St Kilda Beach, Melbourne
St Kilda Beach, Melbourne
St Kilda Beach, Melbourne
Tomfoolery, Melbourne CBD Victoria
Birnur & I kicking back in Lorne
Lorne, Victoria
Happy Birthday Çağdaş, Jan Juc - Victoria
Çağdaş: Look Mum, it's green!
(L:R) Mum, Birnur, Nic: Torquay Front Beach, Victoria
(L:R) Pap, myself, Birnur, Nic, Nan, Mum & Dad @ dinner in Torquay
Çağdaş playing bushman with kangaroo: Anglesea, Victoria
Great Ocean Road, Victoria - Australia
a friendly goanna
Price Waterhouse Coopers (Sydney) On Fire
Winki Pop Beach is next to Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia. Bells Beach is the first event of the World Surfing Tour. I spent many years growing up in this area, some 90kms from Melbourne. It takes 5 minutes by car from mum & dad's house to reach here.
View of Bells Beach from Winki Pop lookout
Winki Pop Beach
Andrew & Faruk
Thandi, Birnur & Alana
Lucas
Johann & Paula
Kathleen & friend
Dave (I'm too sexy for the L'oreal Fashion festival)
Istanbul is firmly under our feet after arriving last night at 5:30pm. Needless to say the trip was tiring and long but we endured the ordeal quite well. Instead of the normal route - Melbourne -> Singapore -> Dubai -> Istanbul, we totally skipped the Singapore leg. I'm not sure if the captain fell asleep with autopilot on, but it made the trip substantially shorter. Thank you Emirates!
Ahhh Australia, it was great to visit there once again - a total pleasure, particularly Melbourne, what a beautiful city. Generally she wins The Worlds Most Livable City, she certainly lived up to her reputation during our visit! Only visiting Melbourne every six months or so creates such a whirlwind visit, I only wish that we had more time there to take everything in.
During our two weeks there we experienced my sisters wedding to Pieter, my grandmothers funeral (dads mum), The Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, a 3 day trip to Sydney including an alcohol related illness, a short but enjoyable catch up with friends, walks on the beach, time with family - all of these moments were divided into precious moments that will keep me going here for the next six months.
Here are just a few of the hundreds of pictures recently taken in Australia...
Me with Nan & Pap
Mum, Dad & I
Torquay Front Beach - (sporting Istanbul Winter tan lines)
Birnur at Torquay Front Beach
Partial city skyline, Melbourne
Jan Juc Beach
Jan Juc cafe
Jan Juc Beach Look-out
Torquay Front Beach
Point Addis Front Beach
Jan Juc Beach
Allo allo, what have we got here?
Roo steaks marinating, a prelude to the B.B.Q .
One for the boys (unidentified) Bondi Beach, Sydney
On the steps of the Sydney Opera House
Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Meeting Aboriginal friends, Circular Quay, Sydney
Carla, Birnur & Jason @ beach Sydney
Darling Harbour, Sydney
Sydney Opera House, Darling Harbour
Jase & I, Circular Quay, Sydney
Circular Quay, Darling Harbour
Ghost Gum, Sydney
