Wasn't sure if I was meant to arrive at the Wildlife Centre today to start tomorrow, or arrive tomorrow. I decided I needed a day to prepare myself...

This was just what I needed after 7 months hard travel and before 1 month’s grueling volunteer placement: a clean, cool oasis with good service a...

The hotel gave me trouble this morning. I went to complain of the entire bleaching of two of my tops in their laundry and told them to deduct $15 o...

Terrible service, do NOT stay here! – We hired their tuk-tuk driver to see Angkor Wat and despite being told it would cost $12/day, they tried to...

We left at 8am this morning, eschewing a sunrise start. We started first at Pre Rup, an unfinished temple that was abandoned following a bad omen. ...

I didn’t see much of it in 8 days, though maybe I saw more than most people who just go through Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Though I still only saw...

4am start (do I need to keep complaining?) today, pick up at 5am in time to get to the Angkor Wat complex, buy a 3 day ticket ($40) and get to the ...

Yet another early start - I should be counting the lost hours at this rate. At the bus I was sat next to a farang (westerner) for a change....

LOADS of sight-seeing today, unbelievably I took over 200 photos and had seen 4 major sights before midday. Helps to get up at 6.15am even tho...

5am start for me, yawn yawn yawn! Mr Siphali drove me to the bus for 6.15am for the bus to Phnom Penh. I didn't really know how long this was ...

Very busy hostel, probably wise to book ahead. Despite being busy I managed to negotiate a single room with fan, cold shower, cable TV on the 5th f...

So our little group got together for breakfast this morning and negotiated a $13 motorcycle day tour with the crazy guys from yesterday (emplo...

Such a wonderful guesthouse – go and stay with Mr Siphali, he will look after you! When we stayed he had only just built his two guestrooms on st...

Do not trust what this company tells you! If they are cheaper than other tour operators on Don Det then there is a reason. I wanted to cross the bo...

So there are three places in Don Det that sell tickets to Ban Lung, the capital of the Rattanikiri province, and the main place I wanted to vi...

I was told the further up the strip you went the cheaper it got so I went to the far end of the strip to Dalom (before the road narrows and disappe...

Laos is relaxed and friendly and apparently still quite surprised at the increasing tourism that has, as yet, mostly left the landscape and the peo...

Had a nice lie in this morning and then had a wasted journey to the bank to change kip to US dollars ready for Cambodia, it being Saturday. I...

I'm writing this from a secluded island in southern Laos. Yes, I finally made it to Don Khong after another day ordeal. Best night's sleep on...

This is the guesthouse right next door to Mr Poon’s guesthouse (which is right in front of the boat drop). I looked at Poon’s and it was a beau...

5am start, thank god the showers were hot showers not cold ones as I remembered Laura saying as I shuffled reluctantly from my warm bed. I he...

I wasn't sure today how or when I was going to leave Luang Prabang to head south again to Si Phan Don so this morning before check out I need...

This was recommended in the Lonely Planet and it honestly didn’t live up to their recommendation, as so many of their hotels don’t since they n...

Woke up this morning feeling pretty good all things considered! I expected to be feeling sore and stiff but the massage must have helped to e...

Zoe was up earlier than I've ever seen today having totally misread her watch and jumped out of bed at 7am. I was slightly hungover and took ...

This came recommended because it was cheap ($3/4) and we agreed because we couldn’t walk any further, but surely there must be better places in V...

We grabbed breakfast from the Luang Prabang Bakery (pain au croissant covered in melted chocolate like you had when you were a kid!), and hea...

Alarm set for 7am this morning but we all ignored it after our day-long bus ordeal and woke up at 8.10am. We went for breakfast at Vista café...

This was a great find! Vientiene was packed out when we arrived and we spent some time walking up and down the main streets looking for a guesthous...

Last night’s part of the crossing was okay as border crossings go (I hear). We had deliberately chose a crossing that was commonly used (i...

Positives: Food is good, especially the patisserie cakes (strong French influence, not a surprise) which are wonderful and inexpensive. Cocktails a...

Picked up by the hotel at 8am this morning for a city tour of Hanoi. The company we picked was AST/Sinh Travel down by the lake, and for $19 had a ...

