Sydney

We got the over night bus from Byron to Cairns, and then after some confusion about where to catch the train, we arrived at Carol's (my dad's cousin - so my 2nd cousin i guess??) at 10:45. We had arranged to meet Ross and Alison Hathway (old friends from trull) at 11am, so we were cutting it fine, but they didn't mind waiting for us while we freshend up! Shortly after Ross and Ali took us to Bondi Beach where they treated us to a lovely lunch, and we took a stroll around the clifside round to another beach, which I cant remember what its called off the top of my head, but it was abit of a mouthful. We didn't do in the water in Bondi, as it was a little chilly!!
After Bondi we headed more into the centre of Sydney where we met up with Georgie (Ross and Ali's daughter), and had a look round at her Art College, which was formerly a prison, but it seemed quite pleasant for an old prison!
We then got dropped off at Hyde Park, and took a stroll through there, and then had a look up George Street, the main street for shopping etc in Sydney.
That evening we met Carol properly and her flatmate Heidi as well. We went out to a pub for a drink and then a Thai resturant for a lovely meal. Carol then drove us up to Ball's Head where we got a great view of the Opera House and the bridge. We headed back not long after, and managed to get a relitivley early night.

Day 2
Carol was off for a long weekend away (which she had forgotten about when we first arranged for us to stay), so she let us borrow her car. We took a drive up to Manly beach. It is a much nicer beach than Bondi (which is abit of a concreate jungle in comparison). We had some lunch and then met up with Kat Krause Davis (an old school mate) and we headed towards Palm Beach aka Summer Bay from Home and Away!! Such an amazing beach!! One side is terrific waves, and the otherside is so tranquil and peaceful!!
We headed back to Kat's hostel for a BBQ (more Kagaroo), and we watched a really crap comedian!! Really he was rubbish!! We headed for the Scubar shortly after where stayed too long and missed the last train home and then had to wait 1hr for the next bus. I think it was about 3am when we finally got to bed.

Day 3
We had a day in the city. Had a look around Circular Quay, right by the Opera House. We though about getting a tour, but we had very little time left. We carried on looking round at the city, but we both realised we needed more time to see it all (like everywhere on the trip!!), and in the evening we met up with Kat again and we went for a nice meal before Tom and I went to watch a play at the Opera House. All in all it was a great end to a great time in Australia! We both agreed that we will be back there ASAP!!! Probably in the Ozzy summer though as it was getting bloody cold!