7:30am- up early to get ready for the 3 and a half hour bridge climb this morning!!! Hope the weather isn't too windy. 8:30am- hopped on the bus to Bondi junction this morning and managed to catch rush hour! Got to Bondi junction for 8:40am leaving us 20 minutes to get to Sydney harbour bridge. We were debating whether to get on the train and this kind Australian man (first one ever) was earwigging our conversation and told us to hop on the train or we would nev...

10:30- managed to sleep later than normal FINALLY!! Went to travel backpackers and finalised the rest of the east coast- so thrilled to be staying in 8 dorm shares... NOT!! All part of the experience though!! 11am- Went for a stroll around Hall Street and Curlewis Street looking for something cheap and cheerful to eat. Came across Dan Conn's gym- may go there for a training session on Thursday! Did a small shop to save money on food and went back to the hostel. ...

9am- went for a run along Bondi beach and to the outdoor gym and did a 45 minute work out in the heat; pretty intense. After that we got a juice and chilled for a while watching the waves. Decent. 10am- tried to sort out our route for the rest of our time in Australia quickly before running off to Toronga zoo but the lady in the travel agent took forever with the previous girls (ruined our morning) so we decided to hunt around for side bags because our rucksacks...

10:30pm- Arrived in Sydney after a mammoth 24 hour journey! Got out of the airport, no idea where we were going! Steph's words 'two little dots in the big wide world' haha. Managed to jump in a cab-share with two other ladies so finally reached bondi backpackers at 12:20am! Chucked our stuff down and realised that there were no blankets, so we improvised with our towels and luckily had jumpers to sleep in! It was like time didn't move as we got woken up at 4am ...