I had the most amazing dive and day yesterday. I’d booked in with Sundive the previous day for a scuba dive at 11am, along with the other guys who were just snorkelling. Monday was a bit windy and cloudy, and there was a big swell and choppy as hell in the sea so we were […]
Landed at Ballina airport just south of Byron Bay yesterday around 1pm. After a half an hour minibus ride I met up with Foley at the Aquarius Backpackers hostel. It’s a nice place with loads of friendly people only two minutes walk from the beach. They do good meals every night for $8.50 which is […]
Believe it or not, travelling around, visiting attractions, seeing the sights and generally sustaining a living costs money. I’ve been doing a few sums over the last couple of days with sobering results. In my first week in Sydney, I spent an average of over £50 a day. Now to put into perspective, that means […]
The last couple of days I’ve met up with Kirsty, my brothers girlfriend, who happens to be visiting a friend of hers in Sydney whilst I’m here. Yesterday we did a good trek round the city, starting with breakfast at Circular Quay (where the harbour ferries depart) and then finding our way to the Harbour Bridge, […]
I’ve had a fairly productive couple of days. Saturday we visited Sydney Aquarium, saw some sharks and huge manta rays and that, and then embarked on a monster trek around the city which included the Royal Botanic Gardens where hundreds of bats were nesting, flying about and generally making a lot of noise.
Saturday night was […]
Hello again. I’m pleased to say I’ve arrived safely in Sydney, Australia. The flight here was great, I was sat in the departure lounge before-hand chatting to a few of the flight crew, they asked me where I was sitting and told me they’d look after me, I was kind of hoping they’d upgrade me […]