Well i'm still in Manly... working away in a cocktail bar thurs-sun and getting pretty good at spinning spirit bottles if i say so myself, def one for the CV... good work ma n pa spendin all that money on uni! The gods were smiling down this week and managed to land myself and a sexy Glaswegian (Paul) a cheeky little 2 day 'modelling' contract in an attempt fund the voyage... perhaps not the calvin klein underwear shoot u all envisaged but something f...

Well i'm still in Manly (can u blame me) and secured a high powered job working in a cocktail bar/club, working 4 nights a week! Spending most days down at the beachm, wetsuited up playing on my board! had a trial for Sydney University's 'Socceroo' team and gonna be doing some coaching for the 3rd team for the short time im here! Been to Paddy's market and bought a didgereedoo, a boomerang and some kangeroo, koala and croc road signs! Im curr...

Well today was the day of my first ever snorkel... since Kimberley (a geordie who had chased me out here after hearing of my voyage) couldnt cope with the breathing technique and kept freaking out everytime she saw a little fish swim by, me and Tania went to explore life in the corals around Shelly Bay! Within seconds, it was like entering another secret world, full of schools of calamari, squid, 2-3 foot shark bait and even a few colourful parrot fish! I was ast...

Well after being intrigued by the thought of spotting my first few species of native wildlife and being nowhere near the outback or any other nature hotspots we went to wildlife world by Darlig Harbour to explore! To my immense disatifaction i had my first encounter with a sluggish koala, the backend of a wombat and about 10 sunbathing wallabies! So although its a start (and actually cheating seeing them in a zoo), i cant wait to see animals out in the wild... lo...

Well we left Sydney momentarily up to the shorelines of the Northern Beaches to an isolated little beach in Colloroy! The beach is unbelievably nice but is littered with Bluebottles 'Blueys' which are cheeky little jellyfish... of which Paul the Glaswegian warrior took the first sting to the chin then another to the bicep later in the same day! Been down to Manly Beach for a night out, helped a friend move house and had a little surf/bodyboardin session ...