Oz, here I come!

Wooo hooo!

I have booked my tickets to Australia! I'm so excited that I'm finally doing this! I decided back in December to do something big for myself, and I decided 'what can be bigger than going to Australia by myself?'

So, I'm doing it! I've applied for the Working Holiday visa, which will allow me to live and work in Oz for up to a year. I've also (as of last night) booked the flights to get me there and back. I'm planning to go for 7 months, leaving July 3rd (with a 5 day stopover in LA to visit friends!) and leaving Sydney on January 29th (again, with a 3 day stopover to visit my LA friends!)

I'll be staying with a childhood friend of mine - my parents next-door neighbours (John and Terry) daughter Nichole and her Aussie husband Damien. At least until I find my own apartment. I plan to get a short term furnished place in Sydney - which will also mark the very first time I'll live on my own!

Eeeks! Such a huge change for me and I'm so excited about it! I can't wait for the things to come and the places I'll get to see and experience. Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, shopping in Darling Harbour, sphering in New Zealand (they did this on one season of the Amazing Race)....and just experiencing life in Oz! :)

The next 2 months better fly by!