Back in Sydney

I'm back in Sydney now. We had a really good time in Melbourne, I really liked it there, i thought it was quite similar to Brighton which is maybe why i liked it so much. I've already written about our Neighbours tour, there's not much else to say about that than what i've already written. It was good but of course the highlight was meeting janelle. After the Neighbours tour we did a bit of shopping in St. Kilda which is where we were staying. We bought a few things and then spent the rest of the day on the beach. We met a couple of girls in our hostel who we spent most of our time with. They went to University in Brighton so straight off we had alot in common with them and of course we played the "do you know..."game and we did find a few people from brighton that we all knew. Basically we spent out time in Melbourne just on the beach and wondering around the city.

We flew back to Sydney on the 27th where Hannah went to stay with Mike (her boyfriend) who was also in Sydney for a few days and me and Ellie stayed in a hostel in Kings Cross. Our hostel wasn't really that nice and the Kings Cross area was a bit skanky but it was ok and quite central. Our hostel was also opposite to Nicks hostel. Nick is a guy i worked with at American Express. So we've met up with him a few times. We all had one big night out with everyone which was just like going out at home really cos there was mike and all his friends and then nick and us so it was a bit like we were back in Brighton. Our friend James who we met in NZ was there too so he came along. It was a really fun night out.

On Saturday night it was Mardi Gras which puts the Pride parade to shame. It was a huge parade that went on for hours. the costumes were amazing. We managed to get a really good spot to watch it from as well, outside a pub! It was good though cos the pub had a fenced off area to watch from so we saw much more than we would have done if we were just lining the streets like everyone else. I'm so glad we went. It was soooooo busy, apparently there were 500,000 people there! we also saw quite a few famous people. We walked past Michael Barrymore in the crowd and then in the parade we saw Rupert Everett and Boy George. The boy George float was really funny, it was loads of people dressed as Boy George dressed in community service costumes and Boy George was just walking in the middle of them, he was really hard to see if you weren't looking. It was a really good evening, after the parade we didn't go out because all the bars and clubs were charging a fortune to get in so we just went for one more drink then home.

The next day Mike and co. flew to China so it was just the three of us. Hannah has a friend from home living in Sydney so we went to stay with her for a couple of nights. When we got there she took us for a swim at Narabeen beach, right next to where she lives and then we went to play lawn bowls! And yes we are under the age of 85. It was really fun and of course i won, i think i've found my calling. I really liked it. It was all young people drinking a playing bowls and betting, everyong put a $1 in the pot and the winner takes all. So that was good. Then we went back to the flat and had a BBQ.

We stayed at Jo and Chris' for the night and then the next day they took us out to Palm Beach where Home and Away if filmed and they were filming when we got there! We got to watch them filming for a while really close up and we also met Kim from the show and had out photo taken with him, we're such tourists! After that Hannah went to do her Harbour Bridge climb. Me and Ellie met up with our friend that we met in NZ for a while. After being in the city for a while we just fancied having a quiet night and watched a film.

Since then we havn't been up to a great deal. Just hanging around Sydney and seeing the sights. We're planning on making our way up the coast on Monday so looking forward to that.

love lucy

xxx