Oz part 1 - Christmas and New Year

Back in Oz and my first stop was Sydney, after a short and very rushed transfer in Brisbane which nearly resultedin me mising my flight. I had planned to be here for Xmas and New Year and then head off on the Nick's roadtrip. Thankfully I had booked my hostel in advace as when I arrived nowhere had space and the places that did were charging stupid prices. I did the usual touristy sightseeing things in the first few days before Christmas, walked round the harbours, saw the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. I met up with a few guys from the Kiwi Experience and following a few boozy nights we came up with the BEST NEW YEARS PLAN EVER!!!!!Christmas Day once again was a bit of an anti-climax, I went on a harbour cruise (some would call it a booze cruise) christmas eve but it wasnt anything great. I did make a bit progres with my christmas meal this year though, as some of you may remember last year I had other peoples leftovers of rice and soy sauce, well this year a few of us managed to find a Pizza Hut that was open so I had my Christmas feast there. I stand by what I said last year, nothing compares to a Christmas at home.

Boxing Day a few of us went out to Watsons Bay to watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race and then we stayed out there for lunch and a spot of sunbathing, there was an unbelieveable number of boats in the harbour and it looked like total chaos as spectator boats weaved in and out of the race yachts.

We were a lot more organised for New Years Eve, Nick arrived a couple of days and we were ready to welcome in the New Year. We went and did a big shop for picnic food (which included 40 litres of wine!) with which Me, Spence and Steve knocked up a feast for about 100 people. I think we did a bit too much, but better too much than not enough. Got up at half seven on NYE to catch the ferry across to Cremorne Point to bag a good spot for the fireworks.

It was great night and turned out to be our first Kiwi reunion as there was 11 of us from the bus which was cool.

Pics wil be up here soon!!!!!!!!!!!!