I decided to fly down to Melbourne for a few days before going to Claire and Mat's for xmas. The lovely Kristy (Mat's sister and my fellow bridesmaid at the wedding) offered to put me up, which was fantastic. Spent the next two days wandering around Melbourne and taking in the sights. The main city area is amazing and very buzzing. Its a really easily laid out city, but has loads of little roads leading off the main ones which have funky boutiques and coffee ...

Hello again - here comes Sydney!! After being abit unimpressed by the change in pace of Perth, I was pretty excited about flying to Sydney. My beautiful friend Marita, who I met in Bangkok, kindly collected me from the airport, and took me to her place - which has a perfect view of BONDI BEACH!! Oh my god - her place is immense - the back has waves crashing against it and the front has a perfect view of Bondi!! After ordering in some Thai food for old times sake...

After the lazy days in Perth, Eve, Kate and I decided to make a trip down to Margaret River. Margaret River is an absolutely beautiful place about a 5 hour drive south of Perth. Its known for its Vineyards and its surfing! The town is really small, but perfectly filled with 3 pubs, some coffee shops, some information places, a couple of supermarkets and about 20 surf clothing shops - loved it! When we were on the bus on our way down, we read that booking ac...

Hey dudes - got my sorry arse to Australia!! Woop!! First stop on my trip to Oz is Perth, and I have to say that for the first time in my trip, I wasn't impressed!! I can't say whether being warned about Perth clouded my judgement, or maybe just the fact I was shattered , but the first day was not good! I arrived on the Friday and checked in to my very cool backpackers - went into my room, said my hello's and got very little back! I then decided to go out to a ...

After KL I had a few days to kill before flying out of Singapore, so I thought that the stress of the fast few days required me to hit yet another beach!! So I got yet another bus up to Lumut, and then the ferry over to Pangkor Island. Pangkor is wicked, but apart from the holiday making side of things, is very under-developed. I stayed in the main backpacker area, and the cheapest place with the best beaches. The beaches on Pangkor are fabulous. There are even b...