring the beach to you!

They also had this wonderful garden where they grew all sorts of edible plants and trees. It was called Epicurious, and I bet we will probably be seeing parks similar to this in the United States if there aren't any already!

Thanks for stopping by guys! :)

xo, darcilove