On the 27th June I started an amazing 3 day journey from Sydney to Melbourne which managed to take me all the way from sunshine to snow in just one day. The route we followed took us from Sydney to Canberra, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Suggan Buggan, Lakes Entrance, Wilsons Promontory and finally Melbourne. On the first day we visited the country's capital city Canberra. I find it so funny that a country hadn't even built it's capital city until the 1900's and even then...

Spot X Surf Camp OK I deserve a medal - firstly for being brave enought to post photos of me in a wet suit on the internet and secondly for having a go at surfing! Despite the fact that it was a very cold day I decided that I still had to give it a go (harping back to my things to do before I die philosophy!). The first part of the lesson was spent in the classroom where we were basically told that you have to look cool at all times (I'm wearing a wetsuit for g...

Well I've had quite an eventful time in Byron Bay - it's a small town that is very popular with both Australian holidaymakers and backpackers. The atmosphere at the hostel is really relaxed but also conducive to having lots of fun and the first night saw us all descend on Cheeky Monkeys for a night of revelrey. This perhaps wasn't the wisest move as we were all booked onto the Nimbin tour the following day, so there were a few sore heads the next morning! Nimbin...

I was so excited about coming to Brisbane as it's ages since I've been in a city. 1.5 days of cultural overload - bring it on! The only dampener (boom boom) was that it rained and rained and rained..to the point that my recently acquired umbrella even began to leak. As I squelched down the street on my second day I could take it no more and a pair of socks and leather boots were purchased This was an agonising decision on 2 fronts, cost and bag space, but they we...

Noosa is best descibed as the yuppy of the Eastern coast seaside towns. The wealth is fairly obvious and travellers appear to descend and never leave! Unlike the concrete holiday town of Surfers Paradise, Noosa really is a surfers paradise - in fact it was like Piccadilly circus out there on the surf! I stayed in Noosa for 3 days where I spent my days shopping, walking along the coast and generally relaxing. It really is a lovely place though it would have been ...