Hello 2011! We had a pretty late night getting to bed around 2am after a hectic journey back from Milsons point. Dont think we've ever seen that many peeple trying to catch a train! With half the day gone we decided to jump on a bus and head over to Bondi, one of Australia's most famous beaches. The sand and water were both packed with hundreds of people chilling after the previous days celebrations so we didnt hang around for long, took some pictures of the pavi...

The day had arrived. Boxing day test match here we come! Everyone from the hostel pretty much was heading to the cricket so the atmosphere was building well before we reached the stadium. Once we arrived there was a real buzz about the place with thousands of poms and aussies dressed up, with friends, on their own or just having a family day out; the whole of Melbourne seemed to descend on the MCG! For all you cricket fans out there, im sure you`ll agree the mor...

It was Christmas Eve when we landed in Melbourne and the only christmassy thing we had were our santa hats that had been given to us on our Uluru tour. Christmas in Australia certainly didnt feel like Christmas in England. With the sun shining we checked into our dorm (which was very messy to say the least - Happy Christmas to us) and headed out to the shops to get some food. Although it didnt feel like Christmas the shops were certainly operating on Christmas ti...

Unfortunately our last few days in Perth reflected the poor performance of England's cricket team at the WACA after I had to have some antibiotics to treat a nasty stomach bug and spent most of the weekend chilling on the sofa. However, on our last evening we enjoyed a meal with Jo and David at sizzlers and then a stroll in Kings Park to hear the end of the 'Carols by Candlelight' concert. As we looked across the beautiful view over the city our evening was toppe...

Tuesday was the day in which we were left to our own devices to explore the city. David had kitted us out with all the gear to go biking and so off we headed to Kings Park before finding the university to meet Laurence, a guy we`d both studied with at Loughborough. After taking a few wrong turns and finding ourselves in the middle of what looked like a freeway, we finally found the beautiful park, regarded as the best park in Australia. (For those of you that can...