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Well the food at Surf Camp is certainly good - breakfast, as if we needed it after last night, proved to be equally as satisfying and provided all the nutrition we could possibly need for... sitting on a bus to Sydney. Needs must I suppose, and this was a rather uneventful day punctuated only by a rather rain-soaked BBQ with a similarly sodden view of what I'm sure is a very nice waterfront.
For my first day in Sydney I set out to explore. There is a lot to see here and it all benefits from the glow of brilliant sunshine (that's more like it!). Can't help but feel these Aussies are a bit spoilt really - all that opportunity for adrenaline-filled pursuits, and on their day off they can come and work in this place. I finished my tour with a trip up the Sydney Harbour Bridge - not the bridge climb itslef, as I am notcrazy, but one of the towers at the end of the bridge which houses an exhibition on the bridge's construction and gives great views over the city.
Having had a whole day of being in a city, I naturally wanted to escape somewhere quieter - so a group of us went off to the Blue Mountains. It's rather a long way out, actually, with some pretty uninspiring village-towns on the way. Once you're there though... It really is worth going to all that effort (ed: what effort?) with some entertaining bush walks, breathtaking views and the least-likely story I have ever heard as to how the Three Sisters got their name (something about a monster, an irresponsible parent and a magic stick). We finished off the trip on one of those little train-type-things that runs up a very steep angle (if anyone can think of the name please tell me - train-type thing is not exactly literary brilliance, is it?) which was, in actual fact, rather more scary than any would let on.
Still in Sydney, be sure to read part 2.
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