We are now in Sydney and have been here since arriving on Saturday. We jumped in a taxi from the airport (it is impossible with the amount of luggage we have to do anything but) and arrived in Bondi Beach. Now my previous description of Surfers was Seacroft by Sea and I had been warned about thelook of Bondi and it lived it to that initial impression. However, that said after a few days, it's grown on me. It's a lovely beach, with another RSL (Surf Club) at o...

Hello all, well last time I left you we had just arrived in Byron Bay and as we're now in Sydney it's time for an update. Byron Bay was my favourite place that we have visited so far, it was absolutely fantastic, so much so on our last night we were trying to work out whether it was possible to commute the couple of hours from Brisbane to Byron - which in a sober state is a little unrealistic but even so a nice thought at the time! We arrived in byron and drove...

The story continues, Iain bless him picked up the car from Fortitude Valley in Brisbane and came back to pick me and the cases (which seem to have got a lot heavier) up at the hotel. We have a Mitsubishi 380 in red and Iain looks right at home behind the wheel, it's an automatic and very easy to drive (I had a little go in a car park). We set off down for Surfers Paradise where as I'm a backseat driver at the best of times, I reminded myself of my mother when D...

As promised your next installment, we left Airlie Beach and flew into Brisbane on Sunday and were both really looking forward to seeing city life. The first thing we noticed was the rain (alledgedly according to the notices in all Queensland hotels they are experiencing a drought however it has not stopped raining since we arrived! However it is very warm still, flip flop weather (or thongs as they call them over here - I'll keep throwing the lingo in as we go)...

As promised your next installment, we left Airlie Beach and flew into Brisbane on Sunday and were both really looking forward to seeing city life. The first thing we noticed was the rain (alledgedly according to the notices in all Queensland hotels they are experiencing a drought however it has not stopped raining since we arrived! However it is very warm still, flip flop weather (or thongs as they call them over here - I'll keep throwing the lingo in as we go). ...