Hi people,amusingly my first entry from Sydney is now being followed by my last! After spending the weekend panicking about the job and accommodation situation I went to Travellers Contact Point this morning and within an hour I had got myself a job orange picking until Christmas out in the middle of nowhere. I also get a good deal on accommodation with transport to work and sunscreen thrown in! The catch? I have to be on a greyhound bus in 3 hours for the 16 hou...

Well hello there everyone, Just a quick word to let you all know that I have in fact arrived in Sydney and am still alive if not at all happy! There are more people in this city than there are in all of New Zealand and it feels weird to be in a city again when I've spent so long in small towns and pretty green places. Is also very hot. However, ironically this is a country that has had four years of drought and the day I arrive, what happens, why it rains ...