Day 83 and we were ready to leave Kerrie and Peters place and head into the the centre of Sydney and stay in Maze Backpackers on Pitt Street. We would be spending about 12 nights there into the new year. After a brief stint at packing we had breakfast and then got a lift from David and his mate to the train station. At Hurstville we got a train to central and then walked to Maze. It is called Maze for a reason, there are loads of corridoors and it is very eas...

Day 78 and after our mammoth drive to Sydney we had to lug our bags half an hour down through Sydney City Centre to meet Peter at his work place.He had offered to let us dump our bags and shower then wander the city for the day before heading home with him in the evening.A shower and a bottle of water later we wandered to Circular Quay by the harbour where we sat down for a coffee.After a short break we walked round the harbour and saw the Opera House and the Har...

Day 76 and to summarise we didn't do an awful lot. Up at 11am cause we had a long day yesterday, Coops went on the net and uploaded some photos for Facebook. Me and Burns went to a payphone where he phoned the taxi company where he lost his camera, and I phoned my godparents (Kerrie and Peter) who we would be staying with in Sydney. A laundry run and a few hours of dossing followed and then came the food run. Coops Burns and Luke went to Coles and bought food,...

TasmaniaDay 71, it was 4am and we were walking the streets of Melbourne in darkness with our backpacks. It was quite surreal as the city was so quiet, and we were the only people on the streets apart from the odd drunk. We reached the bus station and got on the shuttle bus at 430am and reached the airport by 5. Our flight was at 7am so we had 2 hours to kill. We checked in really quickly and headed for our gate. As we were the only ones there, Helen, Luke an...

Great Ocean Road - Mon 8th - Wed 10thDay 68 and we woke early on a cold but bright monday morning ahead of our 3 day drive along The Great Ocean Road. I tried to shave but didnt have any shaving foam, so had to give up after a few strokes due to the pain. We all had the free breakfast, loaded our main bags into lockers which would stay locked for 3 days, and then checked out. Me Luke and Burns headed for the Car Rental office while the girls went to Federation...