1 Month Travelling........Sorry for the delay!

Like it says in the title, Sorry for the delay! As much as I do have down time while travelling, this is the first time i've been in an Internet cafe since leaving Sydney! Im in Airlie beach at the moment until 11.55 tonight and then im on an overnight bus to a town called "1770" (its named that because its the year and place that captain cook landed). I havent got too long so will put a brief over view of what ive been upto below.

1st July - Left Sydney. Flew via Melbourne and landed in Darwin at 1am on 2nd July.
2nd July - 5th July - Stayed in Darwin main town. 32/35c days everyday and pretty cool party town for backpackers.
5th July - 10th July - Hired a campervan and travelled round 2 of the local National Parks - Lichfield and Kakadu. Both were amazing and had a great time. The stars at night were amazing. Saw crocs up close on a boat tour but still havent seen a kangaroo or koala!!
10th July - 13th July - Flew from Darwin to Brisbane and met my old personal trainer from the gym in London and we travelled by train to a place called Surfers paradise. Its a really cheesy seaside town like you get back home, but it was just what we were after for a weekend away!
13th July - 19th July - Trystan headed home and I headed back to Brisbane and stayed in a hostel in the week and then at an old colleagues place at the weekend. Also caught up with my sisters friend Claire who currently lives and works in Brisbane and also a guy I worked with at the bank in Sydney. My time in Brisbane was great except for my camera breaking! Ive since bought a replacement!
19th July - 23rd July - Got a bus for 2hours up the coast to a place called Noosa to meet up with Nick and Kerryn and Nicks family who were there for a week on holiday. I stayed in a local hostel dorm but spent most of my time with them on walks, meals and fishing trips! It was a brilliant few relaxed days with the Yaxleys!!
23rd July - 26th July - Spent in a small town down the coast from Noosa called Mooloolaba.
26th July - Flew to Townsville to meet Tom, a guy I worked with at the bank in Sydney who's travelling the east coast before his visa expires on the 26th!
27th July - Lazy day in Townsville so caught a ferry to Magnetic Island. Cool little island and good to tick off the list of places to go!
28th July - Caught a 5 hour bus to Airlie Beach, which is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. So we booked a 2 day 1 night trip that afternoon and had to be up and out by 7 to catch the boat at 8.30!
29th Jily - 30th july - The boat trip. 1 word - AMAZING! The crew were fantastic, and loved their jobs which rubbed off on all of us on board. It was a 22 person boat (+ the 3 crew) but only 15 people had booked so we had loads of room on the 23m Siska. The Siska, our boat, has sailed round the world twice and also won the Sydney to Hobart (in Tasmania) race, so its a great boat! The islands there are so picturesque and the coral and see life is astounding! We spent the 1st day sailing, with a stop to snorkel or scuba dive (I just went out in the little life raft with the deck hand), and then we stopped overnight at a small bay off hook island and had a great night with everyone. Again the stars were amazing! On the 2nd day we sailed via Whitehaven beach, and that was better than all of the hype i'd been told. Its a beautiful place and will be something i'll always remember! To finish the trip off we sailed back and just overall had a great time, finished off with an "after party" meal and drinks at a local bar with the crew and other passengers. It was a great way to finish the trip and met some brilliant people.
31st July - Mostly spent in bed hungover due to the night before but did venture out at night for some drinks with some guys from the boat trip.
1st August (TODAY) - Checked out of the hostel by 10am and have spent the day lazing by the beach in the sun. Its about 28c today so trying to stay in the shade cos its roasting!! Going to go to the marina at about 4pm to see the Siska come back in and get some "action" pics and then will probably spend the rest of the afternoon either back on the beach or in a pub watching the AFL (my team, Geelong Cats, are currently 2nd in the league) and trying to pass the time until our bus trip at 11.55 tonight!

So thats been my last month, so you can see why its been hard getting to an Internet cafe! Im sorry theres no pics on here but its so difficult to add them into the blog thats it alot easier to just add folders on facebook, so keep you eyes peeled for new albums over the next week!

