Hello everyone, We loved our time on the east coast although it did seem a bit rushed at times. We flew into Cairns from Alice Springs and spent three nights there in total. Our first impressions of Cairns were not exactly brilliant! We checked into a hostel that was advertised as having 5 star accommodation at budget prices....and it turned out to be a little bit different to what we expected! It was filled with approx. 500 hormone fueled 18-21 year olds, m...

Continued from previous blog.... We had some chill out time in Melbourne and stayed there 3 nights but the weather was as bad as an Irish winter so most of the time we sat in cafes and looked out at the rain! Going by Lonely Planet's guide to Melbourne, cafes and bars are where we should spend most of our time while visiting so we followed their advice! We did manage to take a day to visit the street where Neighbours is filmed which ended up being miles outside ...

Hello from the lazy backpackers that haven't written in ages! We are back on the road again finally, having left Sydney on 6th March so you can all look forward to regular updates from now on...hopefully. We both really enjoyed living in Sydney. It's a cool place with loads to see and do. In our last few weeks we tried to do as many of the touristy things as possible there such as visiting the Taronga Zoo to see all the animals and especially the seal show, th...

Hi there everyone!! So sorry about the huge delay in writing our latest blog but since we've settled in Sydney we have got out of backpacker mode for a while...including updating our blog. We arrived in Australia on the 19th November and luckily found a place to stay after only a day of searching! As luck would have it we were offered a room in a student house by an Australian couple we met in New Zealand. It is in a cool location halfway between town and the b...

Hello lovely people! We've just completed a fantastic 3 weeks in the south island. We've done things at a bit more of a leisurely pace than normal, which has been great, and still managed so see loads. Our first stop was a lovely town on the northern coast called Nelson. From there we had access to the Abel Tasman National park. We took advantage of the nice weather and spent a day tramping (that's what they call walking/trekking over here!!) We were right tram...