We flew out of the Nadi airport at 9:00am and arrived in Sydney at 12:30pm. The flight was incredibly short compared to our other flights!
When we got to Sydney we called the hostel we had book the night prior to pick us up. It was about a 15 minute drive to the hostel which was located downtown. We decided to stay there since there was free internet and and it was close to the harbour (Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge).
When we checked in, they directed us across the street to their "other" building! Obviously the one they didn't advertise on the website! It was pretty run down in the first building and even more so in ours! Oh well...we figure we will just deal with it!
When we got into the room we saw an older man there... maybe in his 40s. We said Hi and asked him where he is from... he said "Sydney". I didn't click in until a bit later when I saw his whole life set out on the table in the room! --He lives here permanently!--
Sooo I've come to the conclution that Claire and I are sharing a room with a potential homeless man! We have seen other men in the hostel that are city workers etc. as well. We joked with each other today that we are staying in a homeless shelter for a few days!
Oh well... at least we have a good story!
We haven't done much since we arrived. Last night we were in bed pretty early since it was an early morning in the airport. I got my nose pierced in the afternoon so I had a pounding headache. All we did was see Bride Wars at the theater and then headed home to bed! Boring for our first night in Sydney but we will make up for it tonight!
Today we walked all over the city. We came across the Australia Museum so we went in! It was a small building compared to the ROM but it had really neat stuff. There was a skeleton, Papua New Guinea and wildlife photography exhibit! Really interesting stuff!
We went down to the Opera House and had some lunch but didnt stay long! Hopefully we will be able to see the Opera House from the water before we go!
Claires friend Laura is coming tomorrow morning. She is staying with us until Friday then we are heading home with her to Wollongong for a few days! It will be nice to see another part of Australia as well!

We might head to the zoo tomorrow... I'm excited to see animals!
Wish we were closer to Steve Irwins Zoo... but Sydney's will do!

Jxx

written by  clairejenna on February 10, 2009 from Sydney, Australia
from the travel blog: Claire and Jenna Do The World
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Nose pierced?!?!? Fabulous! I can't wait to see it.

written by  Kayleigh on February 11, 2009

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