Both Andy and i worked during the day on the 31st of December but as soon as we could we dashed home, donned our glad rags and headed for the city to meet Kev, Vicky and some others who we were going to the Botanical gardens with to celebrate NYE and watch the fire works in style, Oh Yeah!. Let me set the scene a little.... it's 6pm, the sun is still high in the sky, our sunglasses are on, the temperature is some where in the high 20Cs and everyone is in high ...

The festive season didnt feel very festive at first for us as not realising untill it was not here that the cold is a big part of Christmas. The Christmas trees where going up around Sydney but so was the heat... at least the rain had slowed. The first bit of special Christmas fun we had was on the Visy Christmas harbour evening cruise that Visy put on for it customers (Unilever). We met with fellow Unilever workers Samuele, Ineke & boyfriend Chris, Emily a...

The coach drew into Sydney from the North at dawn, two thoughts hit me through my groggy haze. 1) Oh wow! That's the Sydney Opera House. 2) I can't wait to get off of this bus and not have to get on another for a long time. On arrival at Central Station the coach unloaded and I had no clue as to where I needed to go to get to my pre-booked hostel at Kingscross or even how far away it was from Central Station. The people who had been on the coach didnt look lik...