Well it has been a long and stressful introduction to Australia. We got up at 5am and got the shuttle to the airport for our flight which left at 8:30. The flight was actually pretty good as the nice attendant gave me two bottles of free champagne and Will a beer - I think he must have felt sorry for us, perhaps the last 6 months have taken their toll.... but no it was lovely feeling a bit pissed at 9:30am (and that was when we landed as Australia is 2 hours behind).
We arrived here with airy fairy plans - all we knew was that we would head for Manley (North of Sydney) so after a speedy exit through customs we hired a car at the airport and drove to Manley planning to rent a hotel room. The drive was pretty cool and we drove over the harbour bridge and glimpsed the opera house which sam thought was brilliant. When we got to Manley however it was a real shock, i had pictured a small town like Piha but this was massive and packed, like Newquay or something, not at all what I had pictured - but then the first day is always a bit strange. We went into a few B&B's but they were all packed and we were informed we would be lucky to find anywhere to stay! We found a room in a hotel for $250!!!! that's about £170 so we drove around for about 4 hours, trying to decide what to do. As you can imagine, being locked in a car with two tired, hot, grumpy, hungry boys is no fun and eventually we managed to find a hotel outside of Manley in Nutbean (or something like that - I'm too tired to know or care).
We have been having lots of tired chats about what to do next and here is the current plan - back in the van (but maybe a rental this time with Jucy - check their website out - Jucy rentals - their vans are really cool and Sam has the penthouse - you'll know what I mean if you have a look) anyway we will rent a Jucy van and then head North and perhaps stay at Will's lovely friends as they have offered us their house whilst they are away... but after a good nights sleep these plans may well change again so watch this space.
Picture attached Will and Sam after being locked in a van with me after a tin of beans (he he he) if only it was really that way round!!
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