Figured I might as well put something up to let everyone know what I've been up to. Basically, not a lot. Which has been amazing. I've been on the road for almost 3 weeks, and so far it has been exactly what I hoped for.
Haven't been partying it up or getting into too many adventures (well not the drunken shenanigans that normally qualify for adventures), but I've met some super cool people, checked out some super sweet spots that I would never had heard of otherwise, let alone visited, and I've just generally been having a ball.
I'm currently in Victor Harbor, about an hour and fifteen minutes South of Radelaide. Its pretty chilled out and I'm just kicking back until I head up to Adelaide again tomorrow to get my Aus day party on, and then I'll head over to Vic to get to Melbs for Laneway on the 5th. From there I imagine the shenanigan ratio will increase significantly.
Highlights so far include everything. But more specifically:
- Kicking it with Steve, Ben and the President of the State Upper House over homemade pizza in Cowaramup on my first night.
- Hanging out with Nolly for the first time in ages in Albany. And the Albany windfarm. Windfarms and windmills are my new favourite thing.
- Esperance. Wow. Hadn't been there since I was a little tacker. Can't recommend it enough. Has to have at least 10 beaches which shit on anything Perth and most of the rest of WA has to offer. And LeGrand National Park is so awesome its hard to describe.
- Norseman to Ceduna. About 1300km of pretty much nothing all the way across the Bight. And its totally awesome! Wouldn't exactly say its all that pretty, but its something that everyone should do. Just the idea of driving right across the bottom or Australia left me with a smile on my face the whole way.
- Elliston. Tiny little fishing town midway down the Eyre Peninsula. I heard a little rumour there were waves. There were. Amazing waves. And a nice little town to boot.
- Adelaide. Ridiculously cool town. Good things about Adelaide: it has awesome super mega markets right in the middle of town, there is a sweet pub on every corner, its hard to get lost, staying in North Adelaide (a ridiculously cool part of a ridiculously cool town.)
And a few numbers about the trip and the list so far:
Perth to Victor Harbor (straightest route possible): 2779km
Perth to Victor Harbor (my route): 4875km
No. of cars overtaken: 2
Triple J stations listened to: 7 (out of at least 20)
New foods tried: 2
Wins on pokies: 0
Surfs in each state and blocks of each state's beer: 2/2
New items on the list: Find a perfect, secret beach not marked on any map, and Listen to every song on my ipod (nano, thank god) from A-Z.
Peace,
christo
p.s. Current beard status: embarrassing
you should completly shave your head but keep growning the beard then try and pick up. this could be on the van lsit as "make out with a girl while looking as ugly as possible without severing any limbs"
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