First day in Aussieland...

As we head to Russ' apartment I'm getting sleepy, but Rob and Russ force me to stay awake. I had only slept about 5 hours within the last 48 so it was tough, but I listened! Ha! We made it to the apartment and it is so beautiful. Russ has an amazing view from his balcony and it's just a quaint little neighborhood. We had some delicious lunch, which helped to revive me. We changed and were headed on a walk through the neighborhood of mount lawley! :) we sat at a cafe and had an iced coffee--the first coffee in 30 hours!! The.best.feeling. Then we headed to cottesloe beach--absolutely breathtaking!! It was windier by the beach, which felt nice under the hot sun! Rob and Russ ran straight into the Indian Ocean while I observed this great body of water. I dipped my toes and Rob pulled me in. I was afraid the waves were going to eat me so I quickly ran back to shore!! Haha it was amazing though to lay there watching the sunset listening to the waves roll up... Russ said that the beach gets windy in the afternoon which causes a bit of a sand storm so needless to say we were covered in sand by the time we left, but I didn't care--I'm in AUSTRALIA!!! A little while later we washed off at a beach shower and walked up to the Cott Hotel Restaurant to have some beers and pizza and watch the sun set into the ocean :) it was absolutely spectacular!! We got back to Russ' apartment at about 8:30pm and I was dunbar! Out like a light!! After 10 hours of blissful sleep, I feel amazing!! Onto day 2...