We made it to Sydney from Hong Kong in one piece but it was the bumpiest flight we had been on so far! Its quite a shock, money-wise, when going from SE Asia to Australia, especially with Christmas and New year as everywhere in Sydney is booked out. Luckily I booked our accommodation 6 months in advance. After 10 months I finally met up with my sister Adele who's also backpacking/working over here. We went first around Sydney seeing the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and went for a jet boat trip around the harbour. This was really fast and we got drenched but it was fun. I then got to see my first platypus at the Sydney aquarium. Christmas day was spent doing the Aussie thing by going to Bondi Beach followed by a BBQ at
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