Sydney

I went to Sydney for four days with Jack and Dan (both from Birmingham). It made me realise even more how rural Brisbane is - despite its 1.8 million people. Sydney is a proper metropolis with a tube, men with Louis Vuitton handbags, girls dressed in 80s tennis shorts, world-famous photo subjects, and tramps sleeping on park benches. And beers are much better than the piss they serve here in Queensland.

We did all the touristy highlights: Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, the Blue Mountains etc. Other more alternative highlights worth to be mentioned: fresh prawns for breakfast at the the Fish Markets (directly followed by fish and chips), rooftop pool in the hostel, the Cricketer's Arms pub, Kings Cross at night (prostitutes and colourfully illuminated sex shops), and cruising through Sydney Bay on public ferries.

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