So i've quickly learnt the ways of the streets of Kings Cross. Firstly, stick to the well lit main streets. Any little excursion off to a back street suggests that you are looking to do some sort of deal and if asked I would say "no deal noel", regardless of the offer. Secondly, do not make eye contact with anyone. Eye contact means something and if you do happen to make any then don't hold the contact. This also suggests that some sort of deal is lookin...

I wearily trudged off the bus in Sydney at 7am after 12 hours on what was described as a Luxury 5* Coach. How a Luxury coach doesn't have a foot rest on each seat i'll never know. Unfortunately I was also a little too big to curl up on the seats I had, sleep was sparse. However, the film Casanova was played and that was surprisingly good. One of my last acts in Melbourne was to go on one of those machines that takes your height and weighs you. I measured...