We caught a late sleeper bus last night to drive the 12 hours to Hanoi. We had been warned that this was the part of the trip most complained about...

DO be confused about the names of this. Their business card says Hanoi Guesthouse, the sign above the door says Darling, and written on the glass d...

Another breakfast of banana pancakes with chocolate - love this country - before heading to the travel office and hitching a motorcycle ride down t...

Once again we eschewed the Lonely Planet recommendations and instead trusted in the clamouring hotel touts shouting “air con, hot water, free bre...

Busy day today, picked up my trainers and my clothes, we had to run to the bank, grab some lunch at Cargo (their patisserie counter ROCKS) and be b...

Raining again today so after some omlette breakfast we trudged out to the tailors for re-fits. The suit, shirts, coat and gypsy dress are especiall...

We were directed to this large boutique (2 shops on opposite sides of the road and an additional shoe shop run by one lady’s sister) by our fanta...

We managed to get reasonable sleep on the sleeper bus despite the bone-shaking on some unsealed roads and the dangerous lurching as we ploughed thr...

This a FANTASTIC hotel, well recommended. The rooms were comfortable, the ensuite/wet room was nice, the hotel itself was very pretty with a great ...

Woke to torrential rain this morning so since we didn't have to check out till midday we decided to rest in bed reading until about 11am hoping for...

Once again we were disappointed with the Lonely Planet recommendation. The “pretty orchids in the courtyard with Koi carp pond” made it sound s...

We grabbed a quick breakfast of bread and Marmite and stole some bananas for the journey before jumping on the bus at 7.30am. The bus wasn't as com...

Really beautiful gallery, well worth the walk out of town to find this. The map in the Lonely Planet is pretty poor this part of town and we got a ...

Big breakfast at the hotel this morning; all the hotel guests sat round a table set with plates of fruit, bread rolls with peanut butter, strawberr...

Thien An Hotel is the third hotel in the Dreams hotel empire, and owned by the brother of Mrs Dung at Dreams 1. We were disappointed when there was...

We had to be at Rainbow Tours round the corner by 10am to catch our bus, so we enjoyed our free breakfast at Bee Saigon (english-style pancakes wit...

We woke at 7am and had a breakfast of pineapple, watermelon, dragonfruit (colourful outside, monochrome inside) and banana downstairs before settin...

Situated above a restaurant, but on the 5th floor above up a winding staircase where the noise and smells don’t reach, the rooms are unusual with...

Arrived at Bangkok at 3am, bleary-eyed, tired, cold. We hunted for comfy chairs but they were all taken by other sleeping passengers curled up unde...

Woo! Next leg of our adventure starts today with a late flight to Bangkok. Had a great breakfast of real coffee, Marmite on toast, and bacon and eg...

Arrived in Manly at Aid & Leah's at 9am tired from the journey so I had a nap, caught up with Zoe and then caught the ferry back into Sydney to...

Crazy busy day exchanging money, buying equipment for Thailand, buying toiletries for the next leg etc. Added to which I had to see Anna and Annika...

Had a nice day planned on a boat today but got let down at the last minute much to my disappointment. Caught the train back to town and cheered mys...

I slept late today, re-ordered myself, re-packed and wandered out to run yet more errands. It was during the course of these never-ending errands t...

5.30am start for me today! Olaf had his alarm on doubly early and when he didn't wake up to turn it off, Daniella had to get up and give it to him....

We started the day driving the Great Ocean Drive, not to be confused with the Great Ocean Road. The drive takes in the 10 beaches in northern Esper...

Another 6am start!! And made worse by the crashing in of some very loud party people at 3.15am which woke up half the hostel. I was so incensed i...

Another 6am start today! We started first at Cape Leuwin at the most westerly point, marked by a lighthouse. We jumped off the bus to take photos, ...

6am start this morning, hung over and exhausted from so little sleep the past few weeks, to join a 5 day tour of the south west coast. I'd wanted t...

The last night that Gemini, Sebastian, Cedric and I would be together today so we made a plan to picnic in Kings Park and then later onto a Hawaian...

Was meant to meet Sancha to do the museums today but she wore herself out over the weekend and stayed in bed. I was about to go without her but Gem...

Neil was off this morning having DSL installed so while he had visitors I spent some time down at the pool and the hot tub. His new place is a far ...

