My last full day in Sydney I felt I should probably visit Bondi Beach before I left. Unfortunately it didnt look like the picture,and I wasnt too impressed. It wasn't very pretty and everything looked a bit tacky. I can imagine in the high season in summer it might be a good atmosphere but it wasnt for me,so I left. Instead I travelled to the Olympic village and cycled round the site(its HUGE!)and then took a tour of the main stadium. I also won a gold medal...we...

Today I took a proper trip around Sydney Harbour. First I went on a tour of the Opera House and learnt about the history of the house. After this,the Harbour's other big attraction-the bridge. I decided not to spend the $200+ and the 4 hours on the bridge climb,but rather climbed up through one of the four pylons and got equally as good a view almost 100x cheaper. As it was a Saturday The Rocks (the posh trendy part of the harbour) had it's market on so I browsed...

Early start this morning as I embarked on the 2hour train journey into the blue mountains. When eventually reaching them it was easy to see why they're such a popular attraction. They extend for ages,and are a really beautiful and impressive site. I was dropped at the first stopping point along the cliff and decided to walk from there along past another few waterfalls and viewing points before getting picked up further along. It started off as a lovely walk,howev...

Last stop in Oz-Sydney!Our bus arrived two hours early this morning so I was left in the middle of a the city at 4.30am with a big bag on my back and only the address of my hostel!I was not too impressed,but luckily we were dropped not far from the hostel(thank you friendly shopkeeper)and the reception was still open,so after lugging all my bags to the hostel and up a few floors,I got a bed and some sleep to make up for the lack of sleep on the coach. Feeling a...

Decided to explore Coffs Harbour first thing this morning so I could work out how to spend my day and stumbled across a porpoise pool with an interactive show where you could stroke dolphins,and couldnt resist!(my inner child....dolphins were my absolute 'favouritist' animals when i was little,like a lot of little girls)The show was pretty impressive,but the best bits were getting to feed seals and tiny little fairy penguins,playing catch with the dolphins,stroki...