Before Adam left for work this morning he was kind enough to give me some spare tickets that he had for a couple of Sydney's tourist attractions that he hadn’t used and had been laying around the kitchen worktop for ages. The tickets were for the viewing deck of the Sydney Tower and admission to Sydney Wildlife World (http://www.sydneywildlifeworld.myfun.com.au/).I headed out quite early as it was yet another nice day and the views from the tower would...

I could really get used to being woken up by the sun shining through the windows in the morning and it being nice most of the time. I think I am starting to finally fall in love with Australia. As it's another nice day, I think I will head over to Bondi Beach to see how it compares to yesterdays beaches at Manly.To get to Bondi Beach today I had to catch the train to Central Station then change on to the train to Bondi Junction. Then from the junction to t...

As it was raining yesterday I didn't really get chance to do too much but I did manage to find Chinatown for some lunch. Nothing much else happened yesterday so I am not going to bore you with entry in my blog.It was nice to wake up this morning and see that the sun is shining yet again, I think I can get used to this weather. Today as it looks like it will be a nice day all day, I am going to head over to Manly (a beach resort in Northern Sydney) for a wal...

I had just seen on the news this morning that there was a big fight outside one of the bars in the Kings Cross area last night and someone got stabbed, so I was quite glad I didn't go for a walk up there last night. I guessed it would be quite safe during the day and I was going to walk up and through there this morning as I had planned another route around Sydney to go and see some of the other sights of the city.I am so glad that I didn’t book a host...

As today was my first full day in Sydney, it was time to get out the map and plan where I was going to go. There were plenty of sights to see and I also had plenty of time to go and see them. I had spoken with Adam and he wasn't getting back from Rochdale for a couple more days so I had all day today and tomorrow before I get to see him and move into his apartment.Route planned, I headed off on foot from the hotel and went to see the following:-St Mary̵...