Hello everyone,

Well today is my last day in Sydney for a while and we have just said goodbye to Mark as he is going back to England. It is a sad day for us all! We had a final night last night where the theme was a Lesbian Party which was pretty funny. Mark and Matt dressed up as nurses! The goon was flowing!

We have been up to quite a lot in the last 10 days as we all finished work. We spent a lovely afternoon at the aquarium and have had a few good nights out.

Last weekend we went to the Blue Mountains for the weekend which was good. The mountains are about 2.5hrs away from Sydney on the train and they are beautiful. Gavin's housemates came up as well and we all stayed in Maddie's parents house up there which was lovely. It was suprising how cold the mountains were compared to Sydney, the 1st evening it was snowing and hailing!

We did a few walks which were very hilly and nearly killed me! Kate and I spent the Sunday at scenic world which consists of various walks and includes the skyway which is a cable car across the mountain to the Katoomba Falls and the Three Sisters. It was really cool as the car was pretty high up and had a glass bottom so you could see everything. We then got the train down the mountain, which is the steepest railway in the world. It was really steep and it played Indiana Jones music all the way down which was random! We then did a little walk and got a different cable car up and went over to the look out point at Echo Point. The mountains are really spectacular and we had a really good weekend there.

On Wednesday of this week we went on a road trip to the Northern Beaches including Palm Beach or Home & Away beach to you and me! It was really good, and we got a drink and ice cream at the surf club! We tried to get into the festive spirit by taking santa hats with us and getting into the Christmas festivities! Palm beach is a really beautiful beach but unfortunately for us they weren't filming Home & Away so my dream of becoming an extra is not going to happen!

We moved out of out flat the day we went to the mountains so for the last week we have been slightly homeless! Gavin and his house have been lovely and have put us up for a few days and we stayed in a hostel for a couple of days in Kings Cross which was good but rough! As it is our last night in Sydney until Christmas eve we are going to the Opera House to see a comedy show.

We fly to Cairns tomorrow morning to embark on our trip down the East Coast which I am really looking forward to. Sydney has been amazing but I think i am ready to start the travelling again. So the next update will be from Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef, so until then,

Liz

xx