Ani and I are currently in Byron Bay, a surf town between Sydney and Brisbane. The beaches are beautiful here, and the weather has been amazing up until today. Its just as well though that today is cooler, because Ani and I had to walk around for about an hour this morning trying to find a doctor's office that would take in a sick traveller...

It is "four sleeps" until I am airborne for Greece .......I  hope that I will be able to maintain this blog so everyone that I have  emailed to join this site will get regular updates... I'm  a walking example  of nervous excitement . It  is all surreal....even when I do take off. I honestly  will not believe  ...

Hi all, We've finally managed to sort those pesky little gremlins out - and can now put video footage on the website!  Hoorah! Check out the fireworks on NYE - go back to the entry for 31st Dec titled "Fireworks" and click on the video entry in the photo album. NOTE - If the picture keeps stopping or is jerky initially - allow it to fu...

I don't have a lot of pictures today... but I took in more amazing sights than believable!  We had orientation this morning with CAPA (the intern program) and then headed to the beach.  We decided to man up and take pubic transportation.  We took a bus from right outside UniLodge, down George St, to the ferrys.  We found a lo...

...erkennt man, dass in Sydney Weihnachten vor der Tuer steht? Mit Ausnahme der sehr offensichtlichen Tatsache, dass Weihnachtsbaeume aufgestellt werden, immer daran, dass es wieder Mangos gibt. Die sind hier so etwas wie bei uns die Mandarinen vor Weihnachten. Schon einige Zeit vor Weihnachten zu bekommen, aber erst um Weihnachten herum schmeck...

Been on a Hunter Winery Tour today and boy was it good tried loads of wines!!!!! Again a brilliant day and came through a large thunder storm on the way back so large that it took us 3 hours to get back to the hotel as streets where closed with flooding etc etc!! Boy do I have adventures!!!!! Went out for a meal this evening and took some night ...

Decided to go to the Aquarium with a Belgian girl, Ingar that i met at the hostel.. Gud fun and seen lotsa stuff, but bit overpriced for wot it was.. Had a wander around the city after - couldnt go everywhere thou coz the APEC summit being on and security is high as a kite with Bush being here..  Unbelievable how much theyve roped off of th...

On the way home from Melbourne I got the call that the project I had been working on in the job in Botany had finally finished so it was time to finally do something about finding a new job. I got work pretty much straight away doing telesales in the CBD. Im cold calling people all over the country and trying to sell them mob...

How long has it been since I last did an update!! You must all be wondering what has happenedc to me! Well, not a lot is the answer! I'll give you a run down of the last month and I'll try to keep it short and sweet! Saturday 3rd March was mardi Gras, which as you can imagine is pretty crazy. People walked the streets in the most menal outfits I...

Captain of the First Fleet, Arthur Phillip was appointed first governor of New South Wales in 1788, at the time it was the extent of colonised Australia. His residence, the first Government House, is long gone buried by The Museum of Sydney. The second Government House (1846) survives, in tidy gardens with an enviable view over the Harbour. On t...