18th aug today we made our own didgeridos at a place called didgeri-u-do!!! first we chose a hollowed out branch (hollowed out by termites). we then stripped it of bark, sanded it to oblivion with a million ways of sanding it and different sand paper - evil -then we decorated it by burning in images - i did termites crawling up my didgerido and claire did a lizard painting.. we then had to pour beeswax down the inside and make a beeswax mouth piece. we ...

15th aug the receptionist from our hostle took us into town and we explored the shops then went for a walk throught the botanical gardens. we walked through some amazing mangroves - it was so hot we wanted to jump into the crystalclear water!!!! we carried on walking up to the harbour area, loads of boats!! rich had blisters from his sandals so had a rest, me and claire walked up to mutton bird island, a conservation park/island for oz birds at the end of...

Tuesday 8th August Today we went on the monorail around the city to see the main sites. We got off at Darling Harbour and had a wander about. The boat show is on at the moment so it's pretty busy. Had a pub lunch and then just relaxed in the sun on the grass with the view of the harbour before we went off to climb the harbour bridge. The climb was amazing, not too strenuous at all and I was only scared a tiny bit at the beginning! We climbed around 4is...

1/8/06 Left Canberra today for the bright lights of Sydney!! We made the most of the free brekkie at the yha then went to catch the greyhound bus. it only took 3 hours and we found a mega cheap hostle with free internet only bad thing is its dirty and smeels of feet but we can survive!!! we walked down george street to circular key and got our first viewing of the opera house and syney harbour bridge. it was dark and lit up with the city lights so w...