November 15th 2010 --- Sydney to Brisbane Today we woke up at 9am to be all packed and checked out by 10am.Our airport shuttle picked us up from our hostel at 11am.We pretty much just chilled in the airport waiting for our flight.We were lucky however, because we were bumped up from our scheduled flight at 3pm to a 1pm flight, allowing us a little more time to wander through the streets of Brisbane after checking into the YHA hostel. The rest of the eveni...

November 14th 2010 --- Sydney (Day 3) My last full day as a tourist in Australia and I couldn't ask for a better day!We spent the day at Toronga Zoo.The weather was glorious... one of the best days since Allie has been out!We spent about 4 hours at the zoo and took in the seal show and the bird show, both of which were very good. We then took the ferry ride back to Circular Quay where we slowly began to make our way back to the hostel occasionally popping...

November 13th 2010 --- Sydney (Day 2) Today was our first full day in Sydney.I woke up fairly early, but decided to let Allie have a bit of a sleep in.We finally were up and going by around 11am.Our hostel wasn't too far from the Paddy's market, so we went for a stroll through the upper section of the mall and then hit the market stalls below.Man, it's easy to waste time here!We spent the entire afternoon wandering in and out of shops taking care of our souv...

November 12th 2010 --- Sydney What a bus ride!We finally arrived in Sydney this morning just before 11am.Al and I were both pretty tired and really couldn't be bothered to find a map and sort our where our hostel was in comparison to the Greyhound station, so instead we grabbed a cab and were on our way to Sydney Base Hostel.We couldn't check in until 2pm, so we put our gear in storage and hit the showers.The hostel had an organized beach walk along Bondi an...

November 11th 2010 --- Mojo Surf Camp at Spot X Early, early start!We were up at 6:15am, dressed, eaten and in our wetties ready for our first theory/surf lesson by 7am!We learned a few theoretical things about surfing like wave formation, the surfer's code, etc. before hitting the beach where we went over techniques and stance.We then had about an hour and a bit out riding the waves.This location was much easier to surf than Surfers Paradise where I did a s...