Still in Kingscross

I went to run a bunch of productive errands, and I was too late to go to the zoo. I was by the harbour though, so I walked around and checked out the contemporary art gallery which had free entrance. I liked the porcelain Asian influence head bust by an artist named Ah Xian, and there was a creepy installation upstairs by a local artist called Julia Rrap, with an emphasis on her body. Afterwards, I went to check out Coogee Beach, a smaller one that is a lot tamer with nothing too interesting going on.

I walked around in the city and tourist areas and felt disinterested in seeing much of anything, because it's just like any big North American city. However, I think I should make some dough here first before I take off to other places. I might get a room with some people so I'll see how that goes. I'm also worried about NYE, as many places get booked up by about now. Maybe I'll be homeless then. On another note, I'm supposed to meet some friend's friends in a week or 2.

I left my second hostel today because it was expensive and I wasn't really meeting anyone. I think because there were alot of Europeans, especially French. I headed off to the Original Backpackers down the street, a place that is in an old victorian building with its atmosphere well kept. I'm in an all female 6 person room which is better for me. I met a Korean girl (Min) right away and I cooked brunch for her. She has lived in US before so her English is really good. We went to the zoo together, and I probably felt the most excited that day out of all these time. The ferry takes us to an island where the zoo was located. The place was huge with a beautiful set up, a nice spot for some very interesting looking animals. At least it didn't look depressing like the Vancouver zoo. Overall, it was pretty awesome, but I was so tired and hungry from walking so much by the end of it. It might have also been accumulating from days of walking. I get so hungry all the time now. Not exactly the best thing because food is so damn expensive here. Min treated me to an expensive meal in a place called -5 degrees afterwards since I cooked for her earlier. There's a lounge upstairs where everything was made with ice, even the drinking glasses. It cost $30 to go in for half an hour, so of course I didn't. In the evening, we ended up going grocery shopping at around 9pm, and had some appys and a drink in the hostel. I bought my first drink in Australia...I mean it's about time right? But yes, usually people give you cheap wine for free. We chatted up with this old Aussie guy who works there too, and one thing he said was that food is expensive due to drought.

Today has a bit of drizzle, not sure of my plans but I have ditched the Korean girl because I didn't want to go to the Aquarium with her. I had enough of the tourist stuff for now, need to get busy.