Backfrom the beach and into the city staying in the Sydney Central YHA. Its absolutley huge and quite nice inside for a hostel. Its located just outside the station so its pretty close to everywhere, the only downside is that we have to travel an hour every day to go surfing! Still its worth it when you get there and its head high and offshore!

Surfed Bondi a bit which is quite a rubbish wave really but its got a real punch. We went there one day to take a couple of pictures with the underwater camera for it to be ripped from Toms Arm and lost in the rip! A bit gutted but I got over it, had to buy another one which is a pain in the arse!

Christmas in Sydney was a bit strange as there wasn't really alot to do apart from go down to Bondi with the rest of the Irish and Brits, Thankfully we opted against this idea as it would have been a waste of money and it just looked like your typical British seaside day out. I think there were more football shirts than there are back home! We cooked up a turkey roast which was ok, we had to improvise a bit as we didn't have an oven, so the turkey was microwaved resulting in the most rubbery meat I have ever tasted in my life and the potatos boiled and then fried to get them crispy. We're still alive to tell the tale so it can't have been too bad.

New Years was pretty spectacular. We met up with Maddie and Leah and headed down to the botanical gardens. We had to get there super early as the cue was really long but it paid off. We basically sat outin the sun all day drinking wine and eating the picnic we took with us. It was all rather sophisticated until the sun went down! The fireworks were phenomenal, words can't really describe it.

After new year we chilled out, still surfing alot mostly down in Manly, then on the 7th Adkins arrived and we did the bridge climb. We didn't realise but he is scared of heights so it was a pretty good idea to do it, or not! Needless to say he conquered his fear! Fair play

Next stop, home, well Coolangatta home anyway