Sydney

Sydney has some fantastic scenery and plenty of beaches to choose from, however for most of our time there the weather decided to go against us (nothing new there)!!!
The Harbour Bridge and Opera House look amazing, and one afternoon when the sun was shining we decided to treat our selves to a few drinks in the opera house bar. You get an amazing view of the whole harbour when you go on the ferry to Manly beach.

We went to Sydney Aquarium and Taronga Zoo. The sharks in the aquarium were very impressive, and I hope to god we never come across them in the open ocean! When we went to the Zoo our favourite animals were actually the merecats... they were adorable and hilarious to watch!

The Beaches...
There are so many to chose from! Manly is lovely when its not too busy, its really good for surfing and its got a few shops to keep the girlies happy. We also visited coogee beach and then did the two hour walk from there to Bondi which was beautiful and took us across several other beaches. Another day we went to long reef beach too, which was so peaceful... that is until the boys decided to have crocodile races along the shallow bits of the water!!!!
Bondi beach was where we stayed for three weeks, thanks to our two lovely friends Sammy and Mike. We lived in their sitting room for the whole time and saved ourselves a hell of a lot of money! Bondi has a lot going for itself, with lots of shops, lots of surfing and lots of bars to go to at night. We spent many nights drinking GOON, which is wine that costs $12 for 5 litres and it says on the ingredients may contain fish, eggs and nuts.... tasty!!! One thing that actually was tasty though was the $6.90 steak and chips, a good backpackers dinner!

Christmas...
What a brilliant day! None of us had really been looking forward to having christmas away from home and the forecast was terrible... it was forecasted to rain for the second time ever in history!!!!! But with everyone getting into the christmas spirit and a bit of luck with the weather the day was a success. Kim woke everyone up at 8 in the morning by jumping on all of their beds and handing them a bag of goodies. We all then sat in the sitting room and opened our cards from home and our silly little pressies such as, bucket and spade, crackling chocolate, candy, glowsticks, water pistols etc. We then made up a massive fish bowl of sangria... by half nine we were all feeling a little tipsy, so a trip across the road was necessary so toast could be made for all. After we got through our first fish bowl we headed over to Warricks flat where the party continued and food cooking began. Drinking was banned on the beach so thats why we ended up eating in the flat then we just headed down to the beach for a few hours later on in the day. Typically the girls were put in their place in the kitchen while the boys sat on their bums drinking. The whole day was brilliant and went on till early hours the next day... good effort from everyone!!

New Years Eve...
Another success! After a laze on the beach through the day we headed back to the flat to prepare ourselves for the night ahead. Unfortunately we decided to miss the fireworks but it ended up being worth it! Instead we went to a concert which was held on Bondi beach, the atmosphere was amazing! Everyone decided to go a little crazy with their outfits.... they consisted of rave t-shirts, shades, body paints, glowsticks, flashing jewellery... a colourful bunch! We partied hard all through the night, and slowly began to recover on new years day! A night never to be forgotten.

Link to Sydney Photos:
Sydney
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Christmas and New Year
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