Day 53 - 1st Mar - Mardi Gras!! Busy day too - seeing it was a really nice day, we went back into Sydney CBD, hopefully to see it better in the sunshine! We got the chance to walk around the harbour in the sunshine; everything looks nicer in the sunshine, more like the Sydney that you see in the pictures! We all wanted to go and visit the Harbour Bridge and there is the chance to climb it but it is so expensive, but we choose the cheaper option to climb one of th...

Day 52 - 29th Feb - Off to Bondi Beach to our new hostel. We are staying there for a couple of days, nice to be by the beach, the hostel is really surfery. Spent the day exploring Bondi, we headed to the beach first but the weather wasn't great so we went to Bondi Junction (the shopping district), we had to get a few bits ready to go to Mardi Gras the next evening, so we got some fairy wings, tiaras, wands, face paints and glitter! Glamorous! In the evening we he...

Day 51 - 28th Feb - Woke up to the glorious weather of Sydney - it was absolutely pouring down with rain! We still spent the day in Sydney city centre, although a lot of the views weren't so good. We went to a lot of the tourist spots, headed to Circular Quay, by the Harbor and the Opera House. Had a walk around the Harbour, to the Opera House. It was absolutely massive although it wasn't white, it was grey, didn't know if that was more to do with the weather tha...

Day 50 - 27th Feb - Sydney Finally!! We got off the coach at about 11, such a long journey! We were staying in Kings Cross so back onto the train to get there. We were staying in an 'Apartment', as we booked a bit last minute and everything was booked for Mardi Gras at the weekend, although this apartment was no where near as nice as the one in Melbourne, it was basically a hotel room with kitchenette. I am not being snobby or having too high standards for a back...

Day 49 - 26th Feb - Leaving Melbourne today (well technically tonight) heading to Sydney. Had our last day in Melbourne so we headed on the tram to the Botanical Gardens, had a really nice stroll around all the gardens and spent some time by the lake in the middle of one of the gardens. Last dinner in Melbourne so we went to Degraves Street, we went to a lovely little Italian restaurant and got to sit outside Al Fresco, really nice to sit on the cobbled street. T...