Kettum pattanam poi ser-enru...

Naamalum Australia-oda capital city parkalam-nu idea vandhadhu. Seri-nu, oru car eduthundu kilambinom, the lady at the rental directed us to take the road towards Wallangong and from there go to Canberra. Seri-nu chamatha andha Wollongong (engerndhu pidichanga indha pera?) road-aye eduthutu pona, there were absolutely no directions to Canberra!! Akramam, oru capital city-ku route podala, aana Melbourne-ku mattum anganga directions!
So eventually route mathi poi, yarkittayo ketta, avan solran it would take another 2.5 hrs (appo time 1:00). Seri ok, McDonalds poitu decide panikalam-ntu, poi nalla French Fries (my favo :D) adichuttu Canberra-ve vendam, Hunter Valley polam-ntu decide pantu petrol station pona, anga solranga

"You can as well go to Canberra, coz it only takes 2 hrs(time 1:30) and Hunter Valley would take more"-tu.

They also gave the directions, andha direction-layum Canberra route suthama ledhu! Seri, pakkathu car thatha-va keppom-nu avarai ketten. He said

"Go till the end of the road, take right and go to Macquarie pass"

..and we went off to find the end of the road, porom porom porm, absolutely no end!! And finally there was a point where the road forked, and there was no right turn!! (Idhu eppadi iruku?) Macquarie-um kanom oru mannangatti-um kanom! Seri-nu andha road-aye pidichutu pona there was a mountain that we had to climb and descend, appovum no Canberra...and what do we find? a route to kangaroo valley! Allright, lets go to this Valley-nu car eduthutu pona 3:15 varaikum road nera poiteee iruku! Finally there was a huge entrance saying Kangaroo Valley, but get into it, there was only a museum and a restaurant..and I expected to see kangaroos! Edhavadhu sapidalam-nu andha restaurant-la nuzhainju juice + wedges adichappuram andha restaurant lady solra, it will take another 2 hrs to go to Canberra ('Enna Vilayadareengala enkitta? Indha Canberra enna 7 kadal thandi malai thandiya iruku?') so we decided to head back to Sydney, idhuku mela Canberra poi enna panradhu? (Wedges sapdaradhuku oru trip for almost 4 hrs!)

Ottite vandhu Sydney serndhom, vandhadhudhan vandhom, lets get to the HQ for some work-ntu North Sydney poitu, we headed towards the city. Harbor Bridge-la toll pay panlam-na wallet-la absolutely no cash! So we just gave the car number and headed forth. Seri vandi engayavadhu park panlam-nu suthi suthi Darling Harbor pakkam vandha, anga enga park panradhu therila. So I went off to ask someone in a place to park. Park panna mudiyadhu soltan avan, but he offered to give directions to my apartments, and he called a girl, who was very busy talking over the phone, so she didnt help. Then he went in and called another guy and said "Give directions to go to the harbor Parking to this beautiful lady" (?!! Innangada, weekend weekend verupethanum-nu mudive panteengala? Illa pora vara ponnungalellam parthu ippadi solrdhu unga culture-a? Grrr) And andha innoruthan padu heavy accent-la ennamo sonnan. So we took the car, and thinking we have to take some right, headed straight up the Harbor Bridge and went to North Sydney again!!! Thalai ezhuthu, route theriyama N. Sydney poi, thirumba vandhu Sussex St ellam suthi, when we figured out and came to the apartments, it was 11:00 PM!

Adhoda mudiyala kadhai, the next day, when we returned the car, the car had a new dent, eppadi vandhadhu-ne therila :( and my credit card is at stake now :(((