Hello !I'm writing to you from 790 on George Backpackers in Sydney. Its a comfortable but basic hostel. Public Service AnnouncementThe Archive has been updated to include all past newsletters that may anyone may have missed. The weather has been quite wet all week, sitting in the mid to low 20s most of the time. Last Wednesday we headed into the Southern Highlands after collecting my glasses. We stopped at a few local sights, with a pint and a parmi at The Sutton Forest Inn. It was quite possibly the nicest pub I've been to here. It felt quite homely, like a lot of pubs back home.    Radioative glow in the dark glass. It wsa a big fad back in the early 20th century. Its totally safe to eat from (but probably not to drink from)  Dec looking awkward looking back south towards Wollongong On Thursday we found ourselves back in Sydney. We got a decent coffee before I went to fetch my jacket from Bondi beach.  Liverpool, the hippest city in England?!!?  Reunited! In the afternoon we went to watch an aussie rules game in torrential rain. We got wholly soaked and left halfway through. Later that night we went for dinner with a canadian bloke on his first ever travels. We took him for his first ever pint in a pub (i feel old) at quite possibly the worst pub in Sydney. I hope he had a memorable first pint.  Dec left in the early afternoon on Friday, so we went to a few museums. After he left I went straight back to the Blue Mountains to avoid the expensive hostels caused by Sydney Mardi Gras.  Not sure whats going on here. The gallery was full of Chinese art On Saturday I met back up with Dylan, who I'd met earlier in Adelaide & Melbourne. The weather was rubbish so we got coffee (yum) and found some gems in a local charity shop.  Never seen cups like this before!  Saturday saw us attempt a hike to Castle Head. A simple out and back 9km route. We ended up making it 16km incl. the walk to the start of the trail. It also decided to rain the whole time... We came back quite damp. Some beers fixed morale.   Clock with a train in it. I'm interested  This shop is classified as a terrorist organisation by 23 countries  Purple slug   This was about a 200m drop :o  A great view  Yummy beer as a reward for the hike On Monday I left the Blue Mountains to head to the Ku-ring-gai national park. A total of 4 hrs travelling on train, bus and ferry. You have to bring all your food as theres no shops near the hostel. The area is like nothing else ive seen. Scotland Island is a small island of 700 people accessible only by boat. I met a local on the ferry who said theres a lot of gossiping going on, lots of rich people that only come on weekends, but a lovely network of women that have helped her feel welcome.  View of Scotland Island from the Ferry On Tuesday I went for a hike with people from the hostel. It feels so remote here, despite how close we are to the city. We ended up going into pretty overgrown rainforest, running into a snake, 3 big spiders and many, many leaches.  Spot the snake. (A Diamond Python, non-venomous)  Spot the blue ant. It was about half an inch long   In the evening I made an amazing BBQ veg & bean curry. We sat around the campfire & watched the lunar eclipse. Ill add some photos of that next time when I get them. On Wednesday I got a lift back to Sydney via the beach with people from the hostel before heading for drinks with Jake & Tom from my old job (we forgot to get a picture!) And now its Thursday. Ive had a lie in and gone to purchase some camping gear for a future trip. Bye for now! P.S. P.P.S |
