Ahhhh ............Civilisation!!! Been WWOOFing it in Congewai, NSW for the last 8 days so apologies for late e-mail replies but i really have been isolated with just the cattle, horses, Sisquo the dog and Edwin for company! It has been really great there though, very peaceful and relaxing. The house is set at the foot of the Wattagan Montains and Jill, Marty, Emily. Joey and Edwin are all lovely. Been riding at sunrise and sunset every day which was fantasti...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! So I've finally done it - had New Year in Sydney, infront of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge! Tick. And what an experience it was! Met up with Joerg and his best mate Alex, plus his girlfriend Annie, Simon, Ryan and a random Isreli that Hels picked up, so was with a good group of people. Started out in Jacksons (cheap bubbly) then went to the park laden with chocolate and alcohol...then headed to Circular Quay to see the fir...

HAPPY XMAS!!! Well, what an interesting few days we have had - xmas eve we were searching for somewhere to stay and fortunately found a great little place called Manly Cottage Inn who were able to put us all up!! Talk about lucky! Its a nice little place with good atmosphere not too far from the beach. So had a great xmas day too.......santa (plus a little help from Vix and Hels) brought me lots of chocolate, sweets, some music and something to read, which...

So here we are in Sydney! yey :) This (Manly Beach) is where we are going to stay for the next week. The hostel is right on the beach and absolutely rammed with surfers! Went for a run on the beach this morning and passed many other runners, people chilling out, surfing, bodyboarding and playing volley ball. There is a very nice feel about the place here so pretty content. Went into Sydney last night to Carols by Candlelight to get in the festive spirit wh...

So, in Canberra now but need to update you about the great ocean road.... First went to Lorne (nice little surf town) then onto Port Cambell and then onto Warrnambool. The hostel we stayed in there was really lovely (one of the best in Victoria apparently). Anyway the owner said that if we waded out to Middle Island and waited till after dark we would see some penguins. So we waded out (about knee high at 9pm) to the island. Waited till it got really dark (bout 1...