Just back from my day tour to the Barossa Wine Valley. It started at 8am & we were drinking at 9.30am, so it was an early start on the booze. We visited 4 winerys, including jacobs creek which is a fairly famous worldwide brand. We were told that Ireland has the biggest wine drinkers per head of population, nothing new there. We visted 2 big wineries & a small one before lunch. Lunch was seved at 1pm & by this stage I was beginning to feel a little dr...

Just arrived in Adelaide this morning, looks a nice city & going by the price of the hostel hopefully a lot cheaper than Sydney & Melbourne. Going to book a few tours now. Well its my 3rd day here & Adelaide is the hottest place I've been in Oz so far, absolutely roasting & its only going to get hotter. The city is pretty cool with numerous war memorials, old cultural buildings like the museums & modern buildings like the state library. Go...

Well just recovered from a pulsating 5 set match between Andy Murray & Rafa Nadal at the Aussie Open. It lasted over 4 hours & didnt finish till past 2am in the morning. Hard to see anyone stopping Nadal winning apart from Federer, we'll see. Its my last week in Melbourne so just going to be chilling out. The weather is a bit unpredictable at the moment so somedays have been write offs because of rain & stormy conditions. Before I go to Adelaide ...

Well here in Melbourne now, class city, really enjoying myself. Did the great ocean road trip + helicopter ride which was good fun. Its a day trip which has to be done if your in Melbourne, you get to see all the ancient sites like the 12 apostles, lock gorge, london bridge & if the day is clear & sunny, the helicopter trip is a must, its brilliant!! You also get to see Bells Beach where there was a shark attack recently, its a surfers paradise. Going to ...

Well in sydney now, and have been for a month, nice city, view from circular harbour is fantastic, the harbour bridge, opera house, it really is worth seeing. I've had some memorable nights here, & met some good blokes, big phil, dave, dave, dave, endless amount of daves in sydney including myself, dizzy danni & few other blokes..Also met Gordo from the job back home, so chilled with him for a few days & took in the fireworks on new years eve at h...