Music and Friends

While Pink was in town for the Aria awards she held a morning concert for "Sunrise"-a morning news program that is similar to Good Morning America. She performed at Martin Place which is just a couple of blocks away from our apartment so we went over to hear a few songs on our way to work.

That same week The Veronicas performed on Sunrise. They performed inside the studio, so it wasn't quite as cool but we still went to see them through the glass.

Later that week The Presets put on a concert at The Apple Store. The Presets were voted the Aria's Artist of the Year. There were only about 200 people allowed inside for the concert and we waited in line with high hopes....but no such luck. We still got a couple of good pictures from outside though.

The Apple Store


The Presets

The Presets


Here are some pictures of some of our Slovak friends and Swedish friends. They live in our old apartment now.

Weird...

The Cocarts

Me with the Swedish girls.

Rob, Karol, me and Matt

Me and Matt

Octoberfest!

It's October, and that can only mean one thing: beer-drinkin' time!


Lowenbrau-a fun pub in The Rocks with HUGE beer glasses!


I don't even drink beer but can always appreciate a good photo op


Rob-on the other hand-DOES drink beer


Australian Beer Festival at the Australian Hotel in The Rocks. Over 100 of Australian brewing companies exhibited their beer outdoors on a GORGEOUS day (and no...Fosters beer isn't popular here and wasn't at the Festival)



So cute-rocking our new Ed Hardy t-shirts at the Beer Festival


We took a ferry out to Watson's Bay after the beer festival. No beer was served on the ferry so I had to bring along my can of UDL (vodka, soda, and lime in a can....awesome)





Cute pic of Rob taking in the view from the boat.


Ahoy!


Watson's Bay (we actually took the wrong ferry originally and by the time we actually got to Watson's Bay we had half an hour before the last ferry left to go back to the city. We enjoyed a bowl of "chips" at the first restaurant we saw then got right back on the boat and went home)

Pretty Sunset

2008 Aria Awards

Rob and I had tickets to the 2008 Aria Awards which are kind of like the Grammy's for Australian artists. We got to the event early and got a great spot to watch all of the stars arrive in their limos. We took about 400 pictures, but here are a few of the good ones:

The venue

MTV's set up


The red carpet

Brian McFadden (he sings that song "Only a Woman Can")


Axle Whitehead (I don't know who this guy is but apparently at the 2007 Arias he got a little tipsy and "whipped it out" on stage)


PINK! Obviously not and Aussie, but she was the guest performer and she was awesome. Big fan.


Pink

Pink


The Fakers (they sing "This Heart Attack")


Mine and Rob's reflection in someones limo


Natalie Bassingthwaighte


haha, I don't know! They have some musical called Priscilla: Queen of the Desert


This guy's name is Rove and he has a nighttime show that is a mix between Conan O'Brian and SNL. We like his show.


Gabriella Cilmi (She was the star of the night winning 6 Arias and she's only 17! She sings "Sweet About Me" and "Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now"


The Veronicas (they're huge here and I think they're decently popular in the States. They sing "Untouched" and "Take me on the Floor" And they each weigh about 95lbs soaking wet! )


Inside


Two really good looking famous people


Pink singing "So What"

Sculptures By The Sea

Every year, artists from around the world come to Sydney to exhibit their art outdoors at an event called Sculpture by the Sea. It is staged alongside Sydney's gorgeous Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk and is Australia's largest annual outdoor free to the public exhibition of sculpture. This year there were 100 sculptures from 7 different countries.

We started at Bondi Beach and walked to Tamarama Beach stopping along the way to have lunch on the rocks at McKenzies Bay but then we continued on and did the rest of the Coastal Walk even after the sculptures ended. We passed Bronte Beach, Clovelly, Gordon's Bay, and then ended at Coogee where we laid out on the beach for awhile. It was beautiful; however, little did we know that all along the way we were slowly but surely being introduced to our first and worst Australian sunburns! Our shoulders and faces and ears suffered greatly for about a week afterwards! Even as I write this 9 days after the event, my shoulders and forehead are peeling off in layers. Gross!

This isn't actually a sculpture. Apparently there is a man that lives in a little cave on Bondi Beach. We found it during the Coastal Walk-he has a pretty sweet set up to be honest!











Can you find the sculpture on the beach?






This is an enormous/creepy cemetery....in a prime real estate location.