Sancha and Asher were working at Good Vibes festival on Henderson Island at 10am so they struggled off hung over and wobbly while I made my way hom...

Today I was up at 8.10am to have a go at the bed bugs. So far I have left my stuff in the black bags outside the house and been wearing Sancha's cl...

Another 'doing' day today with more visa nonsense. It's sad to know I will probably not get to see much of Perth city, but plenty of the inside of ...

This morning the boys woke up with more than they bargained for in their Valentine's beds when they realised at 6.30am that the room they were in w...

Early start to miss the arrival of reception staff so we left at ten minutes to seven and managed our first free night at a hostel. Arriving in Per...

It was hot last night, I had to sleep downstairs in the living room under a fan. I barely slept and was up at 6.45am to catch a coach tour round th...

The 'Fantastic Four' had agreed the previous night to stay an extra day in Denham, suspectly because there were Swedish girls the boys were hankeri...

Despite having only a couple of hours sleep last night Cedric managed to get us all up and moving at 6.30am in time to drive down to Monkey Mia to ...

Today we got up, checked out of the hostel and then headed to Coral Bay beach to do some more snorkelling. It was better here today and the corals ...

Today was the first day of our road trip; me, Sebastian (German guy and Gem's squeeze from Exmouth), Cedric (French-Sicilian) and Hide (Japanese ch...

The guys left tonight on the 10pm Greyhound coach so they were up early to check out of the hostel. We couldn't really do much though, having retur...

Since we rented the fishing rod for 24 hrs we decided to get up early and go fishing again from Bundegi beach. We had hoped to fish from the Navy P...

Later start this morning; we had decided to go fishing and catch dinner for Danny to cook but realised early on none of us have ever 'self-guided' ...

Today we met Thorben at breakfast to put into effect the drunken agreement from last night to hire a car with Danny the French-Canadian Iranian and...

The bus pulled in at 5am and the weary travelers dumped unceremoniously at the 24 hr petrol station in Exmouth sat bleary-eyed and palid over their...

Early bus this morning to Exmouth. I had been hoping to hitch a ride with other travelers going south to Perth from Exmouth or Darwin but I hadn't ...

Today I got up at 6.45am to catch the one and only bus to Gauntheame Point to do a 5km walk back along Cable Beach (so known because they ran a tel...

Today I got up at 7am to take advantage of the lushious looking pool and free breakfast. I put my washing on and padded around the deserted hostel ...

A sleepy goodbye to David this morning as I stood like a giant cotton manta ray inside a duvet-cover I've been using as a cover. Hands and feet at ...

Today was a day for last-minute jobs and meet-ups. I started first with Craig at the Riverland bar beside the Yarra River. I used to work with Crai...

Last night I slept badly as it was really stuffy and hot all night, though David wasn't in so I didn't have to worry about making lots of noise in ...

Today I got up early to chat to Karen at home, before meeting Zoe for a bit of breakfast at Red Orange cafe on Commercial Road off Chapel St. We ha...

Zoe had arranged lunch for us both with some old Jewish family friends at the local Synagogue, after which we were planning to mooch around the cit...

Today was the last day we could stay with Ant and co, as the flatmate whose room we'd been kipping in was returning to India, so we headed off to S...

Today I had an early appointment with the doctor for an innoculation. I've got a placement at a wildlife rehab centre in Thailand and the vaccinati...

This evening we went down to the Victoria Markets, but we went to the Suzuki Night Market instead of the day market (which by all accounts has bett...

My friend Zoe and I had food cravings for our favourite meals: hers for Spaghetti Bolognese, mine for Saltimbocca. I was a bit strapped for cash so...

3.30am start this morning to catch our flight after a frustrating few hours kip. I struggled to fall asleep with the light on at 11.30pm, and then ...

I wandered up to the Cenotaph (war memorial) today where I thought the botanical gardens were. Though unless I had the wrong place, it was little m...

Today we spent the morning in Hobart's famous salamanca markers, before taking a day tour to Port Arthur, south of Hobart. We traveled first throug...

We started at Natureworld, a small, intimate but slightly sad nature park. We arrived in time for animal feeding, and were treated to proper views ...

If like us, you want to see Tasmania, but are unable to drive then Jump In Tours is the answer. We spent about a week before flying, trying to find...

