We’re fast-forwarding now, from where I ended the last one, at the beginning of September, to where we currently reside, at the very start of 2009. To fill in those blanks quickly, we worked up the coast from Sydney to our northernmost point, Cairns, and then flew down to Melbourne, on November 26th. Upon reaching Melbourne we were in what can only be described as a dire financial situation. A 5-day hire of a campervan in the Cairns area had wiped out my bank...

And so I approach the daunting task of writing a blog to span the months June - December and I wonder where on earth to start. I have travelled 6000 km, crossed 3 states, worked 4 jobs and met hundreds of people whose names I cannot remember. So let's start at the beginning… Continuing where the last blog left off, the remainder of June was dominated by a seemingly never-ending cycle of work and more work. I carried on working at the reception of the Wood Du...

It's been a while, hey. My current residence is the Wood Duck Inn, central Sydney, thanks to Dan and Rich. My current employment status is employed, twice over, just don't tell the Student Loans Co.! (My tip to you: if you're leaving the UK to travel, for God's sake don't TELL THEM! And there was me thinking they'd applaud me for it.) So, to explain: I can't remember how I left my last update, but I moved into this hostel (as recommended by Dan as previously ...

I've fallen out with Stuart Maconie. A non-existent apostrophe when describing something belonging to Leeds, a mere 4.5 pages dedicated to Sheffield (with most of that being about what is now Hallam Union), and NOTHING other than a mention of it being Philip Larkin's home afforded to Hull. I am most unimpressed. Poncy Lancashire boy. So I can't even remember when I wrote my last blog and what had happened, but in the past week there have been a few things worth ...

So Sunday I spent on the beach again, and not doing like I told myself I would and going to purchase some Bondi essentials: flip-flops (they call them 'thongs' here, but I'm definitely not gonna adopt that...) and sunglasses. Same old same old really. The tan is coming on a shade each day. I picked up a book (judged by its cover, and title) at Manchester Airport by Stuart Maconie called 'Pies and Prejudice: In Search of The North'. It's helping wile away the day...