We arrived in Sydney with little sleep and too many bags at 6.30am. We jumped in a taxi- who didn't actually know where anything was and we got dropped basically in the middle of Sydney outside a hotel which we weren't even staying in. After a nightmare of trying to find our hostel we eventually stumbled across it and checked in. We chilled on the sofas for a while till our room was ready and when it was we headed straight out after dumping our bags. We took a wander into the city and shopped around, it was manic and all the shops were so big; it was just like London. For some reason we just kept going completely brain dead in the middle of Sydney shopping centres and forgetting where we were and how to get back to the hostel. (Sounds reassuring to our parents- sorry!!) it happened everyday we were there so either we're going mad or Sydney is just a confusing city. Once we were getting tired we headed back to the hostel and waited for dinner time. We did explore the rooftop garden of our hostel in the evening and took some pictures of the opera house and bridge at night.
Our second day we checked out our hostel and headed down a few roads to our hotel; Sydney Harbour Rocks Hotel. We left our bags there and went for a wander round the opera house and bridge to see it in daylight. We took lots of pictures and stopped in the Guyllian cafe for milkshakes. Early afternoon we went back to the hotel and just chilled out for a while; it was unbelievably nice to have a room with a good shower and proper bed. I was so happy to have a dressing gown again! In the evening we headed out to the Opera Bar which is just under the opera house and with a direct view of the bridge which was nice! We had a lot of cocktails and a really lovely meal to celebrate our anniversary :)
The next day we had a lay in and took advantage of the 11am check out. Next door to the hotel was a creperie so it was not up for debate where we were having breakfast. We sadly headed back to our hostel and waited there for our check in. Once we checked in and realised the room stunk of cheesy feet we headed straight out to the city to look around some more. After a shop around again we cooked dinner and chilled for the rest of the evening.
The next day we headed to Bondi Beach. We got the bus there and when we got there it was a little cloudy so we expected the worst but as we walked along the coast line it was so warm and sunny! We headed straight for the infamous icebergs and took loads of pictures of the swimming pool and we chilled in the cafe and had some milkshakes. Whilst we were there we also saw loads of dolphins! It was amazing to watch them all playing together and was an added extra to the day! When the dolphins disappeared we begun the Bondi to Bronte walk. It had amazing views and we stopped along route on some rocks and watch the surfers as the waves were huge! We continued the walk and got to Bronte sooner than we expected so we chilled there for a while before heading back to Bondi. We were going to continue to
Coogee but we could see it in the distance and the views would have just been the same and it got so hot, so we just decided to head back. When we got back to Bondi we had lunch on the grass above the beach and just relaxed. When we were done there we caught the bus to Bondi junction which is surrounded by so many shops so we had a look round and after an hour or so we headed back to the hostel. In the evening we just relaxed and cooked dinner.
The next day we had another early start and headed to the Blue Mountains. It was a three hour train journey so we allowed time for that and when we got there we caught a bus to echo point to get a good view. When we got there it was a lot more touristy than we expected so we got our pictures and had a little walk round then quickly headed off into the quiet part of the coastal line for a two hour trek to Leura Cascades. When we got there we were immediately stunned with Bridal Veil Falls which was the biggest waterfall I've ever seen (I was too little to remember Niagara Falls) we then walked round and saw the Leura Cascades which went up for ages into the trees. After some pictures we headed out onto the main road. We decided not to trek for two hours back the way we came so we headed off to find a train station. Half an hour later we found one and stocked up on food for our three hour train journey home to the city. It was so nice to spend some time walking in the forest after spending a couple days just in the city.
On what we thought was the day we flew out (I accidentally got our flight date wrong oops) we ended up just chilling in the city again, but by this time we were ready to leave Sydney as we were getting way too excited for New Zealand!
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