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 ...

Bed spreads and brainstormsToday we attempted to actually plan what we're going to do for the rest of our time in Australia, and how we're going to travel. There was an exhibition being shown in a building on Museum Square, so we went there and picked up loads of information and leaflets. On the way home we stopped at a supermarket and bought our dinner - bread, chicken, dips, crisps and salad, with mud pie to finish! The only problem was that we don't have acces...

Aussie animals are dangerous!We woke up early today and caught the train to meet Nicole, our friend from the Contiki tour, at Blackburn station. She then drove us through the Yarra Valley to the Healesville Sanctuary, which is a wildlife park. There we saw kangaroos, koalas, dingos, tasmanian devils and wallabies - all of which we were told are dangerous! We also went to the animal hospital to see an orphaned wallaby and some damaged turtles, whose shells they we...

Touristy stuffThis morning we took the free tourist bus to Exhibition Street. From there we went to the Fitzroy Gardens, where we saw Cook's Cottage, The Conservatory (a pretty greenhouse), the carved Fairies' Tree and the model Tudor VIllage. After, we went to the Parliament House and did a free guided tour, which was a bit boring, but very informative, and some of the rooms were beautiful. For dinner we went back to China Town, and had some Malaysian and Chines...