So, I have now been in Australia for over six weeks and my goodness is the time flying by! I am still in Freo in Western Australia and I am still staying at the Old Firestation Backpackers. I am really enjoying myself here so no plans to change anything for the time being as I aim to stick around for another six weeks or so and then head up north on a trip through the likes of Monkey Mia, Exmouth, Broome, The Kimberleys and Darwin. The plan after that is to catch...

It's been two weeks since I first arrived in Perth so I guess it is about time for my first blog entry. After a long and gruelling flight from London Heathrow to Perth via Singapore I finally arrived into Perth Airport on Thursday afternoon (4th July). Independence day! The first flight wasn't so bad and there was plenty of on-board entertainment such as music and movies to watch so the time passed relatively quickly. Being on such a long flight though means you ...