Monday When we finally awoke again it was back to just the 2 of us. We decided to lie in again and regain our strength. We finally got up and got ready and headed down to the rocks for an afternoon of exploring. Stopping off at the shops to pick up more books as we are finding we are reading quite a bit on the way we eventually made it to the the rocks. Decided to try out Hungry Jacks as they appear to be everywhere in Sydney. Basically turned out to be exactl...

Woke up the next morning - Easter Sunday and decided to half Nutella on toast for breakfast since it was Easter and everyone would be eating chocolate! After that we stopped for coffee - it had been a late night after all and the caught the bus to Bondi beach. The sun was shining, the sea was blue so have to say not a bad way to spend my Easter weekend. We topped this off with one of the world famous Harry's pies. Beef pie with mash potato, mushy peas and grav...

Woke up and headed to cotton on to purchase some more attire for Australia which is a tad cooler than Thailand. Not too bad when you're in the sun but there's definitely a cold air around. Then we carried on walking to find some Australian SIM cards and then caught the ferry back over the Manly. Dropped some clothes off at Rachael's old flat, then to Coles to buy some BBQ food and finally to smelly beach to soak up some rays. A quick trip back into manly and t...

This morning we got up and checked out of base hostel and then walked down to maze backpackers to dump our bags. We then headed to central station to meet my cousin Rachel who lives further north. Back the hostel and cousin in tow we checked in and headed up to our room - just the 3 of us which is a welcome change. Quickly headed out to catch the free shuttle to the quay to catch the ferry to manly. There we greeted wills and kate who were also visiting manly, ...

Yesterday we enjoyed a lie in and leisurely morning, eventually getting up and walking down to the rocks - the harbour where the convicts originally came in. Then proceeded to walk across the bridge which actually didn't take as long as we had thought. The other side we discovered Luna park a flash back to fair grounds of years gone by. Kind of like the one in grease for anyone who has seen the film. We walked around, had a corn dog, went on a few rides and the...