EAST COAST OZ!!!!! (not perth and fremantle) Hi guys, sorry its been so long since we updated- consequently this is a huge one covering 1 month of travel up the east coast from Melbourne - Cairns. Love you all xxx Sunday 27th June 2010 Can't quite believe that we are finally leaving Melbourne. I cannot even explain how amazing the 8months living here have been!!! Truly lives up to its reputation as 3rd most liveable city in the world!!! But I was so excited t...

In Macdonalds using the free wifi- in a hurry so excuse crappy writing... Im now going to attempt to write about the last 5months in Melbourne without boring you all! Basically- we love it! We thought we'd stay for 3 months max, but we are still here! We have come along way since we arrived back in November- homeless, pretty skint, umemployed etc... Lina arrived just before us and sorted us out to be in the same dorm as her- Room 210! And we were so lucky with...

Well we finally arrived in Australia- can't believe we're here on the other side of the world! A couple of things immediately hit us on our first day in Perth- oh my God, it's so expensive- mostly because we came from Asia where we could live like kings and never had to look at a price tag at all! And secondly, the flies- noone told us about the flies! They follow you, hundreds of them, and kind of stick to you and it's not a pleasant experience. So because of ...

Singapore: 30th October to 2nd November Arrived at Krabi airport to fly to Singapore- met a lovely Scottish couple in the queue. Then we were told we were 5KG over luggage limit and it would cost us 50GBP!!! That is more than we paid for the flights and there was no way we were paying it so we proceeded to take heavy clothes out our rucksacks and put them on (roasting!). It's folk like us who give the Scots a bad name, haha. Anyway saved 50quid so worth the emba...

Singapore: 30th October to 2nd November Arrived at Krabi airport to fly to Singapore- met a lovely Scottish couple in the queue. Then we were told we were 5KG over luggage limit and it would cost us 50GBP!!! That is more than we paid for the flights and there was no way we were paying it so we proceeded to take heavy clothes out our rucksacks and put them on (roasting!). It's folk like us who give the Scots a bad name, haha. Anyway saved 50quid so worth the emba...