We booked a greyhound bus ticket all the way up the East coast, we thought it was a brilliant idea that the bus ticket is flexible and you can hop on and off the bus as and when you like as long as you don't go over your mileage. We turned up at the bus station an hour early as usual (Lisa still insists on being there very early after missing the bus in Florianopolis 2 months ago) and found lots of people hanging around waiting for the bus. A bus arrives and ever...

Sydney was sunny when we arrived, so our flight in gave us a great overview of the harbour. We were beginning to think we were getting some luck with the weather in Oz after a lot of bad weather in NZ. We arrived at our hostel, Maze backpackers which was actually a real maze as it was so big and went for a wander. Due to good old facebook we found out Mike O'Hare (Scott & Helen's friend and Ben's fellow usher at their wedding) was in Sydney at the same time a...