SATURDAY 12TH - FRIDAY 19TH MAY 2007 Arrived in Sydney & went off exploring. Walked through the city to Darling Harbour first of all which was quite lovely. it had lots of nice bars & restaurants & just had a really nice feel to it. From here we walked to the famous Sydney harbour where we saw the harbour bridge & of course sydney opera house. Day 2 was more of the same - just exploring the city, shopping, getting a feel for all the different ...

MONDAY 7TH-FRIDAY 11TH MAYWhen in Oz SURF! Settled in,checked the place out and then set about finding a hostel with 24hr Fox sports for the Chelsea match on Thurs morn-Sad we know!I'll come back to that later.With our first ever surf lesson the next day you'd think I'd have a quiet one. Someone should have told me thats impossible if you go to Cheeky Monkeys. In the day we bumped into Amy and Joe from the whitsundays and arranged to call them later? ...

SAT 5TH MAY AND SUN 6TH MAY Bit of a party town but we reckon its 'Blackpool' tag is a harsh!The place was a lot smarter than we expected but still packed full of bars and takeaways. On the Saturady we checked it out and then hired body boards to take down to the beach. A combo of the waves not being up n us not really knowing what to do meant that we didnt exactly set the world on fire. I did get told off by the lifeguard tho, over the megaphone for swimming o...

THURSDAY 3RD AND FRIDAY 4TH MAY Loads of people slag Brisbane off-I dont know why! Just had a walk round the city and the South bank on the Thursday.The town's pretty smart and the southbank?has a romantic walk along the river with bars,restaurants and a manmade beach. The night was a bit messy!Kym had an early night but unfortunately I Played in a pool comp, had a couple of beers which turned into a lot,got chatting to a few girls from Warrington and ended up ...

MON 30TH APRIL-WEDNESDAY 2ND MAY Noosa is a seriously beautiful place!When I was walking I met this local who said that he got here 20 years ago n hasnt found anywhere better in his travels so why leave-I may agree with him! On the first day Kym went off shopping and I went off exploring the town and the national park (a coastal walk) which is picturesque to say the least. The day after we hired kayaks which gave Kym teh chance to show off all her Salford Quay...