We're officially nomads :)

SURPRISE! So the apartment search didn't really turn out so well...places here are ridiculously expensive and the only ones we can afford are TINY one-bedroom studios in the ghetto (and those are even $1400 a month!) The place we went to see in Newtown (that we were really excited about) was AWFUL! It was in the worst part of town, had broken windows and graffiti all over it, and had a hot plate and mini-fridge for the "kitchen." Did we mention the mattress took up the entire room (and the place was only one room?) Oh and there was a stabbing in front of the place the night before..HA! So yea, we felt like we would be throwing our money away to rent an apartment and have decided to just backpack around the country for now and stay in hostels along the way :) Not what we planned on...but we're super excited! We're heading over to the Blue Mountains tomorrow for the weekend to hike, then hopping on a train Monday and heading up to Byron Bay (a really cool beach town.)