Travelodge Bankstown

... endure TomTom’s “Voice”.

After an hour and a half (maybe longer) we were on the lookout for a supermarket and luckily found one by chance. I remained in the car while laura went and got us a few things. All the while I was in desperate need of a toilet. Things started to turn pear shape when we found ourselves “in the sticks” no pun intended given our surroundings and ...

... i have ignored mainly because they got the times wrong 9:55 pm not AM. and i kinda want to sleep in.

Julies dad is taking us to the airport and i think i really want an Angus burger from Mac Donald's as my last meant dish for a while.

adios

... money is running away like water!!! I think the biggest thing that i am missing apart from my wonderful family and friends is my pay cheque at the end of the month... i miss money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will go and have a snoop round Sydney later. Need to eat now , im trying to fight the urge to go to bed or ill be buggered all week!!

Love you all xxxxxxxxxxxxx

... jours ont vraiment etes exceptionels.

De retour sur la terre ferme, nous avons ensuite file vers Hervey Bay a seulement une centaine de kilometres au Nord de Noosa. De Hervey Bay, nous avons pris part a un tour organise d’une journee pour visiter Fraser Island. Cette ile a comme particularite d’etre 100% constituee de sable, on y retrouve aussi les fameux Dingos, des lacs de toutes les couleurs et des forets de fougeres geantes. Les plages sont splendides mais interdit ...

... by strippers and prostitutes every few feet!

The following day when i finally dragged my backside out of bed we had decided that the 3 of us head over to Bondi Beach and check out what all the fuss about this beach was. After a short train journey and what we thought was a 5 minute walk that turned into a 40 minute walk i was actually kinda disapointed. Maybe it was because it was a bit of a **** day and it was cold and cloudy but the place kinda just looked like ...

... seagulls then started harrassing and fighting with each other for supremacy over my area which I found perturbing so I got up and walked away. It didn't end there. As I walked, the seagulls took flight and glided evilly behind me with a clear goal set in their eyes, and my food as their target. The way they glided was like a scene from the Birds and to onlookers it looked borderline ridiculous as I walked, followed by an entourage of birds. I managed to the ...

... lettuce leaves...mmmm! The following morning we decided to do the typical tourist trail and picked up one of the city tour buses... first stop Bondi Beach! I had no idea that Bondi Beach was so close to the city centre... just a 10 minute car ride away! It is a really cool area with a chilled out vibe, there are loads of surfers and some pretty hot lifeguards... heaven! After Bondi, we headed back into the city centre... first stop ...

... from there walked a short way round the headland to Shelly Beach. Delighted to see three or four large lizards sitting on the rocks beside the path. Manly Beach of course is well known here, attractive beach with golden sand and backdrop of trees, and of course surf, and Shelly Beach is a pretty little cove (golden sand again) but quiet water, no surf. It began to rain so we popped into a convenient cafe for tea and excellent potato wedges. After lunch it had stopped ...

... in life you have to do the cliché things but seeing the New Year watching the fireworks of the Harbour bridge and the Opera house must be one of the best travelling clichés. Unfortunately we weren't the only people interested in watching the fireworks. Premium places to watch them filled up early in the morning which seemed crazy to us as although good if you know what do you do for fourteen hours when you're standing around waiting for a ...