Only stayed in newcastle for one night as it was not a nice place. Good game against NZ bit of a dead rubber as they play again next week in brisbane. Off to the gold coast and hopefully a bit warmer

Ireland Vs Tonga best game ive seen for ages finished 22 - 10 to Tonga but the lead changed hands 7 times and wasnt won until 5 mins from the end. Great game glad i decided to go. Decided to go the Melbourne a day early and have more time traveling the great ocen road south of melbourne. Then off to Melbourne on sunday for the Australia Vs England game After that ive decided to drive from melbourne to Newcastle over about 5 days instead of flying as the...

I left Sydney on Wednesday last week and it was pouring down with rain i get back today and its 30 degrees and as nice as Townsville! Off to see Irleand Vs Tonga tongiht in Parramatta both team have players from Wigan RL so no idea who to support!!

I found out there was a bar on the roof of the hotel, and the view was amazing you could see pretty much the whole of sydney. I took a pic but i cant work out how to make my camera work at night, everything is fuzzy! Ive addeda vid whihc is a bit better.. Off to townsville in the morning, good timing as its going to rain in sydney tomorrow!

Went exploring today as i realised that although id been here twice before i hadnt seen that much, got one of those day tickets and went to the casino, dino meseum and olympic park. The olympic park was a bit of a let down as i got there too late for the tour and couldnt go to the royal box with my england shirt on an lift a trophy (i guess ill have to wait until the real final ) I actaully doubled my money in the casino (blackjack) beginners luck! Flyin...