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So Wed was a lazy day, caught up on sleep and then did a little gift shopping in Circular Quay. Ate dinner at one of my mom's old friends house and then went to a local bar with their son Kev, who is a year or to younger than me. He brought his bestie Justin along and we had a grand time.

Thursday was a big day planned. Went on a free walking tour through the city, learnt some really cool facts! Had a nice lunch in the rocks, which is the oldest part of Sydney. Apparently this is were the first settlers lives. If you did not know Australia was a convict colony, meaning they sent convicts out here because it was so excluded from other places and the convicts then grew to make communities and so on. After lunch we met up with some people I had met in South Africa while volunteering with the Great White Sharks. Rihanne and Nicole. Sat on the law near the water and chatted. At 4 Cassie and I had plans to climb the Sydney bridge. Super exciting and expensive but a worthy thing to cough up the bucks to do. walked all the way to the top on it and back down. Takes about 3 hours, but surprisingly easier than you think. Meet up with Granty for some grub at a local favorite pub in Surry Hills, close to where he lives.

 Friday was Valentines day and without really noticing it we booked a whine tasting tour in Hunter Valley, about a 2 hour drive outside the city. It was fun and we were not the only odd non-couple out. Started off by visiting walkabout wildlife park where we could mingle with koalas, kangaroos, emus and wallabies! Got to pet the animals, take pictures and Cassie was lucky enough to even get a love pinch by a wallaby. It obviously didn't appreciate that she said it had lots of flies on it. I would not either! So it bit her on the arm and ran away! Had some tea and biscuits at the park and then headed off to a chocolate factory. After that it was on the way to our first winery, where we tasted a handful on yummy wines and even bought a bottle! Next stop the next winery/smelly cheese shop/lunch. Tempus two is a bigger commercial winery unlike the other one we went to which it more of a boutique winery, but still really good. Lunch and the cheese tasting was great! I would buy all the cheese spreads! Last winery was called Mount View Estate, a smaller winery as well. Tasted a bunch of great wines and learn a lot of valuable information on making wine and how its done. I might give it a try at home! Probably not as easy as it sounds! Everyone was coming over to Shabbot dinner that night so we had a quick nap before dinner and then filled our bellies with yummy homemade food, and then off we went with my cousin to see some Sydney nightlife! Yay! Went to the Surry Hills area and hung out a small pub until it got over crowded with guys from LA here for a big skateboarding thing in Bondi. We then moved to a bigger place with better music and then just chilled there. Cassie caught the attention of a guy, but just like always he was an American (from LA) that had moved here for work. Where are all the aussie boys at! The only Aussie I have had interest in was Alex and he was in LA! This is crazy! Grant and his roommates are part of this veggie group where everyone throws on 40 bucks and one group got to the market and buys a whole bunch of veggies to split between the group. Its every 2 weeks so this week was their turn. So we decided that we should got sleep since we have to go to the market at 5AM, sounded like a good idea at the time but definitely caught up to everyone later! The market was great, beside being zombie tired! Lots of fruits and veggies, a fish market and everything. Kind of like a Super H mart or roids! Left the market and went straight back to Grants to sleep. Only for about 4 hours though. Had a nice brekky sandwich and then off back to the North to get ready for Cairns tomorrow and our outing with friends tonight!