Sydney, Australia

After a 8 hour flight from Singapore we arrived safely in sunny Sydney where Tom (amys friend) picked us up from the airport and took us back to his parents place where we were staying for our time in Sydney.
We were chuffed with the accomodation we got!! Our own bedroom, with the comfiest beds ever!!, a lounge with our own HUGE TV and more than 2 channels to choose from :), a little kitchen and toilet too!! soo nice to have space and normal things like a sofa to sit on! proper luxury!

 our little bedroom :)

 kitchen

lounge :)

I have spent 3 weeks here now and haven't been able to travel elsewhere in Australia as its so expensive to get around and my money has been dwindling out here!
So our 3 weeks here..

We went out on our first night to meet Amys friends over here at a place called the Crows Nest! that was a fun night and so many people to meet!! so funny hearing the ozzy accent again..definately feels very homely here!

 tess, john, aim and me

 in the Crows Nest

 the girls

cheers!

I then spent the next day at the infamous Bondi Beach to see my friend Rowan who I met 5 years ago on my travels.  We sunbathed by the beach and then spent the afternoon with his flatmates drinking beer and playing pool! ha I became a lad for the day! we then headed out to the City to a place called Mrs Sippys, which played some really decent house music! and then onto The Sheef where the guys went to pull! ha! me Rowan and his friend Mitch ended the night with an amazing kebab and yummy chips :) was really nice to catch up with him again!

 Rowan, chilling at his place

 Mitch enjoying a beer or two

 beautiful view

 Fatman - funny guy!

 drinks in the city

me and Row

We met Hayley and James after they had been to their friends wedding.  We met them in the City (which is about a 15min bus ride from Birchgrove where we are staying) with a few of their English friends and hit Kings Cross (full of hookers and strip clubs lol) for drinks! We had a fun night getting rather tipsy on copious amounts of cocktails and finished off with my first Pie Face which is amazing!! England neeeeeds one of these!! Just a chicken and mushroom, or steak pie but tastes delicious and is sooo good after a night out drinking! yum! I have become a Pie Face addict since btw!

 H and Woody

 lovely couple from home

 night in kings cross

 the gang

 me and james

me and Hayley

The weather has been amazing which we really didnt expect for this time of year in Sydney so have spent many a day on different beaches or parks - Bondi, Balmoral, Manly, Balmain Park, Red Leaf...

 in the park with the Harbour Bridge behind

 day at the park

 Red Leaf beach

 picnic at the beach

 Bondi Beach (and grass)

 tanning

 a day at Manly Beach

 mmm ice cream by the seaside!

 Tammarama Beach

 in Birchgrove Park

lollies!!

We spent a day on Bondi beach with Amys friend Amy! It was a scorching hot day so we basked away! this was our first attempt at getting in the sea over here where Amy (Oz) jumped right in while me and Aim dipped our feet, squealed at the coldness of the water and freaked out by the size of the waves! haha!

Me and Amy went for drinks after at a place called Bucket List where we enjoyed our first cider whilst we've been away, in the sun! we met our friend Will here who we had met in Vietnam and Laos and he took us out for the night.
We had amazing cocktails where he worked at Ravesie's and got very drunk with one of his friends! and then headed back to wills parents place to crash and wow it was amazing!!

 Cider o,clock! How i've missed these!

 Amy and Willy

 another night out with Will

 yummy cocktails

 more drinks!

 bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs!

the morning after haha!

We spent a day with Amys friend Ellis who took us shopping we got to buy high heels!! :) so needed here to go out..not like Asia where everyones casual, people actually dress up to go out here! then we went back to his in the afternoon and enjoyed another Aussie BBQ with his mates and a few glasses of vino! we see our first possum too!! :)

Smiley Ellis

 Aims

 FEAST!

 Tom, John, Amy and Ellis

 enjoying a few drinks

its a possum!!

We spent another day with a girl called Ally where we laid by her pool and had a delicious lunch in the sun (I'm now calling prawns delicious) and some wine! this is where she told us how the Funnel web Spider (one of the deadliest here in Oz) get into swimming pools and can stay under the water for days before attacking you!! ahhh!!

 by the pool

 Ally and Aim

 sat down to a lovely lunch

baking hot day! :)

I finally got to see Pip where we had a great weekend in the sun, catching up and had a night out in the Cross! we had started drinking in the park at 3pm and carried on into the night, so it was a funny night where we met two random guys from Kent who were a good laugh! and I crashed out at Pips that night, then we spent the day on a cute little beach near her! was so nice!
I met her last wkend aswell for day on the beach with her friend Jules and then we hit a rooftop bar for  Sunday evening Cocktails with her flatmate Emma.  Really nice to see her out here, see where she's living and get to meet her friends!

 a night out with Pippy :)

 at the Kings Cross Hotel

 Pip and Harry

 me and John (from Kent)

 Pip with the boys

 our funny night out

 awww like old times!

 another day on the beach

 chilling in the sun

 Pip buying her Sunday flowers from the market

 cocktails!!

 Pippa and Emma

Pipsqueak enjoying a wine cocktail-yum!

Me and Aim have been really lucky as Toms mum has lent us her car a fair few times since we've been here which has made it so easy to get around! We finally went to the Blue Mountains which we were meant to do 5 years ago when we were here! and they were amazing! we hiked through the woods for half hour, wondering where the hell the moutains were then come to this big open space which showed how high up we actually were and the views were really stunning! Alot of walking was involved where we come across several waterfalls..and see the Three Sisters rocks which are famous here in the mountains! That was a really nice day out and something that I wanted to tick off my list!

 road trip!

 smelly!

 the blue mountains

 pic doesnt do it justice!!

 Blue Mountains

 pretty!

trekking through the forest!

 we found a koala

 the three sisters

 at the three sisters

 at the mountains

 our rock formation

pretty cascade

We had a days work with Toms mum too, to get a bit of extra cash, where we spent the day in a warehouse making boxes and packing them with animal lights that she sells.  And testing the lights too! very easy work and the hourly rate here is awesome! we got over $20 an hour for that (and that included being in the car for an hour and half!) chuffed!

 testing testing 123

a hard days work :)

Amys birthday was last weekend so we had a fun day out! we went to sunbathe by Toms nans pool first then headed to Darling Harbour in the City for lunch and afternoon drinks! a few glasses of bubbly later we were late getting home and ready for her birthday dinner! but got there after a bit of rushing where we met 15 others for some grub! then hit the Argyl Bar in The Rocks where I danced all night long and got rather drunk! Was a good night!

 happy birthday to yoou

 pressies!

 sunbathing

 mmm birthday bubbly

 drinks by the harbour

 swimming!

 yummy lunch

and then it rained!!

 getting the label off amys shoe

amy and tom

rather drunk right now

me aim and tom

tom, john and ellis

girlies

I went into the City this week by myself and went to the Chinese Gardens where these girls dressed me in Chinese clothes and took loads of photos lol! It was fun! and then went for a bit of retail therapy :)

 me as a chinese princess

 pretty chinese gardens

 haha what do you think!?

 ofcourse i picked the pink gown!

 round the gardens

being a proper tourist for the day

I've spent alot of nights indoors believe it or not as I haven't had much money to go out all the time which has been a bit boring! lol! and so have decided to come home where I may aswell be with my friends and get back to reality! It really is expensive here though - $8 a glass of wine, $4 a loaf of bread, $3 a chocolate bar!! haha!

I have this Easter weekend left and then get my flight home next Wednesday afternoon which I am really looking forward to now! Have had an amazing trip but ready to get back now..!!