New Years Eve It was New Years Eve and we had NO idea what we were going to do to celebrate it! J The preparation that had been going on in Sydney, since before we arrived, was immense and we had read allsorts of info about how all the key areas for seeing the fireworks would be first come first served, no alcohol, full from around 3pm in the afternoon etc etc.We had been in the Sydney Towers Buffet Restaurant the evening before and decided to just see how expen...

Tuesday I woke up with energy and a fresh head, the weather still being warm, we decided not to go to the beach (as I didn't fancy being laid up ill again) and to wonder into Sydney to do the tourist thing!We actually booked ourselves into the Restaurant in the Sydney Tower, for that evening.We were really excited.The tower in around 80 stories high and the restaurant was right up at the top and was on a 360 degree rotation… obviously not like a ride it did a f...

Monday I began to feel better although couldn't stomach food, but we went out for a walk anyway and did a bit of site seeing, which was lovely and relaxing… whilst I was ill, Joe had managed to find a little area called Crows Nest that was literally around the corner from where we were staying, which was a breath of fresh air because everything we had managed to find on Friday, near us in North Sydney, seemed closed and not available until the 5th Jan… but th...

Saturday/Sunday I wont go into detail but Lissy managed to get Heat stroke and a nasty bug all at once… which literally knocked me off my feet until Monday L I felt terribly guilty and attempted to get up and go to Toronga Zoo, for a stroll round on Sunday, but embarrassingly I didn't last very long and ended up taking a ride around the zoo to the First Aid room on a buggy with a siren… yes we both nearly died, I nearly died because I was so ill and the dram...

Boxing Day Boxing day was interesting, we moved out of one Sydney hotel to move to another that we had booked for ourselves until after the New Year.We thought the second hotel would be the best, we were told "Just a 30minute walk into the town centre, Local Beach = just across the road, etc etc.Well it was about an hours walk into the town centre and I have no clue about this beach across the road, there was a park, but no beach… manly beach was a bout a...