One week in Sydney with the family and lots to blog about!! For starters Sundays are fun days on public transport $2.50 for travel everywhere ferrys and all.... So last Sunday we went cycling around the city over the harbour bridge round the rocks market into the city and down the the oprah house, despite the heat this was really fun and a great way to see the city!! We also went to the oprah on Thursday to see carmen, I have been doing lengths in the north curl ...

Now this is much more like it.... Today braved LA public transport down to Santa Monica and Venis beach 20 degrees good wind perfect cross on shore conditions but not a kite surfer in sight!! Did have a go on the high trapeeze in trapeeze school on Santa Monica pier which was great fun even manage to get inverted! Venis beach was intresting kinda like Camden Market on a beech with double the hippies and homeless and just outright weird!! There was even a freak sh...

Arrived safe in LA spoke to my first wierdo Brit of the tip who managed to attach himself to me on the bus ride to union station!! But lost him going onto metro so all good!! Now just about to enjoy a burger and beer in Hollywood... Not quite how I imagined it!! USA hostel is nice clean and very friendly so should be a good resting point for the next few days...