Just a very quick line to let you know that I\'ve arrived safe and sound in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. I flew from Sydney at 0930 this morning and the duration of the flight was 1 hour, so I was therefore slightly surprised to be sitting in a 747. Quantas obviously needed to move the plane, but it was great - loads of leg room and interactive entertainment, including spider solitaire and tetris, which kept me amused all the way. Later I'm meeting up ...

Well, you'll be pleased to know that this will be the last postcard from Sydney, for a while at least. Yesterday I spent 2 hours trawling the internet for cheap fares, as this is low season and all the internal airlines (Virgin Blue, Quantas and Jetstar) are offering great deals at the moment. So, tomorrow morning I fly to Melbourne and as luck would have it, the English girls I met in Fremantle are staying there at the moment. I called them yesterday to let t...

Well, hello again everyone. I haven't been doing much in the way of touristy sightseeing, as I have been trying to plan the next leg of my trip. I will attempt to make a very tedious story as short as possible. First off, when I arrived in Australia I discovered that I had been issued with a 3 month visa instead of a 6 month one. My original flight to New Zealand was booked for 25th March, but my visa expires on 12th February - oh, what to do. I basically ha...

Sorry to be dull, but I am still in Sydney and am not too sure when I'll be leaving - it's a long story which I will bore you with at a later date. I have also realised that with the festive season in full swing, I have neglected to give you my little spiel about the city, but do not fear, I will make amends now! Sydney is centred on Port Jackson, but the Greater Sydney area sprawls over 1800 sq km, encompassing Botany Bay (south), abutting the Blue Mountai...

Hello everyone and a very happy 2005 to you all!! New Year's Eve was spent in the main part of the city watching the firework display over the harbour - not something you can really miss out on if you're here at this time of year. We were very fortunate in being able to avoid most of the crowds, as there were over a million people down near the harbour and a major part of the downtown area was closed off to traffic. Aunia was staying in a hotel which overl...