Perth is a west Australian coastal city, which even though has a centre where financial institutions are found, the main business of the surrounding city is mining and many people I met were somehow linked to the mining industry. Paulette picked me up from the airport at 9:30pm. Perth was one of the few places where I stayed with friends locally, which made such a difference to my travel experience. The timing worked out well as Paulette's time off at work coinc...

Best sun sets I've seen supposed to be crazy dangerous with creepies and dingoes (but saw nothing), Swam at Lake McKenzie, bush walks, coloured sands area, highlight was a small plane ride over the island over the ran forrest and ocean - was an experience to take off and land on the beach too - is one of only 2 places in the world having official runways on the beach (the other in Scotland). Drifted down Eli Creek, saw the Moheno boat that was bombed by the Japa...

It was time to leave Sydney, thankfully my flight wasn't too early as I was still feeling terrible. My flight took off at 12:30 and arrived in Brisbane at 1pm Queensland time. Got to the base hostel where I was to sign in with the G Adventures tour I had booked from the UK still. I knew Aus was going to feel really expensive after Asia so decided to book the tour and the Pro dive live-aboard before I even started my trip. The G Adventures tour was fantastic, we ...

As accommodation was so expensive I decided to escape Sydney for the Blue Mountains. I walked from the Blue mountains hostel in Katoomba to Echo Point, 3 sisters, princess pass and Katemba falls. I paid $14 to go up the highest/steepest railway in the world. It was really exhilarating and breathtaking views for the 5 sec ride. Apparently the name Blue Mountains comes from the glow from the type of trees that grow there. Unfortunately damage from the so typical ...

Landed in a rainy Sydney on a Friday. As this was the weekend that Justin Beeber, Stereophnics festival and Bon Jovi was performing in Sydney which my made my accommodation search really hard to find and then really expensive. Cost wise going from Asia to Australia was a massive shock to the system. Paying $4,80 for water after having paid 20c in Asia was rather painful. Even though Australia was expensive Sydney proved to be world class. The Opera house and Sydn...