New Year in Sydney/ Gold Coast and Brisbane/ Cairns Hello and Happy New Year from wet and soggy Cairns! Usually I take great pleasure in telling you all how amazing the weathers been but it can't be said for here, it is wet season though so I suppose it should be expected. There is a cyclone off the coast at the moment and that's where all the rain is coming from...and boy is there a lot of it! The weather hasn't been all bad though, it was beautiful while I was...

Hi from Sydney! You will already gathered from Gayle's blog that she has decided to fly home instead of doing the East Coast of Oz...so I'm on my own! This is more exciting than scary for me...I had a great time in Melbourne meeting new people so I'm quite used to the experience by now. I got to Sydney yesterday and headed out last night to meet my friend Laura who is in Sydney at the moment. Had a great time catching up with her and Sarah, who she is travelling ...

Hello Everyone, How are you all? I just thought I would let you all know that I completed a top secret mission this week! I decided to book a plane ticket home to Aberdeen to surprise all my family and friends for Christmas and New Year. The only person (apart from Rachel) who knew about my plan was one of best mates, Claire, who picked me up from the airport on Tuesday morning in Aberdeen. Denise too was let in on the secret and met me at arrivals with some ...

Hi all! Well I thought it was about time for an update as Gayle has been so good at updating the blog! I have had a very busy few weeks and can't quite believe that my time in Melbourne is almost over...I'm so sad! I have been spending the weekdays in the city and the weekends out at my friend Kayla's house (she lives in the suburbs of Melbourne). I worked at summer camp in the States in 2004 with Kayla and haven't seen her since then...we have been planning...

Hey Everyone, Well almost another week has passed in Melbourne. On Tuesday I checked back into hostel life, I was dreading it after having an apartment with Andy for two weeks but it aidnt so bad. The girls in my dorm are fantastic, there is Sissy and Andrea from Austria, Elka from Germany and Lorna from England. To ease me back into hostel night we went to Ladies night at the Cushion Lounge bar in St Kilda on Tuesday night, lots of dancing and good times wer...