Although neither of us were keen on Sydney... the cash was running out and we figured it'd be easy to get work, so we thought we'd give it another try. With the help of British Balls (a hilarious backpacker mag) we found the Sydney Terraces... and what a find! The terraces was (as the name suggests) a load of terraced houses let to backpackers.... which resulted in loads of fun, parties, drinking and generally everyone knowing everyone's business, hehe! We wer...

14/11/07 - 24/11/07 Bel & Brett's House We decided to visit Bel and Brett, Mel's old workmates from the ship, who live in Toormina, NSW, just outside of Coff's Harbour on the east coast. We took the train from Sydney, which cost about $80 and had some gorgeous scenery as we wove inbetween mountains, etc and travelled through some really pretty little towns. The journey took around 9hours so we arrived at Sawtell train station about 9pm. I'd met Belinda last...

12/11/07 - 14/11/07 Wizard of Oz Backpackers I came to Coogee last time I was in Oz and due to some unplanned sever sunburn of the feet had ended up staying longer than expected. Luckily history did not repeat itself this year and miraculously I am still sunburn free (touch wood!). Anyway last time I was here I absolutely loved the place, so definitely wanted to come and check it out again! Coogee is really pretty and has some really good walks to other beache...

10/11/07 - 12/11/07 Sydney Central YHA Arrived in Sydney around 10pm and got the train straight to Central Station. I'd already booked the YHA as this was where I stopped last time I was over in Oz so I knew how easy it was to find from the station and also knew that the cafe served awesome (and cheap) food... so when we arrived I was gutted to hear that the cafe was in the middle of refurbishments so closed... aaargh! Anywho, we arrived there pretty late and af...