560 miles and 11 hours on a train later, I'm in Melbourne!

Sydney is great. Aside from the US, it is definitely the biggest city I've been to for a while, and with that comes lots for things to do, places to see and food to eat. However, it turns out that I only just made it to Sydney before my carrier Qantas grounded its entire fleet. Hopefully this isn't another run like I had in the US, where disaster seemed to follow me at each turn. Although I had only booked a hotel for 2 nights on arrival at Sydney, I booked...

About to see Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" at Sydney Opera House. Pinch me.

Crikey - I'm in Aus! But before I get to that, I should finish with New Zealand. Dunedin was probably one of the larger cities in New Zealand, and it was quite nice to get back to a place which real people lived and worked in. I had a lovely meal at the Scotia restaurant. (I was surprised that much of New Zealand seems to have stronger ties to Scotland than to England, though this is probably me just being a bit blinkered.) I also had a nice drive around th...