Jan 23rd 2006 Brisbane has really surprised me! When I first got here the City looked so small with not much to do and I really thought I would be so bored but after a week of being here I feel quite sad to be leaving! Having Tash and Teresa with me (lovely girls I met in Sydney, thanks girls been great spending time with you again!) has made everyday so much fun and we've been doing lots! The centre of Brisbane is really quite small and compact, from Mou...

Jan 19th 2006So now Im in brisbane! Only got here yesterday so not much to tell you so far!Surfers Paradise was a really strange place! Its the most commercial place in Australia and can only be compared to spainish resorts like magaluf or somewhere! Full of high rise buildings right along the beach front too, so different to byron bay! The main centre is filled with shops, pubs, clubs, takeaways and restuarants, every corner you turn takes you to another street ...

Jan 14thSo my time in Byron is nearly over as I leave tomorrow afternoon (its gone so quickly!) and head up the east coast to surfers paradise. It was a bit of a shock to the system at first coming to byron after being in sydney for so long - its so chilled out here and quiet, not at all like sydney!! Theres only one main street and beach after beach after beach! A lot of people only come here for 2 or 3 days but 1 week has been perfect for me. I've been luck...

Jan 9thI made it to Byron Bay and had a wicked time getting here on the Oz bus, the last few days have gone so quickly!On fri we left sudney at 6.30am and Jason our driver was nice enough to stop and let us get some final pics of the bridge and opera house, it was a beautiful morning with clear skies and i've never seen the harbour so quiet and empty! The bus was full with 24 people, a good mix of ages and nationalties though mostly english. As we made our wa...

Jan 5th My last day in Sydney!! Feels so strange to be leaving after being here for 6 weeks, what have I been doing all this time, and im not bored either?? Will have to read back through my journal! As much as I love Sydney I am so excited about leaving tomoro, after being in Melbourne and then here its gunna be great to get away from cities for a while! Last nite a group of us clubbed in and made a vegetable curry mmmm, well done tash and teresa! We set up a ...