We started our day with breakfast by Cataract Gorge. Reason for name remains unknown (to us anyway). We walked across the suspension bridge, which ...

We has breakfast in Sheffield this morning, the town of murals. Almost every shop here has had a painted mural on the side depicting either the ori...

This morning we started with a pleasant breakfast of hot cross buns in the sunshine in Strahan overlooking the water. Then it was a drive to Henty ...

Today we started our 5 day bus tour round Tassie. We'd spent hours researching methods of travel and had been endlessly thwarted by our inability t...

Today we started the day at a recommended bakery-cafe in Battery Point called Jackman & McRoss. Here we collated the tour leaflets we had colle...

Up early today, amazingly. Sat on the sun deck sunbathing in the morning and then when we were all finally motivated to move we went into town to g...

Woke up at 4.30am this morning dying of the heat; it was still 27 degrees. Melbourne is suffering some unusual high peaks in temperature, and 3 tim...

Today was 41 degrees and much as I wanted to go out in the sunshine, I didn't dare for being roasted alive and eaten by the cockatoos. We had a lot...

Today we randomly decided to go to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary which is 'an hour outside Melbourne'. We set off on the tram (our first tram) dow...

Today was a lazy day and Zoe and I spent the morning chatting in the front yard. I was hunting for other things to do in the evenings and found an ...

We are staying at an 'Indigenous Hospitality House', a house of 5 flatmates who have indigenous people to stay when they are visiting friends or fa...

Today we got up leisurely and after exploring the house grounds, we wandered down to the Lighthouse boardwalk. Here we searched the rock pools for ...

Finally we pulled into Melbourne around 10am and after a brief stop at the house to drop foodstuffs off, we were whisked away to our host's family ...

Hooray! We finally left Sydney! We caught a horrible overnight train at 8pm and spent a most uncomfortable nights 'sleep'. The lights were dimmed, ...

After a day doing final chores in preparation for our leaving, I headed over to Manly on the ferry to meet Aidrian, Leah and Zoe for a lovely picni...

Up early today, amazingly. Sat on the sun deck sunbathing in the morning and then when we were all finally motivated to move we went into town to g...

So we had planned to leave for Melbourne today or tomorrow and we had to book flights for our onward journey to the west coast in February, a subje...

Today we were all extremely hung-over and despite the gorgeous day outside none of us could face leaving the house. That is, except Neil, who had t...

Being as how we are lucky enough to live close enough to the fireworks, it was astonishing to see the droves and droves of Sydney-siders flocking i...

Today Neil, Sarah, Zoe, Georgina, Adam and I met in Bondi to do the Bondi to Coogee walk. It was a gorgeous day to do it, though sunburn and dehydr...

Today Nin invited me over to her friend Jess's house to lie around in the pool. I got up pretty late after a couple of late nights and eventually a...

Nin arrived early this morning to drive Zoe and I to the Blue Mountains. We parked at Echo Point and walked down to the viewing point of Three Sist...

Today we caught the ferry across to Manly beach, which is definitely my favourite so far of Sydney's beaches. Unfortunately the cafe (Candies) reco...

Today we had planned to have a picnic whilst watching the Sydney to Hobart boat race leave Darling Harbour but we were all lethargic from the previ...

Today was a great day, my first Christmas away from my family, an Orphan's Christmas if you will, as Neil, Zoe, Cody and I celebrated together. I a...

Neil and I headed to Pyrmont Fish Market today sporting matching hangovers. But a tuna and salmon sashimi lunch, with half a lobster finally banish...

I spent the morning topping up on my faded tan before meeting Neil and his friends as they broke up from work for Xmas. Their CEO was kindly pickin...

Spent the last couple of days at Janin's friend's place painting in the back room. It's been 10 years since I've painted anything and it felt goo...

After an early night yesterday after a day spent recovering, I got up early this morning to go to the Powerhouse Museum in the city. I was pleased ...

I am a staunch believer that water is the world's great hangover cure, and when I woke at 3.30am to swap beds back again I made sure I drank heaps ...

We woke this morning feeling good considering the night of excesses, and after a bacon and egg breakfast we went downstairs at 10am to have a wine-...

