So after 1 night in Canberra we made our way north east towards Sydney and luckily our hostel was right opposite the bus station. We stayed in 'wake up hostel' which was laaaavly and more like a hotel. They call them 'flashpacker' hostels instead of 'backpacker'! JWe checked in for a week and in our dorm were 3 English girls our age whom we got on with from the start. There was a live band down at the bar who were brilliant and sung lots of kings of Leon and st...

G'day Cobbers!!! Ok, so we're in Australia now finally! Really excited and can't wait for what lies ahead! We are actually in Sydney now and we've been in OZ for 9 days, and to our disappointment 1,000 pounds down, Yes pounds. =-(We don't know what on. Maybe it was those lucky charm cereal pots Tom found (3.50 Bucks each) but he says they are totally worth it? Anyway when we arrived in Melbourne we had a rush of fresh air to our lungs which was amazing as fo...