Sydney

After visiting Queensland we took last internal plane to Sidney. No trouble this time. There in Sidney we stayed at the Original's Backpackers, recommended by the Lonely Planet guidebook. It was fair, clean, quiet, but the toilet, shared, quite crappy. Walking around we headed to the Opera House, through a park crowded with BIG bats!

After that, of course, we visited the famous Opera House, but we didn't get inside. We know there are guided visits though.

Apart from that, we visited an area called "The Rocks" an old fishermen quarter, with restaurants where there must be good fish. Not very interesting, actually.

The day after we took a ferry to Manly Beach, a borough where you can find nice beaches, surfers, surf shops and good atmosphere.

We thought about entering the Sydney Tower, but there was a three hours queue, so we gave it up. I would recommend to be there at very first time in the morning, if you are resolute to get in. I have heard that you can climb to the top of the famous Sydney bridge. Now I regret I didn't do it...

The rest of the time we spent in Sydney was basically shopping, most of it surf shops (Billabong, Quicksilver, etc...) as they were on sale. And, of course, feeling gloomy about the trip coming to an end... :-/