This morning started with an effort to find shoes for this evenings outing. Helen and I headed out in the car to the Broadway shopping mall. After yesterday's efforts I didn't really care how cheap the shoes were so long as they worked with my dress and lasted the night! I ended up with the same shoes as Helen in a different colour from KMart! At around £8 for the pair you can't complain! I spotted a Havianas vending machine in the mall, next to the ...

Today we went to Sealife Sydney, located in Darling Harbour. I had, in an attempt to save money, tried to book online, but had experienced a technological glitch. Long story short, I got in for half price! We got the light rail into Pyrmont Bay and walked across the bridge to the aquarium. To start with William was fab and showed me lots of things. My first thing to be impressed by was the platypus. There was more than one, but I don't know the plural! Platyp...

Rather than detail my experiences of Byron Bay, I thought I'd do a summary of the week. SaturdayBrekkie at Ginger Pig, where the food was yummy, after they got my order correct.Mooched around town, found the beach, chilled.Accommodation at Byron Quarter Apts is lovely, very spacious, well appointed but loud live music heard at night. Plus aircon keeps turning itself off! SundayPottered in town. Byron is a very alternative hippie place where anything goes! Laz...

Ahhhh.... A lie in opportunity! So why have I been up since 5am? Surely that's unnecessary?! I got ready and packed my bags for today's travel bonanza! Having woken up so early it gave me plenty of time to do daft things such as send a text to Gary with a big heart made of lots of little hearts to wish him a happy valentines day! I had a lovely buffet breakfast with Tracy then went on the coach to the airport. I was very pleased to see my bag is down to ...

Another overcast day! This is not quite what I had expected in Aus, but rain is good! After brekkie etc (including a bit of bird spotting from the balcony) Nao, Ayesha and I drove into Ulladulla and did the Aboriginal walk across the headland north of the centre. This bush walk had various stops with carved wood plaques describing aboriginal life. Ayesha was a fan of the fishes! We also got to take in some good views of a very (and apparently, unusually) calm sea...