Our time in Sydney has come to and end! Sydney is a beautiful and fun city with so much to do. I have loved living in Bondi and exploring all of the cities many suburbs. It has been a nice change to live in a big city, after the very small Byron Bay. Our time have been filled with days going to the beach, heading to the harbors, or exploring the amazing night life the city has to offer. Our last couple of weeks here were filled with fun things to do, including celebrating Dave's rainy 24th birthday in style. We met friends at a Thai restaurant in Glebe, drinking champagne out of the bottle in brown paper bags
, before we hit the town for the night. Dave and I also attended a Sydney Swans AFL game. When we first arrived to Australia last September, we watching the Swans win the Grand Final, so it was a great experience to watch them play live, with a Canadian player too! The game ended in a draw, but we had a 
fantastic time as we became fast friends with Brianna and Ben who sat beside us. They are from West Australia and flew in for the weekend as they were big Fremantle Dockers fans (the competition). 
It may be the end of another chapter, but it is the beginning of a new one as well! Dave, Francesca, Helen, Hannah and myself leave tonight for a month long road-trip! No work, no worries, and lots of adventure and new experiences. We will finally get to explore more of this beautiful country!
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| Phil's last day at work |
June 2nd: Take an overnight bus from Sydney to Byron Bay
June 3rd-6th: Byron Bay
-Visit old friends, go to the beach, take a trip to Nimbin, and eat at the restaurant I used to work at, One One One.
June 7th: Surfers Paradise
- Visit my friend from university Ashley Hansen! Very excited.
June 8th: Brisbane
June 9th-10th: Noosa
- Visit good friend Morgan, see the sights!
June 11th: Hervey Bay
- Get ready for Fraser Island.
June 12th-14th: Fraser Island
- 4WD on the biggest sand island in the world, camp on the beach, swim in the champagne pools.
June 15th-17th: 1770
- We are spending two days on an island and living off the land in an excursion called Castaway! Lets hope I learn quickly how to fish!
June 18th-19th: Airlie Beach
June 20th-22nd: Whitsunday Islands
- We will be spending three days and two nights living on a catamaran, cruising around the most beautiful and tropical beaches in Australia, including Whitehaven Beach!
June 23rd-25th: Magnetic Island
- Dave and I will be getting our PADI certificate here, to prepare us for living on the Great Barrier Reef!
June 26th: Townsville
- Sail with Fran's friends
June 27th-28th: Mission Beach
- Skydive!
June 29th: Arrive in Cairns!
We celebrated our last two nights in the city by catching the famous Vivid festival in the harbors. On Friday we went down to Darling harbor, to our favorite bar Adria for our last Happy Hour. We got there with only a few minutes to spare and so ordered a table full of beers, champagne and some munchies and sat watching fountain shows and enjoying the atmosphere for the next few hours. Saturday night also started at Darling Harbor, to watch the weekly fireworks display, and then the laser and fountain show. After quickly meeting up with Fran, Helen, and our fifth travel partner Hannah, we headed over to the Sydney Harbor for the end of the night. The entire harbor was lit up for Vivid! The bridge, Opera House, and even most of the buildings down town putting on a light or laser display. Although hectic and crowded it was a very cool experience, capped off with a beer at the Opera House Bar!Sydney has been a great experience for both of us. Not only have we had a ton of fun and seen new things, but it has also been somewhere that we settled in and felt like home. Time here has not felt so much like a vacation, but time living in a great city, working hard and saving for our month long vacation which starts tonight!
