The discovery of 30 cent ice cream! Today we left the Surfside hostel - thank god! We checked out and took the bus to Central station, which is where our next hostel is. Once we had left our bags in the room, which is again a shared dorm, we went to Circular Quay and caught the ferry to Manly Beach. We managed to find a good spot on the sand, where we could watch the surfers and the people trying to swim where they were not supposed to who got shouted at over th...

From Bondi breakfast to Coogee Chinese We woke up this morning and all of us were desperate to get out of the hostel room. Once we had de-gittered ourselves we went down to the beach for breakfast, and then decided to do the Bondi to Coogee walk along the coastline. It's supposed to take one hour, but it took us three, as we kept talking and stopping to sit on the beach! The walk was really nice, and it was actually sunny for a change! On the way we saw the plac...

Mardi Gras! After an understandingly sleepless night, (which has left me scarred for life!), we got up and went into the CBD, to do some more sightseeing, We finally took some photos of the harbour in the sunshine, and then walked to the bridge to do the Pylon climb. The pylons are the four supporting structures at the entrances to the bridge, and from the top we got really good views over Sydney. From there we had a drink at a pub in the Rocks, using some vouch...

Fairy wings and feather boas We left the horrible apartment / room this morning and took a taxi to Bondi Beach. We couldn't check into Surfside Hostel for a while and so went for a walk along the beach and shops, which was nice, apart from the rain...again! Once we had moved into our dorm room, which smells disgusting, we went on the train to Bondi Junction to buy our fancy dress outfit for Mardi Gras tomorrow. We settled on pretty fairy wings and tiaras, to wea...

Free sightseeing in not-so-sunny SydneyToday we decided we were going to spend less than $5! We left Angie at the apartment, as she's been to Sydney before, and caught the train to Circular Quay. Once there we walked past the Opera Quays to the Opera House, where there was a good view of the Harbour Bridge, although it was pouring with rain and so slightly ruined! We attempted to walk around the outside of the Opera House, but got soaked and so went to look in th...