Sydney at New Year We arrived in Sydney just a day before NYE with little clue as to what we were going to do about accommodation. Fortunately Sam's friend Jamie from law school is paralegaling out here for a few months so we managed to crash on his floor for a couple of nights. He lives in Bondi so it was great to check out this hallowed place. Rumour had it that Paris Hilton was in town and soon enough the main street was packed with people and police as it...

Christmas in Melbourne!For once we have time to stop and breath and not care about checking out the next day as we are staying a whole week in Melbourne for Christmas and general merriment. It has been a mixed bag of fortune though. firstly the weather has been ghastly and is only just starting to improve now, which is typical since we depart for Sydney tomorrow! Chrismtas day was the coldest on record which was unbelievable, so all of you who had the image of me...

Just checked into a 30 bed dorm! Reuntied with Al too after 3 weeks! No time to do much here as we have to be up at 4am to fly to Melbourne. Seems like it could be bar o'clock though especially with it being ladies night and killer pool competition. Sadly none of the trio were successful in that area so an early night was called for as we had to be up at 4am to catch our flight to melbourne.

Fraser Island Guided tourWe checked into a hostel in Hervey Bay to get some rest before the FI tour. Nick Bragnaza (who I was at law school with and who is joining White and Case in Feb like me) met up with us there as he had booked onto the same tour. We took a trip down the Esplanade and along Hervey Beach before turning in early in anticipation of our trip.Now most people going to FI book onto the 4WD trips, hiring out jeeps and going with randoms all over the...

Airlie Beach and sailing trip around Whitsundays We turned up at Airlie Beach hoping that we could just hop aboard a boat that day, but as things are wont to do when you try arranging them last minute, there were no more boats. Instead we booked for the next day and stayed in Airlie Beach that night. AB certainly caters for backpackers with several large hostels, all with buzzing bars. The Ashes also of course was on with most Brits drowning their sorrows. Trust ...