Well hello and welcome to my first journal entry. I am currently in an internet cafe in Sydney but lets start from the beginning.

The flight was actually pretty good and went quite quick. I must have slept loads more than i thought on the way to thailand because the 12 hour flight seemed half that length. The food was really nice on the plane and the people were friendly. The only problem i had with Thai Airways is that you don't get your own tv and the films they had were rubbish. Still can't complain really. I had a window seat which meant i got lovely views of the wing!

When i landed at 6.30am Gary and Jammo were waiting for me at the airport and i found out the they had stayed up all night and not gone to bed so they slept as soon as we got in. I on the other hand had a freakish amount of energy for someone who had just flown for 23hrs. In fact i had so much energy that the first thing i did in australia was go to the gym! I know most of you probably don't believe me but its true! I also went in the pool for a bit and went back to the flat. The flat itself is really quite nice and the other roomates i have met seem really cool. Even the french guy! Also the fact that the apartment complex has its own pool and gym is pretty good.

Shortly after that Gary got up and we decided to go for a walk up to the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) to pick up the tickets he has bought for the twenty20 game on tues (I'm going and England had better win coz i'm already sick of aussies gloating bout the ashes!) Then on the walk back we decided to stop in a couple of bars. However we got stuck in the second pub we got in because we found out the pool table was playing for free! This resulted in us phoning everyone we knew to come and join us and by the time i had been in the country 12hrs i was drunk already! We then went out into town and it became a really good but quite heavy night.

Friday was mostly a write off for all concerned but we then went out again fri night because it was the two scots last night in sydney. We went to a couple of bars then club retro which was quite good but i was really tired. We then did nothing on saturday in order to recover from the two nights before. We did watch a few films but i was mostly drifting in and out of sleep.

Sunday (yesterday) we decided that we'd had enough of staying in the flat so we purchased a beach cricket set and went to the park to prove that at least some english people know how to play cricket! However when we got there it started to pour with rain (I thought i'd come the otherside of the world for good weather!) but that did not deter us and it was well good fun. Then the sun came out and we played a four-a-side football match which was quite treacherous in the wet grass. After an exhausting game which my team lost 10-9 i slowly limped back to the flat and went for a swim. After all this exercise i was absolutely knackered and just watched films again last night before getting an early night.

I got up quite early 2day but i ache so much. Exercise is definately bad for you! Everyone else in the flat is working 2day so i'm gonna stay in this internet place for a bit then walk down to the harbour and have a look around. Haven't actually seen any of the sights yet, just bars!

Anyway hope everyone is ok. I'll update this journal when i have something else to report. Hopefully an England win in the twenty20 tomorrow!