Fairy wings and feather boas We left the horrible apartment / room this morning and took a taxi to Bondi Beach. We couldn't check into Surfside Hostel for a while and so went for a walk along the beach and shops, which was nice, apart from the rain...again! Once we had moved into our dorm room, which smells disgusting, we went on the train to Bondi Junction to buy our fancy dress outfit for Mardi Gras tomorrow. We settled on pretty fairy wings and tiaras, to wea...

Free sightseeing in not-so-sunny SydneyToday we decided we were going to spend less than $5! We left Angie at the apartment, as she's been to Sydney before, and caught the train to Circular Quay. Once there we walked past the Opera Quays to the Opera House, where there was a good view of the Harbour Bridge, although it was pouring with rain and so slightly ruined! We attempted to walk around the outside of the Opera House, but got soaked and so went to look in th...

The apartment from hell!We arrived in Sydney at about 11.30am, and made our way by train from Sydney Central to Kings Cross, the red light district, which is where we're staying! It was a long walk from the station to our apartment, and we were quite tired, so when we got to reception and heard they didn't have part of our booking, and they had put us in the wrong room, I actually felt like crying, especially as it had taken us so long to find this place. The rec...

The longest coach journey ever!We checked out of hotel early in the morning and then spent over two hours trying to find somewhere to stay in Sydney, not realising it's Mardi Gras this weekend! Once we had finally found a couple of places we got on the trai again to South Yarra, and then took a tram to the Botannical Gardens. We had a walk along the rainforest trail, and then sat by one of the ponds for a while. In the late afternoon Daniela and I walked up to th...

When three become four...Angie, another friend from Contiki, joined us today! Once she had left her bag in our hotel room we went out to try and book our Greyhound ticket. We were sent on a mission by a travel agent on Flinders Street, who told us to go to South Yarra. Once there we realised the office in the station she had mentioned didn't exist, so we had a wander around the shops, as it's a really nice area. We eventually found an STA office, and so made our ...