I felt honoured today to be invited to a weekend away in the Hunter Valley wine region. One of Neli's workmates, Michelle, her parents are part own...

Janin drove round in the morning and whisked me off for a sun-drenched afternoon catching up over a bottle of wine in the Oaks, a landmark pub in N...

I seem to bring bad weather to Auckland and the last 3 days I spent there were pretty rubbish weather-wise. Andy was meant to be packing to go home...

With the weather still rubbish it was time to call it a day so I jumped on the bus north to Auckland. We watched Lord of the Rings (the most popula...

The weather still looked pretty cloudy when we woke up but we dressed and readied ourselves just in case, but were not surprised when the booking w...

Today took a turning for the better when I rejoined the Stray bus again and reunited with a bunch of fun-loving chatty travelers. I spent the morni...

I woke up to heavy rain this morning and trudged down to meet the Intercity bus in waterproofs and carrier bags. The weather was pretty horrible ba...

Today started well as I joined a new group of 8 to go on the 3 day east coast pass. I had lamented not seeing White Island and had been given a lea...

I decided to hang on in Rotarua rather than Raglan for my extra day so I enjoyed the first PROPER lie in for ages and woke up around 10am to an emp...

This morning I had been looking forward to a lie-in and staying in Raglan for an extra day but sadly the bus behind me was full so I had to keep on...

Last time round we were unable to go to Hot Water Beach because the tides were wrong, but this time round we could catch it as long as we were at t...

Today I joined a new bus of people and headed off to re-start my ticket. I missed a few things the first time around because of time constraints an...

Today was unfortunately a very dull day, with 12 hours of driving to get back to Auckland in one hit. When we finally rolled into Auckland at 7pm I...

Belinda dropped me in town this morning for me to go on a Lord of the Rings tour around Wellington. The guy picked us up and then we drove around f...

I had dreaded the ferry back to Wellington after our last 5 hour ordeal but fortunately today the weather held and we enjoyed a quiet crossing. I w...

This morning was very sad as I had to say goodbye to the final 3 of the group I have been traveling since I picked up the bus in Auckland. Lukas wa...

Today the 4 of us jumped on the bus with a new driver and started driving to Christchurch. We drove first on the stunning Lindis Pass, stopping jus...

We had a late pick up time today of 11.30am but as usual our lie-in was wasted on account of us getting in so late! We stopped first at the World's...

We were up early as usual to catch the 7.30am ferry back to Invercargill. This was rough again and cold too but we all made it without any sickness...

Up early again today and headed to Invercargill to catch an hour ferry to Stewart Island. Again the weather was a bit cold and rubbish and the cros...

Of all the days to stay out the night before, this was probably the worst day as we would be on the road for about 13 hours. To get to Milford Soun...

At 9.30am I left the snoring boys to their lie-in and headed off to the Shotover Jet. This is a high-speed jet boat experience through a narrow can...

Today was mostly a driving day in our oven bus, though we stopped off for a perplexing hour in Puzzling World. Paul, Tom, Lukas and I decided to br...

Our first stop today was at lakes Wanaka and Hawea, renowned for their mountain reflection but unfortunately the wind was quite choppy an...

We got up early and walked to the Glacier tour group to get kitted out with raincoat, waterproof overtrousers, hats, gloves, socks, boots and cramp...

I was meant to get up and do bone carving this morning but sadly I hadn't set an alarm and I woke up still drunk about 20 mins late and the bloke h...

Today we started our 5 day tour of the west coast of the South Island, many people's favourite part of the trip. We stopped briefly to see the seal...

Most people got up early to go kayaking or sailing today but since I have done both I was looking for something different. So I booked on an hour's...

Today we were up early to catch the 8.30am ferry to Picton on the south island. We checked our bags in and mooched around the boat hung over, but s...

Today was a really dull day as we were just driving most of the day to Wellington. For the walkers that crossed the volcano yesterday it was a reli...

Today we were all up early to get the group to the base of the volcano for the Tongariro Crossing; an 18.5km walk up, across and down the volcano, ...

This morning we drove to Rotarura to do white water rafting. This is one of the things I have wanted to do all my life so I was really excited. We'...

This morning we headed to Waitomo Caves to pick up our choice of either the Tuma Tuma Toobing or the Haggis Honking. The toobing involved some cavi...

