Sydney is Amazing!!!!!!!!!! I fell in love with Sydney within 24 hours of getting here. There's so much to do and see here. On the first day we just chilled out and explored our surrounding area in Kings Cross. Kings Cross is apretty seedy area. The street behind us is packed with strip joints galore, and there are heaps of prostitutes lurking about too (all majorly ugly I may add). Despite this, it's still a good place to stay at due to it's central...

Hi Folks. I've had a few complaints about the lack of photos and blogs recently, so I'm here to put things right (if only very briefly). Since my last entry, we haven't done too much. We finished work in Cairns and took a week off before heading to Townsville. We were hoping to get our tax back, but that might not happen now. Fingers crossed though. Our train to Cairns was meant to leave at 8.35 in the morning on Wednsesday. It ended up being delayed...

Well folks, Denis and Steinbeck are here now and things are already a lot more exciting. We've had a really good night out (photo's to follow) and today we went skydiving.If you haven't done it, do it. It's amazing. I was sat on the floor right next to the door, which was just a flimsy perspex sheet. Kept thinking I would fall out! I thought we were really high up at one point, but when I asked, we were only 4,000ft above ground and we still ...

Hi folks, just a little note to let you know I've added a few pictures to the Cairns + the flat album and also the Dive trip album.

I now know for sure that diving is what I want to do with my life. The 4 days I spent on the MV Kangaroo Explorer were some of the best I've ever had. I am now a certified Advanced Open Water diver (I know it sounds fancy, but it's only about the 2nd level qualification. I can't get jobs with it), and have begun looking into the possibility of doing an internship whilst over here to get up to Divemaster. If I can't do it here, I'm going to save up and do it n...