ROTTO We took a trip to Rottnest, an island nearby, with T-dawg, Tahnee, Matt, Loui, Jordan, Pedro and Jenny. Spent the ferry ride trying not to throw up (had a big night the night before, plus the rocking and the noise, it wasn't fun) but once we were back on land, everything was good. We rented bikes and rode pretty much around the whole island - well, only the cool people, me, Pedro, Loui and Jenny. The other lazy bums rode for 5 minutes and plonked down on...

AUSTRALIA DAY The 26th of January. This is just an excuse for every Australian to drink and barbecue all day. And for every non-Australian to either scoff and go about their normal business for a while and then join in the fun, or (as I did), throw on a giant flag and celebrate as if they were as Australian as can be. So for 24 hours I was as Australian as can be. We went to a friend's friend's house at around 11 a.m., the eskies were opened and out came the...