I'll try and keep on top of this from now on.........but ive said that before so no promises!

Hope your all well!!

P.S Ive even got a tan!!!

So Long Sydney!!!

So just over 3 months into my Oz adventure and it's time to say goodbye to Sydney and more importantly work! I've loved the job at Bankwest, it was a perfect role and time frame, but working on average just under 50hrs a week for 9 weeks and only occasionally not having to go in over a weekend has meant that now that my last day is tomorrow.......I cant wait!!

The job has introduced me to alot of people, and not just people who will be good work contacts in the future but people I would love to stay in touch with after I move on and even once Im back home too. The cash i've earned from this job (just under $10k!!!) will mean that my travelling is funded for quite a while (hopefully), so all in all the Bankwest job has been great!


Due to the fact that the project im working on is nearing its conclusion, the Bankwest team were all taken out last Thursday to a great restaurant/Steakhouse in the city called "Chophouse". Its a great venue and well known for its amazing steaks, so I went for the wagyu beef steak and I dont think I've ever/will ever taste another steak like it! Absolutely amazing! It wasnt cheap, but being a work dinner it was on the company, so that steak plus many other bottles of top drawer red wine were consumed. After the meal the hardcore lot (as it was a Thursday after all) moved on to 2 more bars and I rolled in to bed at about 3am!! I also rolled into work the next day with a hangover too, but I wasnt the only 1!!! Unfortunately for me this meant going out on my last Friday night in Sydney with all my old and new Sydney friends (that I'd arranged in the week) was going to be hard work! However, as it was my last night and didnt want to be a whingeing pomme, I sucked it up and went out! It was a great night and didnt end well into Saturday morning, but it was a great send off and wanna thank everyone for coming along if your reading this. You've made my time in Sydney extremely bearable (even enjoyable at times) and when I head back I'll be in touch!

So looking forwards, my first stop on my trip round Oz is Darwin! As Darwin is extremely north, I firstly need to fly from Sydney to Melbourne (I take off at 1.20pm Thursday) and then fly on from there to Darwin (8pm take off) and will land in Darwin at midnight! I then have the weekends accommodation sorted in Darwin itself and then as of Monday plan to head out into Kakadu national park, Australia's biggest, and stay there through the week. I'll be taking lots of pics so dont worry about that, bt will probably put most on facebook as its alot easier than uploading them on here. I then have a flight to Brisbane booked for 1.30am on the next Saturday (the 10th July) and land around 6.30am. The main reason to jump across to Brisbane is to meet my old Personal Trainer from London, Trystan, who is randomly over here in Oz doing the same thing as me, so once we meet up around 10am we will be jumping on a train down the coast to a place called Surfers Paradise for a long weekend, staying in a 5* hotel (we got a cheap deal). So I can see that being good fun! Trystan has a job just outside Sydney so when he heads back on Tuesday I will go back to Brisbane and stay in the city in the week and with an old Fitch colleague at the weekend. Im also gonna try and catch up with my sister's friend Claire who is over here as she lives in Brisbane too.

After all of the above it will be Monday the 19th of July, and where I go after that.........is up to me!!! So i'll keep you all posted on what I get upto, and also what I decide on doing after! I'll probably head north up the East coast, but we'll see.

A final Thankyou for all the help and hospitality i've received in Sydney! Its a great place and im sure i'll be back to catch up with you all soon.

So long Sydney...............Hello Darwin!!

P.S No need to mention the football really, but at least I dont need to keep getting up for the 4.30am games now!!!!

Sorry its been so long!!!

First of all...............a massive apology for the long wait on this update! Ive just been so busy with work and then come the weekends (when i'm not working) we've all been heading out for nights on the town!

