We arrived in Sydney late in the afternoon feeling a little bit tired and a bit mucky from the sleepless night before. Luckily our friends in Brisbane had given us the number of some friends in Sydney and Alicia and Jules had offered to let us park up and stay in their city centre flat whilst in Sydney. This was much appreciated as even to park the car would have cost upwards of £40 a day! Even though we hadn't met them before we got on well and headed out for s...

We had a early flight down to Brisbane and were picked up by Andrew ( Ben's friend from college) to go and stay at his and his fiancé Claire's flat for a few days. We spent 2 days seeing the sights in Brisbane which included a lot more walking, a visit to the city art gallery (including a short nap on some sofa's), a walk along the river and the obligatory tour of the XXXX factory with some sampling at the end. It was great to catch up with Andrew and also to sl...