Final Australia post! I made it to Sydney and it does live up to all expectations. The opera house looks mighty fine in the sunshine and I also managed to catch a ferry out to Manly for some good beach action. Finally Tammy arrived from Santiago and despite crossing a fair few time zones she wasn't too moody... We had a brilliant few days in Sydney, lounging on Bondi beach and walking from bondi over to Coogee beach. We also ate out a few times which was a real ...

Hello everybody, I'm over a month behind and a country behind with this so lots to recap... I headed down to Brisbane next for my first taste of a city in Australia, it isn't half as bad as people make out! I managed to inadvertently meet the mayor of brisbane in the lift in city hall which was pretty surreal. I also met up with some guys from further up the coast for a big birthday night out for one of them. The journey to Byron Bay on a hangover wasn't much fu...

I managed to get 'stuck' in a tiny town called Town 1770 for nearly a week. My hostl Cool Bananas is hands down the greatest place I've stayed on my trip. So laid back, clean as anything, hammocks and the best bunch of people. The beach was on our doorstep and is the most northerly point for surfing on the east coast. I signed up for cheap surf lessons and am now a bit hooked. I was standing by the end of the lesson, but we were started on mini-waves! I spent the...

I've been slack updating this, apologies everybody! I made it to Airlie Beach, the gateway to the Whitsundays and boarded a sailing catamaran called Pacific Star for a 3 day 3 night trip sailing the whitsundays and the outer great barrier reef. It was such a good laugh. We stopped off at Whitehaven Beach, contender for best beach I've ever set foot on and lounged around there. Sailing round the Whitsundays was incredible, once your stomach had got used to it. I ...

Hello everybody, Armed with a dirt cheap Greyhound pass, I headed down the coast to Mission Beach for a few chilled days. I did some terrific hiking trails in search of the elusive cassowary but still couldn't find any! The second day I headed over to Dunk Island, pretty much unspoilt once you leave the jetty. I did a circuit trail for 5 hours and met one other person! They make you sign in and out before you head off as people are prone to get lost in the bush ...