Friday 16th March: Got up and went straight to the beach, it was really nice, there was noone on the beach so it was very nice and peaceful! The water was very nice and warm so spent a couple of hours there until we went back to the swimming pool a the hostel. So nice to have a pool, and sun loungers for once!! Cooked a storm up for dinner of Spaghetti and cheese on toast. Starting to crave roast dinners, looking forwad to the 5th August meal - Em's started ...

Wednesday 14th March: Hi guys, Sorry the update has taken so long, we've been very busy - sunbathing, eating more and drinking! Looking forwad to speaking to you all lots more with our phone cards.. lucky you can't see us though as taken on a lobster look and as hair is growing resembing a Miss Hullie (Balamory) been on the beach look (as hair keeps flicking out)! Also pictures are coming home soon, should be with Barb by Wednesday and Nik by next week...

Monday 12th March: Checked out of our YHA and booked our Premier bus up to Port Macquarie, our next stop up the coast. We left this to a bit of the last minute but the coach didn't leave till 7pm so we had plenty of time to kill. We left our bags at the coach station and went for a walk and had a really cheap lunch. The rest of the day was spent at Dymocks book shop as we had nowhere else to go...a thrilling day as you can imagine! Think we got through about...

Sunday 11th March: Had a lie in this morning and waited for our roomates to go before we got up, there's not a lot of space to move around in these hostels! Bought a phone card for only $20 and had 5000 minutes so that should be good. A really sweet guy showed us how to get to Darling Harbour and walked us there. It was so nice and such a great atmosphere, we saw the convention centre, chinese gardens and some pretty water fountains. The harbour was really n...

Saturday 10th March (Happy Birthday Grant!) We decided to go back to Bondi today for one last time as we liked it soo much. It was very busy on the beach which is always good for people watching! We were going to do the Bondi to Coogee walk but it was such a hot day we decidd not to as it would be too exhausting. We caught the bus back to Bondi junction stopping off for a $1.90 burger and drink - bargain we couldn't resist! We also had a look around the shop...