Today was beach BBQ day, we got up and headed for the ferry via Optus to get some Aussie SIM cards for our phones. This took longer than expected and we missed our planned ferry, no worries though as we got on the next. Once in manly we grabbed some food from Coles and hit the beach (shelly bay). Unfortunately a massive grey cloud decided to follow us and block our sun. It was actually rather chilly so a few of us ventured back to the town to grab a few things ...

Today was a fun one! We had to be checked out of base hostel by 10am so we had a little lie in then went about packing up and checking out. Big bags loaded onto our back we headed to our new hostel which was about a 10 minute walk away so not too bad. However I learnt that when you stumble with a backpack on your back... It really gives you momentum to fall! We couldn't check in right away so we waited at a cafe for Laura's cousin Rachel to arrive. We had a nat...

Up at 7 this morning to FaceTime emma (and cassie) which was lovely, however I wasn't quite ready to face the day so headed back to bed for some more shut eye! Once I finally decided to get up (nearing half 10), we had a chat and decided today was the day to head to the rocks and walk across the Sydney bridge. Which is exactly what we did. The bridge walk was actually shorter than I expected but included some amazing views of the opera house. On the north side ...

Struth! What a day! We started early to leave on our trip to the Blue Mountains and knew it was going to be an awesome day as soon as we met Smokey, our driver/guide. I guess the only way to describe him would be a mix between Steve Irwin, Indiana jones and crocodile Dundee. However he had a huge think for kangaroos. So perhaps Kangaroo Dundee. Our first stop was at wentworth falls. Along the journey smokey told us all about the history of how australia came to...

Hangover!!!! To be fair I didn't have time to think about the hangover as we had planned tondo the spot bridge to manly harbour walk today, so I shot up and changed ready to go. We popped to the shop and backed some lunch for manly then off we went via bus. After arriving we swiftly sound the walk known as manly scenic walk, it is intended this walk. Through the town, forest and beached should take around 4.5 hours... We managed it in three so were pretty pleas...