Arashi Around Australia?

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Hiya! Once upon a long time ago, there used to be posts about Arashi fan meets in Melbourne, but they stopped around 2 years ago. This is unfortunate because I'm finally studying abroad here! So, I was wondering if any Arashi fans still exist in Melbourne and would want to meet up. This probably wouldn't be classified as a real meet-up though since I don't know anything about Melbourne yet. But according to my logic, people who like Arashi can't be bad, so maybe someone could show me around too (^_^)>

I'm also interested in knowing if anyone is in Australia/New Zealand, because I plan to wanna travel around and maybe I could meet others then (or give me info about things I should see). :)

Comments

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Thanks (^_^) But it's really troublesome. All my classes are so messed up. :< Where are you from?

[hellotoeveryone.livejournal.com]

Aww I'm in Melbourne :)... And I'm definitely an Arashi fan :P..

I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to find free time though, I'm in Y12 and we have hw everyday ;_____;.. Heaps actually.
When do you plan to meet up btw? I'd love to meet other Arashi fans as well <33333.. *One of my best friends is - after all the advertising and luring her listening to Arashi - now also an Arashi fan :).. We might go together if we can make it :)*...
Good luck looking for other fans :)

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. I figured anyone interested could find a time together. That's why I didn't want to make it an official gathering since I can't, like, host it without knowing anything about Melbourne.

If you ever have free time, we should hang out though! I need help exploring Melbourne~ Even on the weekends you have homework? :\

[masaki82.livejournal.com]

Good luck with yr12, I should know I was in yr12 last year and it was pretty stressful with all the SACS and Exams. But don't burn out too quickly, study at a steady pace :)

[erica-gw.livejournal.com]

I'm in Brisbane (Queensland) - let me know if you come up this way.

If you sign up for newsletters from Jetstar, they occasionally have super cheap flights available :)

Erica

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

What's interesting up there? (Looking through tourism stuff is hard, too many words and books and things.) Wiki says Brisbane is the 3rd populous tourist spot after Sydney and Melbourne, and I've already been to Sydney and now I'm in Melbourne. I figure I need to do everything awesome in Australia/New Zealand that I can so I can cross those things off my things-to-do-before-I-die list, lol. Like, I wanna go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef and go surfing, and parasailing if I can.

And thanks for telling me. Will do! :)

[xrachiebunniex.livejournal.com]

^^ hehe ~ hihi~ i'm in New Zealand~ Auckland in specific :) DEEEEFINITELY would looove to meet you if you ever fly across the ditch!

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

:O Let's do it~ I really wanna go to New Zealand just to say I have, but I'm not quite sure what to do there besides chasing sheep. Though I heard there's some cool cliff view thing, and bungee jumping, but that sounds scary...

[masaki82.livejournal.com]

Lol, you already know me right. Julie from tumblr and fb :) If there is anything official and it doesn't clash with my days at uni, I'll be there :)

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

So nothing unofficial? :/

And btw, the daughter of my parents' friends has an accent (caus eyou told me you don't think you have an accent)! A pretty strong one. The girl who went to Melbourne before me said people in Melbourne don't have accents either though... but now... I'm wondering...

[username-hannah.livejournal.com]

Remember me? :3 NZ here! If you come here, there's a Japanese restaurant where I live called Arashi :D and right next to it is a sake & yakitori bar called Kazu. So yeah, there's something xD ._.

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

I remember you! But I didn't wanna creep, lol. But your impression of chasing sheep is now my image of New Zealand. Do you live in Auckland too? And LMFAO, it's so fun to find Japanese restaurant names that relate to them. In Colorado in the U.S. I saw a place called 嵐王, though their official name was translated.

[linskie.livejournal.com]

Hi there...
I used to live in Melbourne for 9 years and Brisbane for 3 years. but I live in Auckland now.. If you are in Melbourne, you should definitely go to Great Ocean Road!! Go to the info centre in federation square and ask them, they will be the best person to ask. And go visit the cafe` too....
If you ever go to Brisbane, go to the Gold Coast and to the theme park!! Luna park is nowhere close to the theme park in Gold Coast ^^ (cant compare them lol) Also go to Byron Bay because it's good... :)
I love scenic stuff and I love beach and that's why my recommendation is a bit biased XD lolz....
If you want to go to NZ, Queenstown in South Island would be the best city to visit in my opinion... I've just finished touring the South Island over Christmas and I love Queenstown! :)

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Oh, my family is planning to go on the Great Ocean Road day trip on Saturday! The cafe? And this girl I was talking to was just telling me about the Gold Coast and how there's theme parkS there. [looks online] Wow that's a lot. That'll bust my wallet. Which theme parks are good? Because there's 13 on the website...

What did you do in South Island? I feel like you'd just be on a bus looking at things though. And would you want to meet up in Auckland? Someone else I was talking to is in Auckland too~

[arashilovezs.livejournal.com]

Heyy =)
I thought I'd post a reply here instead cause it looks fun xD

I'm studying Econs though taking BA =)
Oooh~ Exchange huh? So cool!

I'm totally happy to meet up!! ^-^
Actually, I'm in the Unimelb Jap Club =)
Orientation week is coming up yeah! I'm sure there's host groups but I'm happy to show you around too if you'd like =D

If you're on exchange.. does that mean that you're staying in International House?

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting. Like Sho-chan? (Yes, he is my standard of Economics. Though I just read the book and passed out of the class 2 weeks ago.)

