I loved Sydney. It was such a lovely city. It had the best mix of sights and people. Oh man. I miss it already. We're now in Melbourne and although I have only been here one day, it definitely is nowhere near as pretty or lovely or fun as Sydney. Sydney was equally chilled and exciting, whereas I think Melbourne seems pretty dull, unless you have money to eat out in cafés and restaurants everyday, which I definitely do not. Sydney had a great mix of backpacker...

I know it's been a while but I wanted to wait until I had a lot to say and oh boy, I have a lot to say now. So on Sunday we began our sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. It was absolutely fantastic. We went snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef and saw the most amazing coral and fish. The best one was a huge fish called Albus who has been in the same bay for years now (I'm pretty sure it's probably not the same fish but oh well). He was just great because he...

BEST ZOO EVER. Now I'm a big fan of zoos. I love London zoo. But Australia zoo is a whole other story. It was absolutely great. I saw Tasmanian devils, (which are so fast, but look nothing like Taz) as well as dingoes, kangaroos and koalas. All of which were animals I don't think I had ever seen before which was amazing. As well as these animals, we saw tigers, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, snakes and all the usual animals you see at the zoo. Australia zoo has ...

HI GUYS, I'm in Australia, how fun is that? So today we went to the beach in surfers paradise from Brisbane. It was so sunny, yet surprisingly windy. Yesterday we all had jetlag so slept in all day until 8 when we went outside for a nice walk until a thunderstorm and crazy rain ruined that plan haha. Emma is already burnt but she has got her backpack back from the plane as it didn't arrive when we did, much to her annoyance. WE ARE OFF TO THE ZOO TOMORROW I ...

We are checking in tomorrow. TOMORROW. How has time passed so quickly? I cannot wait. I packed my backpack yesterday and despite unpacking half of my clothes it is still pretty heavy. It's 12.5 kg, which is fine on planes, but not fine for my back or posture in the future. I HATE PACKING. I don't know how I am going to manage to carry this backpack. Although I'm hoping I will have used up or thrown away half my stuff by the time I get to Asia when I'll b...