Howdy,<\/p>\n
Right, firstly: hello! We’re in Sydney! More on this in a second.<\/p>\n
First though I’m afraid I need to draw your attention to this:<\/p>\n
Less Than Three<\/a><\/big><\/p>\n It’s AWESOME. But only if you’ve been using computers long enough and are nerdy enouhg to find Myspace and all that just a bit too, you know, “hip” and “cool”. Hence both Pat and I like it.<\/p>\n Thanks to Mr Rik “This will ruin my reputation as someone who doesn’t at all like silly happy hardcore songs filled with acronyms” Ward for pointing this out to Pat :-)<\/small><\/p>\n Right, that’ll do for now – see you in a whi-what? Oh, right, yes, other stuff:<\/p>\n We’re in Sydney! Wooh!<\/p>\n Following an easy flight from Melbourne on Saturday Pat and I checked in to the hostel (Wake Up!<\/a>) on Saturday afternoon. Since then we’ve met up with Ia(i)n and wandered around a bit, mainly looking for cameras (yep, Pat’s camera has finally given up the ghost) and seeing the “pretty good actually and what the hell, is that Will Smith doing some proper acting???” The Pursuit of Happyness<\/a>.<\/p>\n We’ve not really had a chance to see the sights (although from a distance the Opera House and Harbour Bridge look fully awesome and the harbour they sit on\/over is very pretty) so can’t really comment on that yet, however the first impressions of the place are that it’s a lot busier with a lot more rushing around than Melbourne. It also feels a bit more cramped than Melbourne as the streets aren’t quite so wide and the buildings are generally taller.<\/p>\n Still, we’ve not seen that much of the place (only really from Chinatown to the harbour) so who knows what the rest of it’s like. We’ll reserve judgement for then.<\/p>\n Today we’re going to be tourists and see the bridge close up, go up the Sydney Tower<\/a> and check out such things as the Luna Park<\/a> fairground! Tomorrow we’re going to be checking out of Wake Up! and into the nearby YHA<\/a>. Wake Up!<\/a>‘s good, it’s just that the kitchen’s tiny and there’s not much room for chilling out.<\/p>\n