I've been in Australia five months to the day today and it's been one hell of an experience so far!Natalie and I have been together since the beginning, living in Sydney, watching new friends come and go. The best thing about travelling is the new friends you make from all over the world but the worst thing about travelling is having to say goodbye when they chose to move on to somewhere new. Nadine recently came back to us (she lived with us for a couple months...

As you all know, I am currently living and working in Sydney, Australia. I spend a lot of my time working with, socialising with and serving shoes to the friendly Australian public. However, it seems that though we all speak the same language, there are still "communication problems" now and then. Having spent my first eleven years of life in South Africa and the next eleven in England, I have picked up a magnitude of vocabulary and slang words (and a not so flat...

Christmas Video :) Click the link below to see what we've been up to this Christmas in Sydney! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-cYorSB654

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM AUSTRALIAAAAA   Just a quick blog to let my family know what I got up to on my upside down christmas on the other side of the world :)   Being South African and having lived there for half my live, Im used to the idea of Christmas being warm and sunny and not consisting of gravy and stuffing. However, my British friends were very dubious and perhaps a little scared of the whole idea. So to cheer them up and get them in the spirit I deci...

As we live 2 minutes from the beach, it would be crime for us to not take full advantage and swim in the sea every spare minute we have. Unfortunately, we are pretty guilty..! The life of a backpacker consists of some serious job hunting (hello gumtree!), some serious sight seeing/exploring, some serious budget food shopping and some serious time off to do absolutely nothing. We've all worked so hard at home to muster the money needed for this kind of trip and qu...