Day 73 -Blue Mountains - Wednesday 28th December 2011 Today was the day for everything we touched to go wrong, but funny with it! The plan was simple, we would get up, Danny & Nikki would meet us at the hostel for some breakfast, we would get the train to the Blue Mountains, do the whole scenic tour and be home for 7pm so we could email Bricky & Sarah to wish them well for their big wedding day the next day… simple! So come 9am we met Danny & Nikk...

Day 72 -Manley - Tuesday 27th December 2011 We met Danny & Nikki at Circular Quay, which is the quay where the harbour bridge faces the opera house. As we arrived I spotted some Aussies having a go at a guy who was handing out leaflets about getting rid of President Obama, and stopping world war 3. It started getting heated and ended with loads of swearing, leaflets scattered everywhere and the Aussies throwing his camera off the pier, then the police arrivi...

Day 71 -Sydney Boxing day - Monday 26th December 2011 Today rather than the usual bubble and squeak and Christmas telly, we planned to spend the day as most Sydneysiders do and watch the Sydney to Hobart boat race. After breakie, we strolled down to the centre of George Street and met Nikki and Danny. They had bought us a Hungry Jacks breakfast (like burger king back home) so we sat, chatted and finished off our second breakfast of the day. Today was a picnic ...

Day 70 -Sydney Christmas day - Sunday 25th December 2011 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Yay it Xmas!! Although, it's got to be said that waking up in a bunk bed in a hot 4 person dorm, with 2 unfriendly and messy strangers isn't quite as Christmassy as we'd hoped. That said, we made the most of it and hastily unwrapped our presents. Adam got me a little skirt, an adapter that splits our headphones so we can listen to Skype calls together and an Australia towel! I got him s...

Day 69 -Sydney Christmas eve - Saturday 24th December 2011 We woke up today very hung-over, or in my case still drunk! We had decided that today we would go shopping separately to buy each other Christmas presents! After some strong coffee, toast and then a cheese burger I felt slightly better and headed out in search of Soph's present. After staggering around the shops we planned to meet in the harbour at 5pm. Well at 3.30pm I was done, presents bought and hea...