WEDNESDAY I was quite excited to arrive in Sydney, having heard so much about it and all! I met John at the airport, after a little confusion navigating the different terminals. Shelley and he live in Kensington, which is towards Bondi and obviously easy to remember! We went out to a really nice seafood restaurant on Bondi beach which had some superb views of the beach. Since it was Jill's birthday today we toasted her and tucked into some yummy food! After din...

FRIDAY Today was the first day that I have experienced really bad weather in Australia; it was pretty tame by English standards but a shock to my system since I have happily become accustomed to sun and heat! So a bit of a sluggish start to get out in the rain...although I did get to use my UGGs, even though it's not that fashionable to wear them out over here! I went back into Circular Quay to finish off the other sights I missed out yesterday, so I started ...