A day of firsts

First taste of Vegemite, first time in downtown Sydney, first experience with CouchSurfing...

If you aren't familiar with CouchSurfing, its essentially a website where you can make a profile either offering your couch for someone to crash on, or request said couch. Its pretty phenomenal. Before you worry for anyone's safety - rest assured that there is a system of vouching and reviewing that allows people to determine the legitimacy of your profile.

But what's so awesome is that it is built on trust, and on the principle that there are other people out there who just want to see the world, but might need a friendly face to help make that happen. Carlyn and I, being new to CS, don't have any reviews or many friends on the site, so in truth, its our hosts who we trusting of us in allowing us to stay with them.

We arrived at their place yesterday afternoon, cracked open a few bottles of their home-brewed beer, and just chatted away the evening/night, before crashing on their futon.

All in all, a successful day. Three days left in Sydney, then on to Tasmania!