If we had to sum up Sydney in one word it would be, quite simply, 'WOW'; we love it here! I expected to prefer Melbourne as it's meant to be the more European of the two, but Sydney is more immediately in-your-face-amazing and, like the fickle creatures we are, we have been seduced by its instant delights ;-) On our first day here we woke up itching to get out and see the city. We're staying by Central Station so it's only a fifteen minute walk to the Opera Hous...

It took us nine hours to reach Canberra by bus from Melbourne, which was fine by us as we slept for half the journey and watched the films they put on (the Australian version of 'Free Willy' and 'Indiana Jones') for the rest of it. We only spent two nights in Canberra after the bus operator downright refused to let us book anymore and tried to dissuade us from stopping at all; 'there's nothing to do there' he kept saying. I was hoping he'd be proven wrong - afte...