Arrived into Sydney around 8.30 and caught the train back to Hollie's! She was at work but most of the others were in when I got to the house. Paul said that he and his friend were going surfing in the afternoon and I was welcome to join, but I thought I should meet Julia before I left. I had a shower and sorted my life out a bit getting a hostel booked for the next day and things like that. It hadn't really sunk in that I was actually leaving Australia the nex...

Had a really good day today! Hollie had taken the day off work to drive me up to the Blue Mountains in Paul's car. It was a couple of hours drive, and the weather looked a bit rubbish but brightened up the closer we got! When we got there it was really cool! Awesome scenery! We saw the 3 sisters and went for a bit if a walk, then got some really nice ice cream...which turned out to have a hair in it, gross! So I got a second one. Then we drove to another lookout...

We had planned to go surfing to Palm Beach today with Hollie's flatmate Paul and his friend. Woke up and the weather was really nice which was awesome! We drove down in Paul's car which was a bit of a tight squeeze. It was a nice beach - the one where Home & Away is filmed. It's a really rich area - we stooped in a car park and saw about 6 ferraris all parked practically next to each other! Never seen anything like it! We chilled on the beach for a bit - on...

Checked out this morning and used the Internet until my bus to the airport. Had a bit of an annoying check in experience when the guy tested me for explosives and it came up positive but it was all fine. I was just reading the lonely planet in the bookshop to see what else I wanted to do in Sydney, then noticed that my plane was already boarding. I got on and was asked to sit in one of the emergency exit seats as I boarded, and said ok as I didn't see any reason ...

This morning Hollie had to go to work so I was up fairly early with her. I just chilled out most of the morning, there was a group dinner at Les' flat so I skyped them all for over an hour which was really awesome!! Just made me feel really far away when I hung up and realised I was on my own again in Sydney! After a pretty lazy morning I headed into town for a bit. I went to Peterpans and got a map then headed around town to see the things I hadn't seen yet: C...