After tearfully leaving our nice hotel room on the 27th December we headed to the airport for our flight to Sydney, where we would spend New Years. Sydney's always been one of those places that we thought we could live one day, though we had no idea how crowded it was going to be. At times it felt worse than London for overcrowding, though it is a stunning city. Most of our time was spent down by the Opera House, which has a few good bars overlooking the ...

After the Great Ocean Road we arrived in Adelaide. It is a small Australian city but we had a great hotel suite booked (with a jacuzzi bath) so were really looking forward to it. We must admit christmas in Oz felt really strange as it was hot and we never thought we'd say this, but we actually missed the cold English weather, it definately feels more christmassy at home. Anyway in true English style we headed down to the supermarket and stocked up for Christm...

The Great Ocean Road was built by soldiers returning from World War 1 as both a memorial to those who fought and died, and as a recreational getaway, giving the general public access to beautiful beaches and coastline along the sourthern coast of Australia. It also gave the returning soldiers employment. The road stretches from near Melbourne halfway to Adelaide.Leaving Melbourne on the 19th December (after losing the cricket to smug Jimmy Cranky look-a-like Rick...

Well if we thought the Kiwi's loved telling us how much better off they are without us, the Aussies have made an art out of it. The minute we arrived in Melbourne from Christchurch we were faced with all sorts of 'Pom-bashing', from the "Tonk-a-Pom" cricket campaign, to presenters on morning TV saying how the English look down their noses at the Aussies, to the "Whinging Poms" beer commercial and to your average Aussie in the pub t...

For those of you still reading we are alive and well in Australia, but have had a really hectic schedule to keep to, which has kept us away from our journal for over a month. Hopefully the break has refreshed us though, as a lot of people were wandering if we'd become writers for the Lonely Planet. OK, it did get a bit factual there for a while, so we apologise and will try to keep Rich's geekiness under control. It is hard to write literary genius whilst...