By midday the following day they were at Byron airport. Not just for a day out; they were flying back to Sydney. It was Sarah's last full day and she couldn't believe her holiday was over so fast. She was gutted and didn't really want to leave Anya again. After a short flight they were back at the 'Wake Up' hostel again. Ryan went off to the gym, and the girls headed out to shop. It was raining. Anya got more and more annoyed as her flip flops (which she bought in Bangkok months ago and had since lost all grip) kept slipping all over the pavement. In the end she just took them off. Yes, the pavement was filthy, and yes, she did look a little trampy, but yes, she figured it a better option to breaking her spine. After lots of browsing (and a little buying) in Anya's new favourite shop, Supre, Laura headed back to keep Ryan company and the other two went on a mission to find Sarah some Ugg Boots. Ugg boots are originally made in Australia, and are therefore cheaper to buy there than England or anywhere else. But they couldn't find any. Where were they all hiding? 'Maybe they had gone to Ugg Boot camp,' Anya thought. So they gave in and went to pick up Anya's photos that she'd put in to be transferred to a DVD from her camera.
"Sorry but your memory card must have picked up a virus from somewhere. None of your pictures have come out". The Asian guy behind the counter explained.
Anya stared at the computer screen looking at all her 900 distorted pictures. All the pictures she had taken since meeting up with Jo, Tony and beautiful little Isabella. All the Western Australia pictures. All the pictures of the brilliant couple of weeks she'd had so far with her friends. The sailing, The Blue Mountains, Brad and Todd, The Aquarium, Australia zoo (with a great pictures of her and the koala), Byron Bay etc. She was choked. And close to tears. Sarah comforted her and took her straight to Nandos.
In the evening they headed out to a bar down at the harbour in an area called 'The Rocks'. Laura had also arranged to meet and old colleague there. They had a great night together. Apart from the bit when Anya and Sarah went out for a cigarette and got caught up for an AGES giving hair style advice to a random lady who attached herself to them. They told her to shave it off...
The following day, with Sarah all packed up and ready to go the group said their goodbyes and Anya went and waited for a taxi with her. She wasn't happy about saying goodbye to Sarah AGAIN. Last time it was a day after her birthday in Bangkok and Sarah went home. Anya had gone back to their hotel room and cried for ages because she was so upset that Sarah had gone. But this time, although she was sad, it wasn't quite as tough as she knew that it wasn't quite as long until she'd see her again. They had grown even closer friends since Anya went away on her travels. They emailed a good few times a week and spoke every so often on the phone or text. As she waved her off, Anya bit back a tear and went and re-joined Laura and Ryan who were having breakfast. Then there were three.
As they sat wondering what to do with their day, Anya mentioned a dinosaur exhibition that she'd noticed was on at Sydney museum. To say that Ryan got excited would be a large understatement and within the hour they were waiting in the queue ready to see some T-Rex action. Anya was pretty excited too. She text Mirella to tell her what she was about to be doing as she knew she would appreciate all the excitement. At this point Laura wasn't too convinced but by the time she was half way round she was sold. And this is where all the laughing between the three of them started. And it didn't really stop until Laura and Ryan left Australia...
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