We've now been home as long as we were away :( It took a little time to settle back but I'm very happy back in Birmingham now. Nat and I both have jobs and have paid off the credit cards (nearly!). I'm getting itchy feet but am trying to overcome them with regular visits to friends dotted around the country. A Aussie girl we met in Chile is coming over to visit in December so Nat and I are planning a small roadtrip with her which will no doubt in...

Perhaps you're thinking 'should they still be in Australia?', well, I'll come to that soon enough...! Sailing on the Whitsundays was fantastic! We were on a boat called Summertime with 17 people including the crew. We went snorkelling and kayaking and got to see so much reef and coral it was incredible! We made a stop in at Whitehaven beach which, due to the weather was a little disappointing. Still it was nice to see it! We had a big party back in Airlie be...

After leaving Brisbane we headed back down to Byron Bay because we loved it so much! We spent our days on the beach and our nights in the bar... shocking behaviour! We also managed a bit of shopping too. The people we met were so laid back and there was so much going on. One night there was a big Aussie band (The Cat Empire) doing a charity gig in the middle of the street - it was very cool though we didn't stay very long. We met a superhero - just wait for the p...

My parents, Nat and I left Sydney and headed up by car towards Brisbane. We spent time on Palm beach again before driving up to Port MacQuarie, which had been highly recommended to us by one of the only decent taxi drivers in Sydney. We stayed in a motel - a first for all 4 of us I think. It was a nice place with a lot to do as long as you did it before 8pm - even the restaurants and kebab shops shut really early! We visited a Koala sanctuary - unsuprisingly we s...

After a pretty dreadful 13 hour bus journey from Melbourne we arrived in Sydney and impressed we were too! We spent the first 3 nights outside the city on a beach called Coogee which is a nice scenic walk away from Bondi. Both beaches were stunning (and all the ones in between) and what with the weather being awesome we did not a lot else. It was our first serious beach time of the whole trip though so we're not to be considered lazy or anything! We met up with B...