Hello again! Thought I would just let you know that Im feeling a lot better now. Dont think i had much chance of feeling shocking in a place as beautiful as this! We watched an amazing fire dance show the other day at our hostel, and it was stunning! The guy was really, really good (thailand eat your heart out!) and it was free too! ;) Today was a beach day, and a very pretty one too! We saw a dolphin (from a distance - not quite the same as kis...

The time came to move on from Sydney (unfortunately!) I loved it there heaps and think its such a great city with the combination of beach/ city and harbour. Spent my final days really taking in the sights and was not at all disappointed by any of it - opera house, harbour bridge, the rocks, hyde park, botanical gardens... etc... all great! Cant remember if i mentioned before we called in to the Mardis Gras Fair Day too - very amusing! Today was started i...

1) Surfer Chick!! Promised to boast if i got to stand up in my surf lesson - and so here i am boasting! Was a great day, went 4x4ing in sand dunes to a deserted beach about 4 miles long, with some serious surf waiting for us! We surfed/ learnt/ practiced the whole day, and it was EXHAUSTING - am definitely loosing my fitness peak!! Got a little sting by a bluebottle jellyfish (aka man of war!) but have clearly lived to tell the tale of how i can STAND UP ...

Cooey from Coogie! Have moved a few bays round from the lovely bondi, to a place called coogie. Its pretty here too and the hostel looks right out onto the beach, with balconies!! hee hee! who needs 5* when you have 10 bed dorms (with cockroaches in the toilets!). Seriously, its fab though. One of our first major 'near-miss incidents' occurred the other day. We did a really nice scenic walk from bondi round the headlands to coogie, but decided to tra...

Big Wave from Bondi!! Hello all! Well, On from Melbourne to Sydney, with the small matter of a 12 hour overnight bus journey in between - which, im proud to say was a breeze as i did my impression of a koala and slept most of the way! Arrived in the city and met Sonia (Stone) - how funny! Only Sonia could be the person i meet the other side of the world and it seems normal! Headed straight for the beachy areas to seek out some cheap accomodation....