One of the main things I wanted to see in Victoria was the Great Ocean Road which runs all the way through to the famous 12 Apostles near Port Campbell. It is a long drive in a round trip so Matt decided driving there would be my Christmas present which I was quite happy with. Matt's girlfriend, Tess, came too so she could practice her driving. We drove through a lot of seaside towns on the way including the city of Geelong, Torquay, Lorne and Apollo Bay. You cou...

I arrived in Melbourne in the CBD which is right in the heart of the city. I took a short train ride to meet Sarah whose family I'd be staying with during my time in Melbourne. They live in a suburb of the city called Hampton. It's a really nice place and is located right by the sea too which is great for walking their adorable dog, Henry.The family has moved since I last visited but only to the next street so I could remember most of Hampton. I spent the first d...

What an amazing place Byron Bay is! I stayed for six nights in the end and really enjoyed every minute of it. My hostel was located right on the beach, all you had to do was walk out the back, over an unused railway track and you were on the sand. It's hard to get a feeling for the place before you arrive. Everyone says it is a very relaxed place and it is exactly like that. There are loads of hippies everywhere and sort of hippy grafiti sprayed on lots of things...

I arrived in Brisbane in mid-afternoon and found my hostel quite easily, it was in the heart of the city. I spent the rest of the day organising my flight home in March as I'd been putting it off for so long and it was only going to get more expensive. I then organised a trip to Australia Zoo for the following day. The zoo is about an hours drive outside the city near a place called Noosa. I arrived at about 10am and spent the next 6 hours or so flying round the ...

I travelled south from Cairns to a stop off point for the Whitsunday islands called Airlie Beach. It was a nice little backpacker spot which had a respectable beach but it rained the two days I was there so I didn't have much hope for the weather for my sailing trip. On the morning of the first day I met a couple of Canadians at my hostel who were on my sailing boat so we walked down to the marina to await the trip. Our boat was really impressive, it was called A...