Being close to Laura's birthday and with little free time, I arranged to spend a portion of the day securing her presents.Despite some mild protests about not needing a present and knowing I would be in trouble if I actually did this I went to paddy's market. It may seem a bit low brow to purchase a gift from the market but I'm a backpacker and poor, as the saying goes when in Rome...... Despite being off my lead for the day I was unable to find a present, it ap...

The day started with us searching the market again. We have become fond of there tacky ways since Hong Kong. A 20 minute walk later and we were at the habour. The great thing about Sydney center. It's so compact and everything is so easy to walk to! The Sydney Opera house was designed by a danish man named Jorn Utzon, unfortunatley Mr Utzon was more of an artist than a designer. In 1957 he submitted a design in to a competition for the Sydney opera house. The d...

Waking up in Sydney having survived the storm, we discovered something terrible. Laura and I had not been to a market in a few days and we were reaching critical. The urge had crept upon us and we needed to find one! Thankfully one of the largest markets in Sydney was a brief stroll from our accommodation. Paddy's Market hosts one of the largest collections of knock off gear and copywrite infringement I have ever seen. The market was also home to ALOT of touris...

The 14th started much like the 13th for me and Laura. Sleepy so very sleepy, so we deserved our lay in. Once we were up and about it dawned on us that we were soon to run out of booked accomdation! So we revised our originally plans of using the bus from Brisbane to Cairns (2 12 hour night buses) and booked a flight (2 hours). Once booked we extended our time in Sydney and planned out the next few places. Making us both feel a little more relaxed, we are not the ...

We arrived in Sydney early, very early but the hostel were having a dry spell and were willing to check us in early. If they hadn't I may have just cuddled up on the pavement for 3 hours. The 12 hour bus journey was horribly uncomfortable to sleep on and resulted in little sleep. Even Laura who seemingly can sleep anywhere as long as she is warm, struggled. Our room was a typical hostel room with the usual lack of comforts, but the bed was sleepable and thats ...