Today Chloe and I FINALLY went to the beach. Yes thats right we've been in Sydney for 12 days now, and this was the first of which we actually took the liberty to set our towels down on a sandy shore, looking upon the vastness of the pacific and, as cliche as it sounds, the large numbers of surfers who occupied the relatively shallow parts of its depths. And which beach did we go to you ask? Bondi perhaps? no...... Coogee maybe? guess again........ Manly was in f...

Fairly quick entry as I'm knackered and about to go to bed. We spent the day going to a few different attractions, the first of which was the Hyde Park barracks museum, a place that historically held deported British convicts. Being the history nerd that I am, I found it very interesting indeed, learnt a fair bit about Governor Macquarie who is a key figure in the history of developing Sydney and bringing various social and cultural reform to the city. I can now ...

This journal entry (hopefully the first of many) is well overdue. It had always been my intent to begin writing before departing on our Australian 'adventure,' for want of a better word. Nonetheless, here we are, just over a week into our half year migration down under and we are loving it. As much as there is to be said about our exploits since arrival, I will do my best to sum it up as succinctly as I can. After leaving Heathrow at 10.30pm on Thursday 10th, eve...