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Sydney, New South Wales
Happy New Year!!Well, we have finally made it Down Under and it's good to be back - I can't beleive that it has been 5 years since I was last here! How time flies!!We managed to find ourselves some cheap/decent accommodation in Balmain (which is right near the centre of the city) - not bad considering we only booked it the day before we arrived in Oz. And itdidn't cost us a fortune - all the budget places had been booked and we thought we were going to have to bi...