Tues. 30th June Brisbane has been quite a mix of things for me, including the weather! From torrential rain on my first day, to yesterday when I wore short shorts and a vest all day long, it was so gorgeously hot, which is fantastic, considering how it is basically the deep midwinter here! My promo-job for the hostel is actually working out quite well, I quite enjoy it! Some days it drags a bit, but I really just get to stand and make small talk with people for ...

Weds. 24th June So I have made it as far as Brisbane. A little unsure what to expect as I had head such mixed reviews of this place, and the nickname "BrisVegas" used quite widely in Byron and Surfers... but I'm really not sure where it comes from, Brisbane is pretty nice!! I hated it on my first day here, almost entirely due to the fact that it was grey and heavy and pissing-down with rain all day, which was depressing and frustrating and generally m...

Sunday 20th Junio. It's hard to imagine Surfer's being a paradise for anyone other than someone with endless money to spend, nothing to do all day and a great love of partying all night. Even the surf is not that great, so there are few surfers here, surf schools do well, but that's about it! It's not all bad, I'll put the good bits first. On Thursday, I paid $13.50 to ascend Q1, the world's tallest residential building, at 322.5m, with an observation deck on t...