I know I am lazy and it is not the cheepest way to travel but I booked a tour! The tour picks you up in Sydney and takes you ona scenic route to Melbourne, the accomodation is included and some of the meals (it is still bloody expensive) but it's a good way of me meeting people to travel with. It was a really early start in Sydney; I met the rest of the group which turned out to be only 4 other people which was a bit disappointing especially as I was the only En...

March 19th and 20th All went smoothly with the departure from New Zealand a three hour flight and an amazing film (Slumdog Millionaire) later I landed at Sydney airport. The shuttle I booked didn't arrive which was no bad thing as I had been chatting to a Australian lady on the way to the airport and she had explained how to get to my lodgings via the train. I stayed in Kirribilli which is just over the Sydney Harbour Bridge so I just had to walk across that t...