Up early this morning and we drove towards Hamilton first for supplies, passing by a view of the Alderman Islands and learned a little bit about th...

Another early start this morning and Andy and I battled against the traffic to get me to the rendezvous on time. As we pulled up the driver was jus...

We had an early start this morning to catch a ferry to Rangitoto Island, the inactive volcano visible from Mission Bay across the water. The ferry ...

Today we got up late again (surprise surprise) and formulated a plan for my final 2 days in Auckland. Unfortunately the weather has been too rubbis...

Another lazy day here, it's just so good to relax, be getting 10 hours sleep a night, not having to get up and run around, eating well, snacking lo...

Today was just a lazy day spent eating snacks and watching season 2 of 'Rome'. We got up late afternoon to go grocery shopping at Pac'N'Save, a see...

When I woke after another 12 hour marathon sleep it was already 1.30pm and the boys were up practicising their set for the evening's cocktail party...

Andy tried to wake me before he left for his last day at work but I was resistant to all prods and pokes. Eventually I woke up around 11am after 10...

Another early start for me and I arrived to a huge check-in queue that didn't seem to be moving fast. News eventually was broadcast the the flight ...

I woke around 4.30am and got up very quietly and waited outside for my taxi to the airport. The flight was uneventful and I got a taxi to Neil's ho...

I left the room around 7am before any of my dorm mates were up and waited outside the hostel for my excursion pick-up. The driver Brett was a real ...

I woke at 6am after a long sleep and got out of bed to quietly potter about. As I was sorting through my stuff it occurred to me that I only had 2 ...

On the third morning we got up for an early breakfast as before and snorkelled the reef we had anchored beside. I hadn't gone the night before as I...

The second day we were up early for breakfast and then as soon as we had our stuff together we were taken out in small groups in the tender to a ne...

We got up early for breakfast and to check out before making our way down to the harbour to get on the Habibi. 'Nin had got fed up with Airlie alre...

We woke at 4am and drove a few hours to Airlie, finally arriving about 7.45am. We wandered around, feeling hot and grubby from the drive and eventu...

On my birthday we had booked to do some kayaking with dolphins. We had left a few days between our canoe safari and the kayaking to allow our arms ...

The next day we woke to more scorching sunshine and the Germans decided they were eager to go the beach today and not to spend the whole day in the...

The next day we woke to more rain and many people had had a bad night of sleep with leaky tents and soaking sleeping bags. I had slept fine but a l...

The 4 wheel drive car arrived early morning and the bloke showed us how to pack all our food and possessions on the roof. We then drove to the driv...

I started the day off wonderfully; after a blissful sleep in a quiet empty room I woke up early and pottered around doing the sorts of things I did...

If you stay in Rainbow beach, do not stay at Pippies! Even if you get a couple of free nights there through your travel booking, as soon as you are...

On the last day I woke before everybody else after a terrible night's sleep on the hard ground. The chronic back ache I suffer has been at a level ...

We had been left instructions for our next day's canoeing which was to head an hour and a half up river to campsite 3 where we would walk 2 hours u...

We were picked up at 8am by a truck and trailer and driven about half an hour to Borean Point on the Noosa River to pick up our camping stuff and l...

We didn't get to explore Rainbow sadly as by a lucky coincidence I passed the Greyhound bus parked outside the hostel at around 11am and discovered...

When you are looking to book excursions check the Tribal Travel website FIRST. They have some truly amazing deals on. We pulled out an advert in a ...

We checked out this morning, booked a Tribal Travel tour and grabbed some breakfast while we waited for our friend 'Nin to meet us. Then we set off...

Today George, Adam, Megha and I had booked to go to Tangalooma Resort on Morton Island. We caught a bus from the Brisbane Transit Centre to the boa...

Today we all got up around midday and set off down to the South Bank in Brisbane. The South Bank is very pretty and a great place to spend the afte...

I woke at about 6am and lay reading and dozing until people started rowsing, packing and getting breakfast. One of the girls we'd been chatting to ...

Today the room cleared of people, bleary-eyed and hung over, cramming the sea of clothes back into rucksacks and stumbling into the light. We left ...

Today we spent shopping in Surfers getting all our last min bits and pieces. Once you get on the trail you realise there's little things you need. ...

