Saturday 9th January. Another early start. We were up and eating breakfast at 8. We planned to meet Lauren, who was in Thailand with us, and had to be there for 10. Our hostel is next door to the train station though so we didn't have to go far. We all went to a cafe at the station and had a drink and a catch up, it was great to all get together again and hear about what she had been up to after we had to go home from Thailand. We said our goodbyes again as Laur...

Friday 8th January. We were a bit rough around the edges when we woke up at 9, but we had to get up and get out. We had booked to go up the Sydney Tower eye, which is the tallest building in Sydney at 300m. It has a 360 observation deck at the top so you can see the views of the city. We had a time slot and had to be there between 9-11. We got there in time and took the lift to the top. We were given 4D glasses and went in to a big room with a cinema screen and ...

Thursday 7th January. I woke up at 4am and didn't get back to sleep thanks to Jet lag. We both got up at half 7 and went and grabbed some coco pops in the dining area and got ready to head out for the day. It was cloudy in the morning but cleared up later on. Kirsty wanted to find a hairdressers and we wanted to see central Sydney, so we set out with an old fashioned paper map to find our way. We walked around for two hours trying to find a hairdressers a friend...