We arrived back at originals hostel in sydney on the sunday, and helen arrived early monday morning.

It was so good to see her again, and for us all to be back together. The weather wasnt that great so we went through the botanical gardens to the opera house and then for a couple of drinks in Sydney. Helen had quite bad jetlag so went to bed for a few hours, and then we stayed up with ste, matt and si playing drinking games.

The next morning we all went to Bondi beach, so Helen could work on her tan. It was nice for most of the day but clouded over in the afternoon so we went to Bondi Junction to do a bit of shopping. no one got anything though!

That night we all went to World Bar. It was a very good night and very much in keeping with the kind of nights we had at uni. I lost my wallet and burst into tears as it had my credit card in. I then proceeded to remove everyone from the dancefloor so i could look for it. I then accosted a bouncer and he said he would make an announcement, and took me into the casino room in the bar. I was sat by myself contemplating my misfortune when i felt something very purse-shaped in my front pocket which is normally empty. I opened my bag to find my purse sitting there as bold as brass. I quietl slipped out of the room and proceeded to avoid the bouncers for the rest of the night. By the time i had found everyone again helen had been asked to leave by the bouncers for being too drunk 9they are a lot stricter over here and even the bouncer said he didnt want to o it but he had to), but it was about 3am so it was probably home time anyway.

Wednesday we ventured to manly beach for the day which was lovely and very hot. That night Helen, Gemma and me went to Darling Harbour for a meal at a posh restaurants and for cocktails which was lovely.

We spent our final day at Cogee beach! This is probaly my favourite out of the three and we ended up staying there and having tea there in a nice beer garden. That night Helen and Gemma were quite tired but i ended up going out with the lads fro a few drinks. Which turned into a lot of drinks and resulted in me having a huge hangover on the plane to hervey bay where we were starting our Fraser Island trip and also a broken camera as I'd dropped it the night before.