A Sydney farewell... I spent my last days in Sydney recovering from tonsillitis and earning the last few pennies (ahem… cents) I could from my café and restaurant jobs. I continued to work at the hostel as well and took on the training up of my replacement. And to avoid too much confusion they have replaced me, Jo, with Joe. And so the final weekend approached and I invited one and all to come and join me say goodbye to Sydney. The Friday night was spent a...

Creamfields has been and gone. And whilst I thoroughly enjoyed myself, was pleased I experienced the first ever Creamfields in Australia, and loved every minute of my friends' company during the day... the festival itself lacked a little something and The Bloody Beetroots (the headline act) were a big letdown. But never mind. It was an awesome experience nonetheless. A few weekends later, Jess, Neil and I went to see the new Robin Hood film followed by 'a coup...

Well nearly a month has passed since I last graced you all with an update. And in that time I have been on a weekend road trip with a few of the regulars here, who I am proud to call some of my closest friends here in Sydney. And been visited by a very close friend from home. Therefore, introducing new friends to old. There was an early start to be had for our weekend adventure, and myself, English John, Neil and Jordan picked up the hire car on Saturday and m...

From Bondi I moved to Surry Hills, a city suburb close to Central Station. I stayed at the Kangaroo Bakpak, which was quite small compared to some of the other places that I have been, but this made for a friendly and personal experience. It was very easy to meet people there as it had a really sociable atmosphere and there was always something going on from nights out drinking to pizza and film nights. When I first arrived I chatted to two of my roommates bef...