As I write this it is day 80 of our trip, and we have been staying with Aunty Penny and co for a week now. We left Melbourne early on the 16th of January to catch the Greyhound bus back to Sydney. We got picked up from the hostel at 5.30 in the morning and left on the coach at 7, so luckily I was so tired I managed to sleep for the first few hours. The bus wasn't so busy this time so we got a seat to ourselves which was much more comfortable.The journey back to S...

As my last bog for Sydney got up to New Year's Eve, that's where I will start this one from! We didn't know where to go for the day to start with, all we knew was that we were going to find a good spot and get a picnic and watch the fireworks. If you're in Sydney for New Year that's what you have to do really. We met up with Claire and Fi from the group in Thailand, and got some food and drinks together. Luckily another girl who they had met had found a good spot...

Well we are finally in Sydney! The flight from Perth lasted about 4 hours and we arrived at Sydney domestic airport about 6 in the evening on the 27th of Dec. Once we collected our baggage we had to get a train to central station, and then a taxi to the hostel. We got completely ripped off by the taxi driver though as he charged us $15 to get to the hostel even though it was only a minutes walk away. Obviously we hadn't worked that out yet, but I think I still wo...