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So, now I'm in Sydney!
My first few days here weren't great as I'd not slept in 2 nights and had a rather nasty case of the squits. After one night of staying in a ropey hostel which looked out on to a very noisy Kings Cross, I decided to find somewhere a bit quieter. The place I'm in now is very clean and basic but suits me fine as I can cook my own food. Yep, it's time to start saving pennies - SE Asia was sooo cheap in comparison to here.
After feeling like an alien for a few days, I decided to ring Sheona, the daughter of one of my colleagues at work (Karen Colombage). Weirdly, we'd never spoken before, so it was a case of 'Hi, you don't know me but I'm in Sydney and er...'. Anyway, I'm really glad we hooked up as I got on with her and her boyfriend like a house on fire and they introduced me to some good beer.
I've been spending most of my time hanging around outside the Jolly Swagman Backpackers hostel meeting up with fellow travellers. It all felt a bit cliquey at first, but I think I've been accepted now after busting some breakdancing moves at the 'World Bar'.
Sydney gets better by the day and the weather has been fantastic. Yesterday, the Queen Mary 2 arrived here and in the evening was joined by her little sister Elizabeth 2. I'm not a weirdo boat fanatic (although from my photos you might decide otherwise) but that is one hell of a beautiful boat. It's more like a space station. I have some great video footage of her leaving the harbour with the huge horns blowing. The harbour was totally mobbed. I spent all day with a huge smile on my face. It's not often that I get to feel so proud to be British. The fact that it didn't leave at 11pm prompt reminded me all the more of home!!!
I'm off to a beach party tonight at Bondi as Wednesdays are supposed to be rocking. Annoyingly, I've also been offered a DJ slot in town tonight, but hey, that can wait. I've decided to stay in Sidney until Monday as there's so much to do and I've only scraped the surface. Tomorrow I intend to climb up the harbour bridge and maybe go to the zoo.
Life is good and I'm so happy!
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