Been feeling a bit down and lonely and sorry for myself over the last couple of days, going brain dead from lack of conversation (even I need conversation sometimes) I have been staying at the Asylum Hostel in Kings Cross since last week, is called the asylum because it is thought to be mad and friendly, was not impressed and the girl I was sharing with (was a 4 bed room but only 2 of us in it) was out all night coming in in the early hours and slept all day...

Was going to go to the city again today, but at the station saw a poster advert for the Sydney Easter Show, train ticket and entry fee combinded, seened like a good idea do went for it. Was a good day out, what we would call a county fair. Was beginning to get a bit fed up of seeing livestock and was thinking of leaving, but decided to go and see what was going on in the stadium. and spent the rest of the afternoon/evening watching show jumping which was good, sh...

Been getting out and about in Sydney, train stuff much better now, training from a very young age on the London Underground helps. Been to Hyde Park Barracks yesterday (which was built by the convicts around 1820) and spent about 3 hours in there, this overlaped with the story of Port Arthur and I learnt more there than I did when I visited it, although that was probably because I didn't have enough time there to see everything that I wanted to. I have tried ...

Decided to try out the tourist buses which I have found to be a great way to see the places that I think that I want to go back to.  They are hop on hop off buses and there are two one for the city sights and one for the beaches.  I travelled around on the city one first then caught the other and spent some time at Bondi Beach and walked along the coast path, caught the bus back to the city and went over the Sydney Harbour bridge (again) but t...

Wow, what a day - Left the hostel at Hobart at 10am yesterday walked to the bus terminal a few hundred yards on the same street and got rid of the rucksack in the luggage store.  Wondered what to do with myself for 5 hours as Hobart was shut (just for a change) - walked back towards the town centre, and as luck would have it, past the cinema.  I had been there on Wednesday night as saw Hot Fuzz (very good recommend it) the film that was just about to st...