Ooh, I wanna join that! I wanna join! My school in the U.S. has a Japanese club too, but it's mostly... a social group wherein you'd have to be really active and outgoing to be loved and remembered :\ Which I'm bad at. But here, I should do that so I can be brought places anyways XP

I'd love for you to show me around! I asked masaki82 that too, but she says there's not many Arashi-esque places. Which is true of most places, but there's always one bootleg DVD store or a karaoke place with their songs. But yeah, since you'd be the one doing me a favour, tell me when you're free and I'd love to hang out! Otherwise, I'm going to get lost in the city... which kinda sounds fun too XD

And no, each of the places are voluntary based on price. Everywhere seems expensive so right now I'm staying with my parents' friends out near Glen Waverly station. I don't know if I'm going to stay here or get somewhere closer, because closer equals a lot more money :\

[istahire.livejournal.com]

I live in Sydney and always wonder why the gatherings are in Melbourne! But I just started to work full time so would be hard to attend something unless it's on the weekend and in Sydney...

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Aww, I was just in Sydney (but I wouldn't've been able to meet up since I was with my parents anyways). If you ever get a break and want to travel around Australia or go to Melbourne, tell me~!

But man, Sydney is full of super pretty people and the bestest bookstore ever...

[platinum28.livejournal.com]

I live on the Gold Coast!! :") It's pretty touristy here, and great if you like the beach, or theme parks. :D Some one up above mentioned signing up to Jetstar's newsletters which is a great idea, they're always having sale fares, but whether it's at a convenient time while at uni is another story, haha. Congrats on getting accepted to study abroad here!!

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Whee~ a lot of people have been telling me to go see the Gold Coast! Have you been to all the theme parks? Which ones are good? Cause I don't think I could go to, like, all 13....

[windwolfgang.livejournal.com]

Hello there! I will also be in Australia to study there this month.
I was actually planning to study in Melbourne but I ended up in Sydney because one and other things.

I'm not actually used to gather around with other Arashi fans yet but since I will soon live in a whole new environment I'd like to have some Arashian friends there :D

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Aww~ I already went to Sydney, BUT since you seem to be a study abroad student too, will you travel around other cities in Australia too!? But also, there's a lot of fans in Sydney it seems~

Re: Australia

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Oh, someone else on this thread is from Brisbane too! But I don't know what's over there to know if I'll want to go visit there.

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm the first one who you are looking for shown up. I'm living in Melbourne now. Study abroad as well. You can contact me if you want to meet up and, yes, I'm Arashi's fan. My e-mail: eragon_penvensie@hotmail.com :D

[bubbalooee9.livejournal.com]

Hi :D
I'm in Adelaide so if you ever get to come here (it's close XD) let me know!
I'm a newbie Arashi fan but would love to make more Arashi fan friends!

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Eh? Where's that/how far? I'm new to Australia, so I don't know crap XD But same to you, if you ever come this way, I'm pretty super free~!

[hurstville.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm living in Melbourne too :D Didn't realise there were so many Arashi fans floating around here. I've only been living here for about a year but I know a couple of nice places to eat and chill out or whatever. Anyway, I'm definitely up for a fan meet so let me know.

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Do you go to school or are you working? Would you be up for just hanging out some time? :] It'd be cool to just gather some Arashi fans and go eat and karaoke or something, in my opinion, but I don't know if that equal fan meet.

[captxfizz.livejournal.com]

Ooo so you're in Melbourne already! :D How was your trip around Sydney?

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

It was fun! The habour is super pretty, but basically that's all I was interested in: the habour, opera house, Chinatown, some street markets and the zoo :P Animals are soo cute~ I got so many pictures of little wallabies~ but yeah, my main impressions of Sydney: beautiful city, with really pretty people to match it, and super expensive prices to slap you again. But, no, really. When we were on a boat tour thing, we got off at this dock, and there was a pretty, clean, nice white yacht just beside there with young people in their 20s, possibly all models from an Abercrombie and Victoria's Secret ad, except college-aged. And they weren't doing anything but, like, sun tanning and flaunting their richness and I was like, "WHERE DID THIS MONEY COME FROM!? WHOSE BOAT IS THAT? WHO HAS THEIR BOATING LICENSE?! SHINE SOME OF THAT RICHNESS ON MEEE~" XP Lol, thanks for asking XD

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

YES I AM! I'm a third year exchange student studying in the science department.... though I need to fix my subjects... we should hang out and make a cult of Arashi fans! Aka, 3 people. Lol.

[kouichi26z.livejournal.com]

Hi~
I live in Perth, Western Australia. I've read some of the comments below..seems you are interested to go to NZ?hehe..
I kinda have plan too about that..if you thought of coming to perth or going to nz sometime in the future..let me/us know about it! who knows we might be on the same plane ;)

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Ooh, when are you going to go? I'm thinking of going sometime during the break (April 6-15). Another person said if we go on a weekend, she can show us around and we can stay in her guest room!

Btw, what's in Perth? I think I heard the name twice now.

[qiannyqianqian.livejournal.com]

Hey I live in Melbourne too! I'm studying Japanese at Monash University. Happy to meet up if you want. My email address: chenqian12@hotmail.com. Keep in touch yo!

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

We should definitely hang out! I feel like since there's a decent handful of Arashi fans that don't go to the same school but are all in Melbourne, we should just go karaoke sometime or something :D

[yukikumo.livejournal.com]

All the best with your studies.

I live in Sydney. One state above you.

Hope you get to meet more Arashi fans in Melbourne!

[cool1412.livejournal.com]

Aww, I was just there :\ I went to Chinatown and found bootleg all of Nino's old dramas! And Nazodi. And went to Kinokuniya and had my heart broken with the fun house mirror of Arashi-ness (and awesome crafting books) that I could not grasp (cause it's expensive!).

Thanks!