When I woke up this morning I could see the sun peeping through the blinds... and it stayed out all day! As predicted, all of the sights looked a million times more attractive and we played a blinder by postponing our trip to Manly until today. This morning we strolled down to Circular Quay to get some better shots of the Opera House and it was definitely worth it. With the light reflecting off the different tiers of the roof it looks so sexy (strange word to de...

The sun came out for all of about an hour and a half today and whilst it was there it was glorious! Unfortunately, when we got up it was grey and rainy again so we postponed our trip to Manly until tomorrow, in the blind hope that things might perk up climate-wise. We decided to wander into the Inner West area of Sydney under the premise of finding a book shop but really to see another area of the city. I had a bit of a funny turn again though so we had to go si...

What a cracking day! After a RUBBISH night's sleep (3am drunken stumblings from Irish roomies who turned lights on, crashed into things and talked loudly on mobile phones) we set off to see a bit more of Sydney. First stop was the Paddy Markets which were a bit naff (Jim: "It's like Donny Market") and then we headed through the city to The Rocks and Circular Quay to see... Sydney Opera House! It's pretty awesome though photos were once again spoilt by ...

We've arrived in Australia's largest city! I dozed for most of our journey here, waking only as we were driving into Sydney, past all the skyscrapers and tower blocks. I got really excited when I spotted the Opera House (it looks smaller than I'd imagined) and when we drove over Sydney Harbour Bridge! Unfortunately, it was p*ssing it down when we arrived and the grey sky is spoiling all of my photos! We checked in at our hostel and bumped straight into a load of...

Well my gut feeling about Newcastle was right; it's much better than Port Macquarie! The hostel is fantastic too but, unfortunately, it's right next to a building site. I was woken up this morning at 7.30am by the sound of drills and diggers so, once again, I am severely sleep-deprived! I took advantage of the early start to do boring things like my laundry as I literally had no clean clothes left except for a bikini (and I didn't want to inflict that sight on e...