G'DAY FROM DOWN UNDER

We made it to Sydney after a very bumpy flight, threats of arrest from Australian Customs and a shuttle drive from hell...not the best welcome we've had so far! Anyhow, when we arrived at our hostel near Kings Cross our bedroom view more than made up for it. We could see fantastic views of the Harbour bridge and the Opera House all lit up at night, amazing.

We spent our first day walking through the beautiful Botanical Gardens that run along the Harbour between our hostel and the Opera House. In the park you can see bats hanging from the trees, as well as parrots and possums, all very strange. We had lunch near the harbour and then explored the City for the rest of the afternoon. The City is beautifully laid out with city streets lined with trees and the mono rail amost makes this place look vaguely like blade runner in daylight. The weather is also a real bonus, we woke up to blue skies and warm temps reaching 23C...

Today we started on the important things and went to the big car market for travellers to have a little nosey around and get a feel for vans and prices. They look quite luxurious compared to our 3 man tent and hopefully these bad boys won't be hitting us around the head as soon as a gust of wind comes along....fingers crossed! So wish us luck.

We've also just booked a weeks stay (until Sunday..so far) so that we can meet up with Claire and Johnny, which we're both looking forward too. We'll keep you posted again soon....