Hello!We arrived in Newcastle early on Sunday evening, after our 3 hour coach trip up from Sydney. We checked into our hostel, and thought we'd take advantage of the free meal at the local Irish Bar. Newcastle is stated as the 5th largest city in Australia, yet after a quick look around, it seemed much smaller and quieter than we'd imagined.Monday, we spent the day exploring the city, and due to slightly disappointing weather we couldn't resist a visi...

We returned to the city on Thurs 22nd (Happy Birthday Dad Farren).After we'd settled back into the hostel in Glebe, we decided to head off to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to climb 200 steps to the top of one of the pylons. From here, 89m above sea level, we had chance to take photos as we weren't able to take our camera on the bridge climb.Friday, we caught a ferry to Manly. The Sydney Ferries have been on operation since before the harbour bridge was built ...

G'day Guys!!On Saturday 17th, we escaped the city and headed off, with all our stuff, on a jam packed bus to Bondi. We arrived in Bondi in the early afternoon and checked into our new home - the Bondi Beach House YHA. We were soon off for a look around, and set off on the costal route to Bondi Beach. Our first glimpse of the beach was amazing!! It was everything we'd hoped for, long sandy beach and glistening blue sea.Sunday, we decide to make the Bondi t...

Hi Guys!!Thursday morning - the big day climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge begun by unfortunately having to lug all our stuff into storage as we were having to change rooms - How annoying!!Once that was out of the way we caught the bus to Circular Quay, where we sat and ate some sarnies to stop our bellies rumbling whilst climbing the bridge, and then set off to the bridge climb centre. We checked in, breathalised, and met our climb instructor, Chrissy. We got kitted...

Hello!!We arrived in Sydney on Saturday, safe and sound after our bus journey, and headed to our hostel. Sunday we awoke to a grey and gloomy morning, and headed off to check out the city. We walked through Darling Harbour and up to Circular Quay, where we got our first sighting of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The views were slightly disappointing, but we have since found that the sunshine makes all the difference. We spent the rest of the day g...