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Back to the blog, today, we decided to explore the town because we were due to meet up with Kirsty for a night out so we can't really venture out too far afield.

High on the agenda were a pair of jeans for Dominic and me after our humiliation in Sydney- a mission which took us all day after lurching between either being aghast at the prices of the expensive jeans or being aghast by the sheer ugliness of the cheap jeans- We eventually plumped for reasonably priced middle of range jeans.

Along with my quest for the jeans, we also browse various souvenirs shops, a supermarket and a travelling agency. We then met with Kirsty and got ready for a night out- To me and my fellow lads' horror...Our eagerly awaited night out actually started in a clothes shop.

The shops were opened until late so on the route to the bars, the girls cannot resist the lure of the shops and went inside them, leaving us boys thirsty for a good cold pint.

Eventually, we got our wish as we went to a backpacker pub and it was an excellent atmosphere and we had a whale of time. We also learnt about Australia's quirky alcohol system- Pot is a half pint; Schooner is a pint while a pint itself is actually a pint and half in Australia! That left us so confused so I decided to ordered a pitcher of lager to stop me looking like a drongo ( An Australian word for idiot) when I received a tiny half pint. In Brisbane they also have a lockout at 3am to stop drunk people gate-crashing the bar and in Sydney, the prices of the drinks go up every hour to discourage drinking but I suspect it was a savvy business idea to get more money from the revellers as they would be too drunk to notice the prices.

We got back about 1am and there were no casualties apart from Ashley showing his lack of experience as he embraced the toilet!