Yet another trip to the Blue Mountains as part of the Ozintro tour thingy. We had to start the day at 7am godammit and were rudely awaken at 4am by a bunch of naked essex boys running down the hostel corridoor shouting 'you what' at the top of their lungs before raiding the kitchen and stealing everyone's food! Luckily the only thing of mine stolen was peanut butter, which is bizarre because I've yet to meet anyone back home who actually likes the stuff. Right b...

Too much to update on so far so I'll give a brief commentary. I saw in the New Year in North Sydney where we had a perfect view of the harbour, bridge and opera house while guzzling goon by the gallon. 'Goon' is the backpackers wine sold in boxes of 4 litres and containing traces of fish guts! I am not lying, I have even read the small print! Having been a bit bored of sydney city and with the weather being a little too cloudy to continue visiting beaches, I dec...

Well, finally made it and quickly realised what a shambles my 'organisation' has turned out to be. Flight was ok, despite the screaming toddler sat in the adjacent row for both legs of the journey! AND I managed to watch Sex and the City the movie at long last! Loved it! I got to Sydney International Airport and decided to put my navigational skills to test by getting the train to the hostel. I quickly discovered that I didn't know where the hostel was. The...