27.1.10-31.1.10 The next five days were pretty much more of the same. Beach. Swim. Ice-Cream. Beans on toast. 'My Family' with a few highlights. ·We went out on our first night out with Katy to the boat club only to re-emerge 20 minutes after entering... far too clammy and lots of inappropriate staring going on! ·We met Amy's lovely cousin Paul and his great girlfriend Stacy who gave us a very comprehensive tour of Sydney and its surrounding areas. We went...

Australia Day We ripped up some T-shirts. Tattooed our faces. Tattooed our arms. Pulled our hair back. We looked ridiculous. We couldn't look more Australian if we had seriously tried. We were so proud of our outfits. That was until we walked out onto the streets. To say we stood out is a slight understatement. On the ferry into Sydney we were surrounded by the thickest mist we have ever been in. You could not see a thing. Our ferry blew it's horn every minut...

20.1.10 Checked out at the crack of dawn and went into town to check into Boardriders. We had heard good things about it and believing that nothing could be worse than Manly Backpackers we went with the intention of paying for a week's accommodation. On arrival we were informed we would be in three separate rooms so we checked in for a night hoping to reassess the sleeping arrangements in the morning. THANK GOD! Once out of the scariest lift in existence we m...

18.1.11 After all waking up at 3am and then again at 4am and then again at 5am and then again at 6am we decided to stop trying and bit the jet-lag bullet. We breakfasted and sat patiently waiting for what was billed to be seven hours of 'orientation' - Power Point presentations. Although anyone who knows Maz knows she loves a bit of Powerpointing this was PAINFUL. Lissie fell asleep midway through taking notes and Amy and Maz were maturely writing naughty note...

Turbulence and Turning 26 For the first time since the start of the trip the tremendous trio were split up. Amy was shunted over to the other side of the plane to celebrate her coming of age alone, as well as leaving Lissie and Maz to deal with the worst turbulence yet. Apart from that, the flight as a whole was fairly uneventful and just as pleasant as the first one. Once Lissie became accustomed to being referred to as Ms.Crackton she was again left to enjoy...