Today I got up around 10 and said goodbye to the Welsh boys who are now heading up the east coast to Byron Bay and the Gold Coast. I chilled out for a while on the internet as it was raining outside. I then walked to the Australian Museum and looked at their Aboriginals exhibition and also skeletons etc. It was ok and I sat in Hyde Park under the sun reading my Rough Guide. I walked past the Anzac Memorial and then back to the hostel via Woolworths to get some wa...

I got up this morning and decided to find a new hostel as I didn't particularly like Wake Up! and the people in my dorm were actually uisng that hostel to live in while they work in Sydney so that's not conducive to socialising, for example last night I came in at 8pm and found 3 people fast asleep in their beds!! Some of the guys have been living in the hostel for 6 months! I collected my stuff and checked out, then in the overwhelming heat (35C) I walked ...

G'day folks, today I went to Sydney Harbour and walked around Circular Quay. I had my lunch down by the quayside and then walked through the historic Rocks area up on to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I paid $8 and walked up to the top of one of the imposing granite tower pylons, the views were amazing! I was tempted to do "Bridgeclimb" whereby you join a group and climb up to the top of the bridge but the price was shocking- $180. I walked through the Central ...

I've arrived at my hostel in Sydney which seems pretty cool and is huge compared to the small hostel in Singapore. My flight was ok although it took ages to get through Australian customs, must have been about an hour of standing in a queue before even getting my baggage. I left Singapore at the right time as it is now "the rainy season" and on my last day it poured non-stop from when I got up in the morning until I flew out of the airport. I slept for ...