My week in Sydney involved too much rain and not enough sleep. The flight there was delayed, first by the plane being an hour late to arrive at Adelaide, and then as we were coming into Sydney the pilot aborted the first landing attempt without warning. He explained that it was because a plane taking off had sadly hit a flock of bats and the runway needed to be checked before we could land. We circled above Sydney for a while and the turbulence was pretty bad. ...

...I got off the bus, and there it was! I had such a good time in Sydney that I didn't get around to blogging from there. We arrived from Canberra on Saturday 14th and checked into our hostel, then wandered down George Street to Circular Quay. We walked around to the Opera House and managed to get booked into the last tour of the day thanks to some complimentary tickets Karina's family had given us. I am not particularly interested in opera but it is a very sp...

Wrote this while on a Greyhound bus from Canberra to Sydney. The landscape outside looks kind of like a British motorway except the grass seems less green but you know how it is - the grass always looks greener on the other side of the world! The soil is more orange here too. In Canberra we visited the Aussie parliament. It has just turned 23, being just weeks older than Simon and I. Anyone can park in the car park below and wander in (after an airport style met...