This morning it was time for me to say goodbye to Kat! I had to get up ridiculously early to catch my bus up to Brisbane for my flight to Fiji but still had time for an emotional fairwell. It's going to be so weird without her, we've literally spent every day together for the last 20 weeks! We'll be getting withdrawl symptoms. But Kat booked the rest of her tour round Australia last night so she knows what shes doing now and is all sorted. It looks am...

We flew from Christchurch into Sydney on Thursday only to discover (well we already knew but had forgotten) it was Mardi Gras weekend! So we had to ring round everywhere trying to find a bed as all the best hostels were fully booked. We managed to get into a crappy one which totally ripped us off so decided to get out of Sydney.So the next day we got on a flight to Brisbane (we're such jet setters eh?) and then got the bus down to Surfers Paradise. As soon as...