More on Sydney April 4

Last night by 8 PM we were ready for some more sleep…but then we were both awake early. It’s hard getting our internal time clocks adjusted. Am sure by the time we get our selves adjusted it will be April 11 th and time to make another major adjustment as we cross back over the International Dateline.

We have learned a valuable lesson on this trip. When you hide money in your suitcase make sure to make a note of where it is. We spent the first two days here searching for the other half of our Australian money. In fact we felt that we must have left it at home. We asked Don & Jane to check for us …nope. So it was back to searching our six suitcases again. We had almost given up when today I opened an envelope marked “on board Cruise Credit information” …there it was. This has been a much better day since finding our lost funds.

All day on Tuesday we used our credit cards so we would have cash when it was needed. Now we will probably end up brining home extra Australian dollars. After spending much of yesterday out sightseeing, today has been a fairly quiet day for us. Did do a walkabout and found a Boomerang Shop for Phil so he could buy an authentic one to bring home. While searching for this shop we spotted a Subway shop so had a great lunch. They even have veggie pattie subs over here, which is great for a vegetarian like me.

We have enjoyed staying at Eve’s Backpacker Hostel, in this area every street must have at least 10 hostels with some variation of the name backpacker in it. It’s very clean.
No elevator, no air condition (but does have a large fan) and the bathroom is just outside our door in the hall. A great kitchen & gathering place for all the young people. We are the oldest ones here but everybody is sure nice and friendly.

When I post this I will try and add a set of pictures. But can not promise as the internet here is very slow. This will be my last post from Sydney.
Okay.. have tried to post pictures but the internet here is way to slow.