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Today was our last full day in Sydney before we began our travels up the East Coast of Australia. Having only had about 4 hours sleep, I woke up at 6:30am still horrendously drunk and wondering what the hell had happened the night before. Whilst everyone else was downstairs having breakfast, I clearly thought it was a great idea to stay in my room and drunkenly whatsapp/snapchat my entire friends list with all of the post-night out gossip. Typical ay... an 11 hour time difference and I still found the time to update the girls (they wanted to know EVERYTHING). Girls will be girls!
When I eventually made it downstairs (read: stumbled), I couldn't bare the thought of breakfast so I headed out with the group feeling rather sorry for myself. The coach took us to Manly beach where we spent the first part of the day sunbathing, listening to Ed Sheeran and watching the guys play Aussie rules (and by play Aussie rules I actually mean showing off and competing for the most ripped award... I think it's fair to say the Aussies won hands down!) We went for food at a Mexican place right by the beach but I was SO disappointed because my burrito was vile! Burrito's are my absolute fave so I was not impressed that I had to pay $20 for something I hadn't even eaten.
Inevitably the group split up into friendship groups so me, 3 of the English girls and the only Kiwi guy headed over to a secluded part of the beach via a path surrounded by... wait for it... WATER DRAGONS. Google them now and tell me they're not absolutely TERRIFYING (I'm petrified of reptiles if you hadn't guessed already...) Obviously I wasn't expecting to see them so when one appeared right in front of me I screamed SO loud, at least 20 people must have stopped and looked at me!! Everyone else seemed to think it was completely normal, like they were walking past a group of Labrador puppies or something! That's Australian wildlife for you folks.
That afternoon was probably one of the funniest of the entire trip. We just sat there for a good 4 hours teaching Curtis English slang and what 'banter' was, then watching him incorporate it into EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE. I've never belly laughed so much in my life!! We were given tickets to make our own way back to Sydney so we caught the Manly ferry to Circular Quay, which sails under the Harbour Bridge and right by the Opera House (which is where I took the photos above). The majority of the group were booked to climb the Harbour Bridge that evening so we headed straight there after a quick stop at McDonalds.
Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been number 1 on my bucketlist for so many years now, but when I was up there it didn't even feel real!! The whole climb takes around 3 hours so we started in daylight, watched the sunset from halfway up then got to the top for the view of Sydney at night. It was honestly so breathtaking... we just sat there at one point and was like WHAT THE HELL. We recorded a video at the top of the bridge which I will post on Day 15 with a montage of all of the clips from the trip! Generally, the bridge climb wasn't scary at all. The only part which was slightly terrifying was when we had to climb up and down a vertical ladder right next to the speeding traffic on the bridge, and when the double decker trains were going past and shaking the ladders we were climbing on! The loud noises and vibrations were making everyone feel a bit uneasy!
It was quite late by the time we got back to the hotel so we all went straight to bed!
On the agenda tomorrow, SURF CAMP!
xxx
Inevitably the group split up into friendship groups so me, 3 of the English girls and the only Kiwi guy headed over to a secluded part of the beach via a path surrounded by... wait for it... WATER DRAGONS. Google them now and tell me they're not absolutely TERRIFYING (I'm petrified of reptiles if you hadn't guessed already...) Obviously I wasn't expecting to see them so when one appeared right in front of me I screamed SO loud, at least 20 people must have stopped and looked at me!! Everyone else seemed to think it was completely normal, like they were walking past a group of Labrador puppies or something! That's Australian wildlife for you folks.
That afternoon was probably one of the funniest of the entire trip. We just sat there for a good 4 hours teaching Curtis English slang and what 'banter' was, then watching him incorporate it into EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE. I've never belly laughed so much in my life!! We were given tickets to make our own way back to Sydney so we caught the Manly ferry to Circular Quay, which sails under the Harbour Bridge and right by the Opera House (which is where I took the photos above). The majority of the group were booked to climb the Harbour Bridge that evening so we headed straight there after a quick stop at McDonalds.
Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been number 1 on my bucketlist for so many years now, but when I was up there it didn't even feel real!! The whole climb takes around 3 hours so we started in daylight, watched the sunset from halfway up then got to the top for the view of Sydney at night. It was honestly so breathtaking... we just sat there at one point and was like WHAT THE HELL. We recorded a video at the top of the bridge which I will post on Day 15 with a montage of all of the clips from the trip! Generally, the bridge climb wasn't scary at all. The only part which was slightly terrifying was when we had to climb up and down a vertical ladder right next to the speeding traffic on the bridge, and when the double decker trains were going past and shaking the ladders we were climbing on! The loud noises and vibrations were making everyone feel a bit uneasy!
It was quite late by the time we got back to the hotel so we all went straight to bed!
On the agenda tomorrow, SURF CAMP!
xxx
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