Day 13 Tonight is our final night at the Chilli Blue Backpackers and it hasn't been as bad as we thought. We got up and updated the blog and sorted the accomodation as we had none for tomorrow. Then we took Als Uncles advice to go to Manly beach on the ferry. On our journey we met good ole' Bill. He told us how Fort Dennison had been built for the Crimean War but the Russians never came (from Korea, as Lorna thought he said Korean War). Australia found out a y...

Day 12 We were up early today to add a blog before breakfast, but we didn't mind as we were climbing the Harbour Bridge today. Once the blog and breakfast were done we looked around Sydney CBD as our climb wasn't untill 1155. We viewed the Anzac Memorial Statue that had an event outside and school children Cadets in Hyde Park. Then we crossed the road to the Anzac fountain via the lovely walkway. We then headed to the Queen Victoria shopping complex, which Pie...

Day 11 After 10 days of sight seeing and walking at least 5 miles a day it was time to chill out on the beach. We decided to choose the world famous Bondi; famous for its surfing. We got the bus to the beach as it was too far to walk, and as we came around the corner at the top of a hill we were overwhelmed by the size and look of the beach. The were surfers, runners, sunbathers and even body builders on the beach. We just chilled out all day watching surfers...

Day 9 We had breakfast in Canberra for one last time before heading towards the train station to catch our train for Sydney. As we arrived about an hour early we sat in the park reading our books. The train journey took 4 hours and then we had a 40 minute walk to our hostel which was in Kings Cross. We had to walk up a killer hill with our heavy rucksacks on, which killed us. Kings Cross was known as the party place in Sydney and also the best place to grab a ...

Day 8 The breakfast at Victor Lodge was the nicest we'd had. We needed the fuel for the day as we decided to get about by 2 hired bikes. This was due to Canberra being very spread out. The design of the city is a work of art, thoughtfully laid out to compliment the park lands and lakes. After Lorna's chain fell off (just 50m down the road) we headed towards New Parliament House. No expense was spared when it was built. We took a tour and the highlights were; t...