It is only a short flight from Melbourne to Hobart (Tasmania) running at about 1 hour 15 mins but it sure is expensive at around 120 quid return - where are Easyjet when you need them! I got in at around 4pm so I took a quick look around the town, it's population is around 200,000 but still pretty small. There are some historic buildings (supposidly meant to remind me of England but I am not sure when it was our tradition to build single story houses!!). There a...

Well I got went for a quick walk after getting to my hostel and decided I liked Melbourne as a city better than Sydney. It doesn't have the wow factor sights but the city seems more pleasant, it has a bit more of an arty vibe and the streets are wider with building not quite so high towering above you. I especially like the fact the man in the hostel told me about the free internet at the library! You do have to que but at least you can't see your moeny tickin...

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...

Well after a quick overnight in Auckland I headed by ferry to Coromadel Town. I was a bit nervous as I booked this extra trip with the magic bus but they really didn't tell me much about it so I kind of had to find out as I went. It was all fine though, it was a rather pleasant ferry ride out of Auckland past all the surrounding islands and on the Coromadel Peninsula. Sadly I didn't meet anyone on the ferry as not many people, I found, took this trip with magi...