Went to see the Blue Mountains today and it was a really long day. We left the hostel at 7.30am and didnt get back til 8pm! It was an interesting trip. Our tour guide was something else, totally wacky but harmless. To be honest i dont think i've ever heard one person know so many random facts, does make u wonder if its true or not! Oh and heres one i bet u never knew, Australia has the worlds only poisonous bird living here! So we stopped off at our first stop a...

So today was the start of my first attempt at surfing! Was so excited to be finally trying surfing! We drove to Palm Beach for our surfing lesson. This is also where they film Home and Away, but unfortunately we didnt see any people from the cast! So after donning our ever so sexy wet suits, we were ready for surfing! At this point I'd like to add that that surfing is not as easy or cool and effortless as it looks! The first few waves were quite cool, it was so...

Today was our boring day of getting all the technical stuff out the way. So I have my new oz mobile fone number, opened an oz bank account, joined medicare and applied for my tax file number - all very exciting stuff lol! Oh and when we were walking through Hyde Park Dave pointed out what appeared to be a koala, which we all believed. However he apparently points this out to every group which leads us to believe that it may well not be real as it does not appea...

Ok so thats me arrived safe and sound in Sydney after 3 plane journeys. Cant really remember life before travelling lol! Not really done much yet cause i am really tired from the flight, so when i got here i just had a shower (which really wasnt very good, its either so hot u cant stand under it or really cold and its like a trickle, which wasnt great when all i wanted when i got in was a nice hot shower to soak away my woes) and then ended up goin to sleep cause...