Thanks for all the messages since my last input, things are a lot better now, my Bruce Forsythe impression (apparently not that bad but to me felt enormous) has subsided, I can talk and eat properly now, which is great! On Friday, I met up with Fizz and we headed over to Manly on the ferry. It's a small island (i think) popular with sydneysiders who go over there for a break, or retire over there. It's a nice place, was quite busy when we went over, I think it...

Well well well, what a week it's been! To say up and down is a slight understatement, but things are picking up now, and i'll tell you all about it in just a second. So I got to sydney on saturday morning, wow, it's a big place, but i loved it immediately, it's like a dream. I guess everytime I envisioned Australia, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge were part of that vision, so to see them in front of me, well, it was a special moment I guess. I met up with a ...

Hey everyone! I've just arrived in Sydney after a 13 hour bus trip, that wasn't too bad- although had raging tooth ache for a few hours that was just horrible (I'm beginning to think real teeth are over-rated with the trouble i've had since I got here!) But i'm so excited to be here! I met up with a girl who I met in Airlie Beach, Claire from Portsmouth and we're staying at the same hostel. As far as hostels go this one seems very big but very nice. Good bunk...