And so my travels in Australia end where I started, in Sydney. It was quite a shock getting off the plane from Cairns as I went from blazing sunshine and about 33 degrees, to rainy, dark 22 degrees! As it was late and raining hard I found the nearest hostel to Central Station (the Central YHA). Sunday was slightly better weather-wise so I made the most of being in the city, ticking off a few of the many tasks that I had set myself to do before I leave Australia...

They say that getting there is half of the journey… but it's not ideal when that journey involves a Greyhound bus for 12 hours that breaks down if it rains, and it's raining!After limping into Coffs Harbour the bus finally conked out and the driver left us all in McDonalds until a replacement could be found.Luckily that only took a few hours, but I was so grateful to be off the bus by the time we reached Byron! Byron Bay is chilled to the moon and back (descri...

and so you find me back once again in Sydney! It's actually great to be back and in a strange way feels like coming home after being here for so long. The train from Melbourne was fine, the aircon was up too high as is always the way with these things and I didn't have enough layers with me (as my big bag had been checked in and so was riding in a different carriage) and so sleep was rather hard to come by.What was interesting was leaving Melbourne and seeing qu...

First of all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Build up to Christmas was great, work was busy, but good fun and Manly got all festive with a Christmas Eve children's service in the church on the Corso complete with 3 kings on camels! Made the most of my day off in the build up to Christmas with a fab night out with Beth, a friend from law school who now lives in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, her boyfriend, James, who is from Canberra didn't make the flight on Wedn...

After a couple of days of high culture with the gallery, the ballet and the quarantine station it's been back to "normal" in Sydney! Back at work, back partying a lot in the evenings and sailing too. Was out on Shoshana, a Cav 28 from Sydney Amateurs last Saturday which was fab - great 1 design racing and a fun crew. After a quick tinny at the club it was straight to work. The bar has been really busy with Christmas parties and the like - but that also ...