We flew from San Francisco to LA on the smallest commercial plane I've ever been on. The 14 and 1/2 hour flight from LA to Sydney went pretty quick so was not the mind numbing affair I'd been preparing myself for. We're staying in a hostel fairly close the city centre and have mainly just been sorting things out for the first few days, bank accounts, phones, healthcare etc. All very boring but it's got to be done. We're pretty much sorted now so are going to spend another day in Sydney before embarking on a 3 week road trip up the East coast to Cairns. We've booked a camper type thing. It's basically a people carrier that's been customised so the back is sleeping space and you have cooking equipment etc (see http://www.spaceships.tv/). We couldn't really afford a proper camper, and they mainly seem to be manual transmission which Jenn can't drive, so this seems a pretty good compromise and should have all we need. Now it's just a case of sorting out exactly what we want to see between Sydney and Cairns.
Having got all the paperwork sorted we decided to take it easy for the afternoon. We took a short ferry ride over to Manly and went and got burnt on the beach this afternoon (it's about 25" here at the mo). Did a bit of body surfing and wandered aroung the town which is an idylic little place. The ferry goes from right next to the Opera house and harbour bridge so it was also a cheap way to see them from the water. We're going to do the classic Sydney sights tomorrow morning then head to Bondi beach in the afternoon. After that it's 3 weeks on the road so can't wait!!
