Well I have just logged on to write this and seen that my last blog made 'blog of the week' - something about getting lost up a mountain must be a bit special (needs!). So I really thought I would end up with small fry, big city syndrome but its turning out to actually be a lot easier to navigate as log as a) I have a map and b) don't use public transport! So first day in Melbourne and I had no one else in my dorm room so that was nice to have a quiet room for ...

I was so tired when I wrote my last blog that I forgot to mention 2 very important things: 1) The surfing has left me with so many bumps and bruises that my legs look like they did when I was learning to ride a bike and kept falling off!I do have one nasty cut, which is literally a little hole in my knee. Luckily it is very small or I think I would be needing a small stich but its healing well. 2) I thought the guys at work ate a lot at dinner time, but the sur...

I am sat in an internet cafe after a 'wild Friday night out' involving a mexian, free drinks in a bar and then a McD's ice cream! I need to retract about 4 days to fill you in on why this crazy night isnt the usual Friday! Before I left Cairns I did a lovely jog along the esplanade and then did a free yoga class on the beach front. It was lovely, so relaxing and a good gossip with other people in the group. I then went out for a diet coke break with a couple fo ...

I am sat in an internet cafe after a 'wild Friday night out' involving a mexian, free drinks in a bar and then a McD's ice cream! I need to retract about 4 days to fill you in on why this crazy night isnt the usual Friday! Before I left Cairns I did a lovely jog along the esplanade and then did a free yoga class on the beach front. It was lovely, so relaxing and a good gossip with other people in the group. I then went out for a diet coke break with a couple fo ...

Well I have now officially started my first tour of Carins to Sydney. I am on a really lovely tour group, there are 14 girls and 1 boy (poor thing, he barely says a word!). Most of us are from England, but there is one Candian, two German, two Norwegian and one Irish girl! Our tour guides are amazing, Rusty and Katie, they are just brilliant! This world is so very tiny....while chatting to a few girls one of them is a police constable....sat her promotional exam...