Well i spent my last few weeks taking a look around western australia and to be honest it was one of the highlights of my trip. The scenery was absolutely beautiful and the waters were amazingly clear. So less touristy than the east side as q a way out of all the main tourist stuff. Anyway, i started off in perth where i stayed with wade (used to work with at ugc) and his girlfriend janet who both welcomed me into their home for 5 days while i checked out perth. ...

Wow......this is gonna be a long entry so beware!! I actually started the tour from adelaide in southern australia but wasnt sure how to break up the journal. ADELAIDE So the night before the trip i was laying in bed and could hear this alarm sound in the distant - i thought it was a burgualr alarm so tried to go back to sleep - after about 10mins the whole dorm was awake so someone had a look outside the room and we then realised it was a smoke alarm - af...

Ok so did the tour of the great ocean road. Had a really good time and took loads of photos!! We headed out of melbourne towards Torquay - home town of Rip Curl and went to Bells Beach where billabong hold surf comps every year so watched some young talented surfers practising - i joked that that would be me next year!! So after hitting the great ocean road (built by service men who didnt go into WWI) we stopped at some view points for photos, mainly Lorne and Ap...

hello from melbourne - im finally up-to-date with this journal - thank god! Well been here since monday and really enjoy it here - we are stayin in a place called st kilda which is just next to the beach although i havent been there yet!! So the beginning of the week was a messy one as just went out loads as everyone was leaving to go their separate ways so had to be done really! Well i had the over night bus and got in monday morning to find i had to get wal...

ok well i got to sydney after the 12hr bus ride and after a taxi man drove me around all the lil streets i arrived a the hell hole of my hostel. Oh man this place was awful i mean bed bugs, fleas in the couches in the so-called lounge, dirty kitchen, 4 bunk beds squashed into a room the size of mine at home. So when i arrived to didnt fancy sleepin much after all so i headed down to vicky';s plush hostel and we went to check out the city. Went to circular quay to...