Well, today was a bit of a right off. We were up late as didn't leave the hostel until the afternoon. We had a voucher for buy one get one free at a fast food place called Oporto so went there. They do decent grilled chicken burgers with nice sauces. We took our food up to the park and relaxed around there for a bit. Nice and sunny again! We needed to get some info about things we are doing up the east coast over the next 5 weeks so set off to go to a couple of ...

Can't believe I've forgotten to mention that most morning when we've been in bed, we get this little knock on the door and then a somebody walks in to empty the bin. Sometimes they don't even knock either. So today we've got tickets to a New Year's Day festival called Field Day. We haven't been to any of the festivals or spent much on drink at all since we've been here so thought we should have one big blast on New Year's Day. It cost $140 (£95) each though. We...

So today is New Year's Eve! And we're in one of the best cities in the world that you can see the New Year coming in. The biggest thing to see and do in Sydney for NYE is the fireworks at the Sydney Harbour Bridge. There are about 42 different parks etc that are set up as viewing points but there's only a few that have a good view of the Harbour Bridge. And the worst thing...NO ALCOHOL allowed to be taken in!! Then there's only a couple of parks out of the 42 t...

6.15am start this morning. Threw our clothes on and got sorted, then straight out to meet up for our tour to the Blue Mountains. We booked with a company called Happy People for $60 (£40) each. The prices ranged from $60 to $150! So we opted for the cheapest, and actually Ben recommended that company too. Warm this morning as well, even at 7am! So should be in for a nice warm sunny day. Didn't off to a good start. We got to the meeting point at YHA Central for...

Beach day today! We caught a ferry from Circular Quay to visit Manly Beach. It took 30 minutes and cost $13.50 (£8.50) each return...not cheap. It's clear blue skies today and warm, so we got good sunny views of Sydney as we went across Manly has a nice beach with good surf. I went in and it was freezing! I soon warmed up though, battling through the waves and trying to swim with the waves. I'm looking forward to learning to surf next week. I prefer a beach wit...