Having only a couple of days to discover Australia's most famous city meant we couldn't see it all...but I was suprised at how compact the centre actually was, and how quick and easy it was to walk between the main areas. After wandering around Darling Harbour for a while, I met up with Damo, my long lost friend from the pub in Newport, who's settled here for a while to work. After a few drinks, we headed back up to where we were staying and went out for the ni...

BULA! And welcome to Fiji... The moment we stepped out of the airport, we headed straight for the Yasawa islands. Of the 300 or so islands that make up Fiji, the Yasawas were some of the closer islands to mainland but by no means less beautiful. We only had the one week here, but we decided to island hop, visiting 5 islands over the 7 days...Beachcomber, Wayalailai, Matacawalevu (Long Beach), Nacula (Nabua) and Sunrise Lagoon. All of the islands were pretty tran...

If you took the pretty parts and all the small towns from home where hardly any people live, and throw in a load of adventure playgrounds, I think that would sum New Zealand up pretty well. My first day in Auckland brought me back to normality with a bump, and I found the country's most populated city a little boring...although I did stumble across a jazz festival in the park to laze about at on that sunny Sunday afternoon. I then bought a ticket for the Kiwi Exp...

If you took the pretty parts and all the small towns from home where hardly any people live, and throw in a load of adventure playgrounds, I think that would sum New Zealand up pretty well. My first day in Auckland brought me back to normality with a bump, and I found the country's most populated city a little boring...although I did stumble across a jazz festival in the park to laze about at on that sunny Sunday afternoon. I then bought a ticket for the Kiwi Exp...