Movies in Australia

Since I didn't leave Manly yesterday, it means that I didn't take any photos for you all. The weather has turned a bit worse for the next couple of days so there won't be too much traveling. I did my morning run as usual and this time tried to actually run on the beach. Yes, I wore my sneakers and ran on the harder sand. But it was MUCH harder than running on the grass/cement. I couldn't run as far as normal, but I think it was good to switch it up.

As for things for us to do, we've been talking a lot about the movies. As most of you know, David and I have an impressive movie collection, but we obviously didn't bring it with us. Without a tivo, we are stuck here without a lot of our staple shows. So we looked into actual going to the movies or renting them.

Going to the movie theatre is pretty expensive. Matinees are $10 and after 5 pm, shows are $14. On Tuesdays, they have a "bargain" of $9 all day long. It doesn't look like we'll be going to a movie unless we are really bored, but we did find a cool movie theatre in the city. It does dinner and a movie for around $25, but the movie theatre are all lounge seats. It's a vegetarian buffet and then you get to go to one of 2 movies that they are playing that night. It looks like I'll definitely be falling asleep whenever we go!


As for movie rentals, prices are staggered at the video store near us.

$7.60 - New Release Overnight Rental
$6.50 - New Release 3 Night Rental
$5.50 - New Release 7 Night Rental
$3.50 - Weekly movies
The "Deal" - $7.90 - 4 Weekly Movies

Last night, we decided to check it out and try to get 4 weekly movies. What we discovered was that Wednesday was actually an even better deal of rent up to 10 "weekly" movies for $1 each! Looks like we'll be renting all of our movies on Wednesdays. If you have any recommendations of your favorite older movies, please let us know!

Australia's strange fact of the day: Eggs in the supermarket are stored on a regular shelf with the baking goods. Yes, they are NOT in a refrigerated section. It was definitely weird the first time we bought them. They are farm fresh eggs and the yolks are much brighter than in the States, so I assume they are fresher. I haven't noticed a quality taste difference, but maybe it's because I like to smother my eggs in ketchup. =)