I decided to do some walking around the sights of Sydney today. After being used to the heat of Singapore I ambitiously put my shorts and vest top on and went to the shop to get breakfast and got a bit of a shock as 8am in Sydney is quite chilly! Had to rethink my wardrobe! I walked through Hyde Park and then entered the Botanical Gardens, which are beautiful. You can see the Opera House and Sydney Harbour bridge whilst you are walking around, which are amazi...

I've arrived in Australia! Watched three films back to back on the flight over from Singapore and then got to the hostel at 10pm. I stayed at a hostel that's really central and it was completely different to the hostel in Singapore - lots of groups of 18 year olds and not that many older people like me. When I went up to my room one dorm had their door open and there was a group of VERY made up girls who I ended up seeing in the bar next door later and they were ...