We then headed to Greymouth which was going to be a 4 hour drive. We stopped in Greymouth first and headed for Carters beach to have some lunch. It was wild but very pretty the 'sand' was dark grey. We then drove through the gold mining town, there are a lot of those over here. We then headed for Punakaki, home of the blowholes and pancake rocks. The road to it was very similar to the Great Ocean road but the waves broke even further out in the sea it was very wi...

So after Fiji comes New Zealand. I watched Social Network on the plane and it was actually quite good. I got to Christchurch about 12ish and re-met with some of the guys from Octupus. I waited for Gez and Jess for almost 3 hours as their flight was delayed. I wandered about and picked up some brochures and read up on Kiwi history. When they arrived we collected the car. We headed to the hostel and it was a lovely hostel. I heard hostels in NZ were even better the...

On the flight from Australia to Fiji. I sat next to a Fijian woman who started warning me about bringing water to the islands otherwise I would get charged loads. She was also talking about people trying to con foreigners. Always a good advertisement for the island :) I got the flight and landed about 6am and met Charlie who was English and staying in the same hostel. She was doing an internship for 4 months in Fiji doing some marine biology. We waited an hour an...

So back to Melbourne. I was there for 6 nights. I had a bit of a nightmare trying to find my tram to my hostel and ended up walking around for an hour almost with my backpack on my back..not fun at all :( Sweaty and tired I got to Habitat and it was a lovely hostel. Definitely one of the best I have stayed in OZ so far. There was also a free food cupboard and free food in the fridge. Never seen that before. I chilled out the Saturday and made some dinner. The Sun...

So my last week in Sydney consisted of shopping for flip flops and some other bits, booking a flight in August to Verona (for Sams wedding) and trying to sort a place to stay there and saying goodbye to people. On the Wednesday I went to a play with Geraldine called Snow on Mars. Thursday I went to Bondi Junction and met Danny and Caroline for a few drinks in the c*** and Bull. On the Friday I went to Bungalow 8 on the Kings street wharf with Geraldine, Jess, D...