Okay so all the appointments I made yesterday apart from being extremely stressful were all s***. The people didn't show up or the places had dead cockroaches in the kitchen. Apart from the actual house the people who lived there gave a very unfriendly vibe and just didn't get a great feeling about any of them. We decided to go back to the "Big blue house" and after a short while decided although it was expensive it's in a great area, near Southbank and not too...

SO first day in Aus consisted of getting to the hostel from the airport with my light luggage. A representative from QUT picked me up and travelled with the other girls from UQ to the hostel (despite an email from someone saying I wouldn't be). The guy who drove us was great - little tour of Brisbane and surroundings. Brisbane is really beautiful. Although not really seen a lot of it, it just feels so modern and relaxed. When we arrived at the hostel had to w...

Left England in a hissy fit packing all my things and guess what, got to the airport and my main suitcase was 29kg and my other suitase for the plane was 5kg (or something like that). I know how could I take so much?! But I am there for a year! So after persuading the lovely lady at the desk I managed not to pay excess weight and met the other girls I was flying with and get ready to board. Sad to say goodbye to the Rents and last few messages to friends and fam....

The opportunity to immerse myself in another culture and do something which combines travelling with studying and experiencing new adventures and creating new memories is something which I couldnt miss out on. I came back from London last night and realised that although the thought of going to Australia for a year excites me so much and I am so incredibly looking forward to a year away I not only have so much to do but so little time to do it! I really have le...