It's Christmas Eve…apparently! We still aren't feeling very festive, but I'm sure that will come! Today we decided to have a wander around near the hostel, not venturing too far, as tonight we have to pick up our cruise tickets at 5pm, so we'll have to get ready to go out early. After breakfast, we walked into the shopping area, not far from the hostel. Dave managed to buy some jeans and a red tshirt (for the red and white themed cruise tonight!) for $15 in th...

Today we left our hostel late morning to catch our bus to Sydney. We've really liked Canberra and we're glad we decided to come - apparently lots of backpackers miss it out but we thought we had to see the capital of the country and there was plenty to keep us occupied! The bus to Sydney wasn't as bad as the bus to Canberra - only took about 3 and a half hours this time and we'd had a proper night's sleep! When we arrived at Central Station, we caught a local tr...