Heey everyone!

So we arrived in Sydney. We went up some mountains, down some hills, and soon drove along a road with the sea on our left hand side and soon ended up at the caravan park. The most expensive one so far, but by far the best as well. Free Wifi, the beach just across the road, public transport at 50 meters distance and shops and restaurants at 200 meters distance.

We left all that immediately behind us though, because we wanted to see some of the North Sydney beaches before it got dark so we drove off. We took some seemingly impossible turns and overcame some incredibly steep hills but ended up at Palm Beach, the most northern point of Sydney.

We enjoyed the scenery and drove further. After a while we got to Whale Beach, another quick stop before we went on to the next beach and so on and so on. At the last beach we got some dinner at the supermarket and then went back to the caravan park.

We cooked up some sausages before going to bed. The sky was completely clear so there were lots of stars to see. The next morning though, we found rain on the windshield and clouds above. The weather forecast was sun with a bit of clouds but apparently it wasn't just that.

Didn't matter though, because we bought our public transport passes and used the bus to get to Manly. Beautiful ride and we got off at Manly Wharf. With our public transport passes we could use the ferries for free as well so we immediately took one to Circular Quay (Sydney CBD).From here we took another ferry to Darling Harbour passing Luna Park and 2 other stops.

From here we took the Mono-rail around the city centre and got off at Chinatown. We walked around a bit here and ended up in a Brazilian BBQ restaurant. We ate way too much, way too good, way too long. After being able to stand again we walked on to a park close by where an Indian festival was going on.

Lots of people were getting paint thrown on them and there were dancers everywhere. We looked around a bit but went on to Paddy's Market before we got painted ourselves. The market was a lot different from the one we saw in Los Angeles, a lot more crowded and bigger. We looked around and then walked towards the city centre again.

From here we took a bus back to Circular Quay and a ferry back to Manly. In Manly we went to Manly beach and walked along the shore all the way to Shelby Beach. We continued from there up into the Sydney National Park and walked around there until we noticed the sun was going down.

We walked back a long way to the Corso, a walkway between Manly Wharf and Manly Beach. From here we found a bus that would take us back to the caravan park. It was dark before we got on to the bus and it was quite late when we arrived at our campervan.

Tomorrow we'll have to turn into the campervan and move into our new home; the hotel on Phillip Street. We'll see you there!

Jeremy