We spent a couple of nights in Newcastle as one of the first places offically on the east coast run. We went to the Black Butt Nature Reserve which was a nice bush-like place to wonder round and have a chance to get close to the Koalas they have there. Koalas aren't actually that soft, they seme more fluffy than anything...and they sleep for 19 hours a day, what a life! Moving onto Port Stephen, we spent a few nights at a really eco-friendly back-packer camp sit...

After a great weekend back in Sydney we were on our way again! The blue Mountians are only about 2 hours away from Sydney and are a must-see. We rocked up into a little town called called Katoomba. you wouldn't think that this town was so close to such natural beauty, it was so strange. As we were getting over a heavy few days of drinking we decided to hold back on any kind of trekking until the next day. The Lonely Planet claims that the mountains are alot co...

After a couple of days on the road we finally arrived in Melbourne. Actually getting into the city or St Kilda (the area we were staying in) was quite a challenge. Signposts in Australia seem to be directing you to certain roads so without a detailed map we had to guess our way to St kilda but between the four of us, we made it there. First impressions of St kilda weren't that fantastic. It has a beach (but we've seen nicer ones), the town was quite cute though...

Travelling from Sydney to Mebourne in the 'Spaceship' was a good laugh. Mike provided us with constant supply of musical entertainment from his ipod and Ed kept us laughing most of the way there. It took us a couple of nights to travel down there. the first night we spent it a little place called Jervis Bay. We managed to find a spot right by the beach. Mike cooked us dinner (tuna pasta) using the camp stove and we spent the rest of the evening drinking, dancing,...

As we landed in Australia, it was wet and really cold! Maybe the fact we had just spent 8 months in Asia hadn't quite prepared us for such 'england-like' weather conditions. We stayed a week in Sydney and experienced our first real hostel-hell like challenge (at least staying there made us get up and out in the mornings!). We were based right in the centre of the city which was great for getting out and about. The weather aside, it was fab to catch up with Ed a...