It was good to be back on a plane again, Alice Springs to Cairns in 1 hour 50 mins... phew. You really don't realise just how big Australia is until you've travelled it by road for a while. We were enjoying every minute of this particular plane journey. As it was a clear day you could see most of the land we were covering, 99% of it desert, but as we came into Queensland towards the coast it started to get much greener, then the sea as we turned to land at Cairns airport. We stayed at a nice hostel call the Bohemia Resort, it was a couple of Km out from the main strip but had a free regular shuttle bus operating all day. The rooms were the cleanest we'd seen so far and our ... read more

Not much to write here as we only stayed for one night. We arrived here in the evening from our tour of the Great Ocean Road and checked into our hostel, Cannon Street which was ok, managed to get our own room again. The first thing we noticed about Adelaide was how quiet it was in comparison to Sydney and Melbourne. We went out for some food and considering it was Saturday night there seemed to be noone around. We ended up going for a quiet drink with a nice French couple we had met on our tour. Sunday was no better, Martin was feeling ill all day, fortunately it was a quick 24 hour bug, although he still managed to get to the pub to watch an Arsenal game, typical. So, off we went in ... read more

After a very heavy weekend in Sydney meeting up for Paul and Emma's 29th birthday, we had a shockingly early start on the Monday morning to get our flight to Melbourne. Our flatmates Sam and Helen still managed to get up to say goodbye, and it was pretty sad to be leaving. Upon arrival in Melbourne reality hit when we checked into our 8 bed dorm in St Kilda- The double bed was a distant memory... The hostel we stayed in was Base, which looks pretty flashy from the outside and from the advertising but to be honest it was a bit shabby- was ok though for the few nights we were there. The reality of being away from our lovely apartment hit us as of course there were numerous interuptions and disrupted sleep patterns. We ... read more

Once again, it’s been ages since we’ve typed up an entry. We arrived in Australia on 29th July, a cold Friday morning. Coming out of Sydney airport was a shock to the system, no sunshine, wintertime in fact. We spent the first 2 weeks living in a hostel in the centre of town, nice place but we were glad to be leaving after 2 weeks. Sleeping in a 6 person dorm not knowing who you were going to wake up with in your room the next morning became a bit cumbersome. We met some nice people there though who we’ve been out with a few times since leaving the hostel. We did the usual sights around town, first stop Sydney Harbour and the Opera House… Sampled some of the many restaurants and bars scattered around the ... read more

The journey from KL to Singapore was yet another eventful one. Instead of bugs, we were joined by the family from hell who were sat directly behind us. They were kicking our chairs, peering over the top of the seats and staring at us like we were aliens. They really were annoying little sh*ts and the parents were almost as bad!!!! We crossed the connecting bridge from Malaysia to Singapore and through immigration which took ages. It was immediately obvious how different this country was to Malaysia- and we welcomed it with open arms! Firstly the people were really helpful and friendly, unlike those we had left behind. One hostel we had been advised to go to had been booked out so spent a while walking around trying to find an alternative before heading out for ... read more