2010!!! WOOOOP! We eventually made it out of bed at a reasonable hour and shared stories of last nights antics with our room mates. It seems a good time was had by all! We managed to book coaches and hostels for the next few days in Canberra and Melbourne. We leave Sydney tomorrow to head to Canberra for two nights. We then made it out of the hostel and headed for the beach! We still hadn't visited Bondi beach so caught the train and bus there. It wasn't parti...

New Years Eve!! We were up surprisingly early and were still undecided about where to go for the day/evening! There are so many points to choose from and its hard to know which would be best to see everything from! We went to the supermarket for some bits for a picnic to take with us and packed our bags! Our room mates couldn't believe we were going so early but we were ready so though we may as well. We left at about 11.15AM and arrived at the entrance to the B...

We had another lazy-ish day as we didn't get up until late. We went to STA travel agents to enquire about a tour thing for Fiji and popped to the post office to buy a box to send some things home! By the time we had popped back to the hostel to look at the tour properly and do a few other bits, most of the day had gone! We were going to my sister's friends for a bbq in the evening so we popped back to book our tour, bought the essentials (goodies and beer) and ca...

We decided that we really ought to see the beaches while we're in Sydney, even if the weather hasn't been great! The forecast was good for today so we decided to go over to Manly which is popular with tourists and locals. We walked down to the harbour via the Botanical gardens. We like walking through there as we always seem to find a different route. Its well looked after which makes a change from the parks at home and you get to admire the colourful birds. We ...

We decided that we really ought to see the beaches while we're in Sydney, even if the weather hasn't been great! The forecast was good for today so we decided to go over to Manly which is popular with tourists and locals. We walked down to the harbour via the Botanical gardens. We like walking through there as we always seem to find a different route. Its well looked after which makes a change from the parks at home and you get to admire the colourful birds. We ...