We checked out early, dumped our bags at the hostel 2 doors up (Wizard of Oz - affiliated with the hostel we were in and annoyingly much nicer with...

Weather a bit rubbish in Coogee at the moment sadly; good thing we are going to the Gold Coast tomorrow! Today we spent inside formulating some pla...

Today we had planned to meet Neil in Bondi to do the Bondi to Coogee walk. So we headed over to Bondi and waited for Neil sat in the art installati...

Today we hit the beach with the rest of the town and enjoyed a first taste of our new life. It is so great having Megha here, we have had such a la...

My travel partner Megha finally arrived today after being held up in the UK for two weeks! We had planned to stay in Bondi with a family friend but...

Today I was doing a psyche test for a well-respected and well-recognised recruitment company in Australia. I'd tell you who, but since I got it as ...

Today was just a shopping day. I'm looking for a 'thank you' present for Neil's flatmates but wouldn't you know? The thing I want is all sold out a...

Didn't get a lot of sleep last night cos of the heat, so woke up late at midday and headed into town. After a walk through Hyde Park, which ha...

Today we had a well-earned lie-in and woke up at 1pm. It was another beautiful day here so we decided to take the boat to Watsons Bay across the ha...

Today was Parklife! A breaks, house and hip hop festival in Sydney Park, and the first of many in Festival Season. We all met at the Captain Cook d...

Today was the NFL Grand Final. And to decode that for UK people, that's National Football League, or Aussie Rules Football. I was pretty excited ab...

I stayed at the house relaxing today, saving money for our big day at Parklife this weekend. I was only enticed out of the house by an invitation t...

The Greenwood Bar is a roof terrace bar nestled in the top of the Greenwood Complex amid the grounds of a small chapel and towering glass skyscrape...

This is a nice bar, seems popular with the after-work crowd, though it may not have helped turning up on Oktoberfest where doubtless a lot of peopl...

Went today to meet a friend of a friend Phil, who moved out here on a whim but has just won a 4 year sponsorship to stay. He and his work mates wer...

Today I decided to explore a little further afield. I am trying to eke out my sight-seeing till my travel partner arrives next week, but I have no ...

There is some confusion over what this bar is called. I have found reviews on the internet that call it the 2060 bar, formerly Station Tavern, but ...

So after a little sun-bathe in the garden (giving the distant office-block workers a bit of an eyeful I suspect) I decided to go have a wander arou...

Neil was out most of the morning enjoying the 'Replacement Bus Service' back from MacArthur. Ah how this reminds me of sweet sweet home! So it took...

This used to be Giuseppes Italian restaurant but has changed hands. It is a 3-part restaurant with small tables on the pavement, a middle section i...

Just a day of shopping really, headed to Pitt Street (like Regent Street) and a few of the main shopping areas (whose names escape me), and then Br...

This is probably one of the poshest hotels I've ever stayed in. I make that judgement mostly on the fact that the apartment itself is reached by it...

This is a trendy location bar set on the Brisbane River over-looking Story Bridge. The outer tables are set against railings that are open to the n...

I awoke at 10.30am after the first good night's sleep for a while. I have felt a bit like a fish out of water so far but with a bit of closure I to...

I'd been having a problem connecting to the internet with my laptop. I knew it was a 2 minute job but asked Shane in the service centre if he'd min...

So we caught seperate flights this morning: Neil to Brisbane for work, me to Coolangatta cos it's cheaper. I caught the bus to Surfers Paradise to ...

This is a shabby-looking run-down place which seems to be more like a pub with a few rooms over it than a real hotel. It has a number of different ...

This is a shabby-looking run-down place which seems to be more like a pub with a few rooms over it than a real hotel. It has a number of different ...

Spent some time reading and doing Neil's bloody washing! I've never seen a bloke with so many clothes, or a room carpetted in them in quite the spe...

This is a great little bar, and has been running a long-standing comedy night on a Monday night, which is what we went for. The bar itself is gorge...

Woke at 10am realising I was meant to be checking onto a flight to Coolangatta. Since Neil is going to be in Brisbane on Wednesday and Thursday for...

Andy returned to the hotel room at 5am. He asked me to leave by 10am so I got up straight away and started getting my stuff together