13th April, 2011
Well..... my first day of the holidays was quite memorable... near death experience you could say.
My cousin and my grandma came to Australia about two weeks ago for a visit and since I've been busy with my half yearlies and my parents working so they didn't have time to travel. My cousin thought of the idea to visit Wollongong and it's apparently... so called famous beach. Obviously as a cheapo... I freaked out. I was planning to spend my day at home either catching up on my sleep or doing my hospitality portfolio. But I guess I was forced to go along with them. So, we planned to go after the hour that I was told on a train which costs around ($18.00 return). But luckily my mum finished her work off early and we contemplated whether to go to Bondi beach or Wollongong beach... in the end my cousin won and we decided to go to Wollongong beach on our car. About... an hour out our car stopped in the middle of the freeway somewhere in Sutherland. And... the worst part of it was that it was uphill (in the right, over taking lane). So I think we stopped there for about half an hour until some nice guy turned up and told us that he was going to pull our car (downwards) because it was so dangerous, and we were truly grateful for that. Until... he took out his rope from his trunk.
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| I swear it is literally this skinny. |
So.. I thought 'oh shit.. we're gonna die'. I told everyone to get out of the car. And he attached it and started to go downwards.. until it broke. I literally freaked out because my mum was in the car and it started to roll down the hill. Luckily our emergency break was working. And again.. the now idiot.. said 'why don't we double the rope and use it'. -.- But somehow the police was just cruising along and spotted us and just parked their car a few meters to keep the traffic off. And.. that guy ran off.. lol. So.. for another 50 minutes we stood there trying to call a tow truck. Then a nice guy called Peter came along and towed our car into a safe corner for us, and he tried calling all his mates but all were too busy. He stayed with us for another half an hour calling all his mates until finally his friend called Joe came. They were both very nice guys and Joe came rushing because Peter said it was an emergency :D. There are nice people out there. Then we waited for Joe for another 30 minutes because he had to pick his son up (who was sleeping by the time he got here.. so cute :3). He towed the truck and my cousin decided to follow him (you know what his reason is..? because he might steal the car) -.- seriously Joe is a nice man.. So.. we stood in the middle of a freeway (in this dividing area) for another hour and half for a dad to come pick us up. I swear to you that was the most embarrassing hour and half of my life. People were honking like crazy.. (my thoughts 'you wanna die?', 'get out of the road!', 'you're an idiot', 'HAHAHA'). Even worse it was boiling hot.. and I burned like crazy.
So.. after an hour and half my dad turned up on the other side of the road... yes the freeway.
This was very similar to where we stood.. the little grass area.
Then... we had to cross apparently.. -.- never ever ever in my life am I going to cross a freeway again. We got stuck in the middle.
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| Yes.. in the middle of the freeway |
I almost.... died.