Firstly.....the job! I really landed on my feet. I went into Hays recruitment on a Wednesday morning and by 3pm the same day I was offered the job at Bankwest and started on the Friday (30th May)! The role is support on a project where the bank are reviewing alot of critical assets and all of these reviews and the outcomes have to be tracked and completed by the 30th of June, which is when the job will end for me. So its perfect, 2 months hard work and then I'll be able to up sticks and use the $$$ to see Australia. Its alot of spreadsheet work and is right up my street and enjoy it but am doing 50+ hours a week at least! My Boss Bernie is a great guy and recently had a baby boy, Tom, which was interesting having to look after things while he was off for a few days. Also because of the large workload Bernie got 2 more support staff on board, an English guy called Tom and an Irish girl called Marita. Tom's a good lad and also a fellow Liverpool fan and we catch up quite abit out of work and hope to stay in touch both here in oz after the job and back home as Tom is on the same visa as me but his one ends in August so will be heading home soon.

Outside of work we've been having great nights out! Normally for me on a Friday drinks start at work................in the kitchen!!! Its an aussie thing that on a Friday at the end of the day everyone has a beer or 2 after work in the office! I think its great and always a good way to start a Friday night......and cheap too!! Its been a good way to get to know all the work people too, and as the reviews on the project are being carried out by external companies its been a great way to meet lots of new people too! Not really sure what else to say about the nights out as they all seem to have blurred into one.......but they've been good fun!

On the house front, we're all moving out of Nicks flat! Nick has decided to move in with his girlfriend and the other flat mate, Dylan, has decided to head back to his mums place so they have ended the contract and we all have to be out by next Friday, the 11th!! Due to this, me and Lee have been looking for a place and actually found a guest house in a place called Glebe, which isnt far from where we are now and its perfect as it a "pay as you go" place, so we are gonna stay there for one month which will be around the time my Bankwest job ends then I think I'll go travelling for a while after that! Lee will stay in Sydney though as he has just got himself a job based in the middle of the city!

The world cup starts this week and its gonna be hard work catching games as they kick off at silly o'clock in the morning here (the first England game is on at 4.30am)! Also this weekend coming is a long weekend as we get Monday off for the queens birthday, so even though I wont be getting paid (cos im on a contract) its going to be good to have a nice long weekend and watch some real football at last rather than AFL or Rugby!!!

I probably wont update this for a while again but when I go travelling around Oz i'll make sure I do update it more regularly! I promise!!!!!!! And maybe even some pics too!!

Work Hard, Play Hard!!!

Sorry for the delay on updating the blog but for the last 2 weeks since starting the job at Bankwest ive been doing about 55hrs a week and having pretty packed weekends (which include working)! The job is great, very tight deadline and TONS to do but luckily the work isnt too taxing.....at the mo! When I find more time i'll update you all with what ive been doing there but im really enjoying it and have met some great people because of it too. I report directly to the project manager, Bernie, and he has been off since Thursday because his wife gave birth to their first child (Thomas Eric Armistead) which has meant alot more work/pressure has been pushed my way, but its been great!

Another great thing is that i've now got a blackberry on a contract so can stay in touch with the world alot easier and its not breaking the bank as have a great deal! Its a pretty addictive gadget but worth its weight in gold! If you want to call or text my number is +61420708818.

Weekends and nights out have been excellent lately!! Meeting lots of people and had a few pretty bad hangovers but all worth it.....sort of! Not sure what next weekend entails but think it will be quieter than the last 2......at least I hope so!

Lee's gone away with work for the week so its just me, Nick and his other housemate Dylan until he gets back next Sunday!

Thats it for now, going to watch the Monaco grand prix and then get a well deserved sleep before I start another long week at work.

P.S Sorry for no pics lately. Took my camera on my walk to work today and will put them on Facebook when I get a chance.

TWO-UP and and more money down the drain!

Last weekend was BRILLIANT!! It started off with the usual 5pm run when Nick gets home, a wash and brush up after that and then me, Lee and Nick headed out to meet up with Nicks girlfriend (Kerryn) and her friends at a bar in Circular Quay! However, we had to make a stop on the way to meet a Friend of Lee's, Toby, and as it was St. Georges day we met him for a beer in the George pub on George Street, which was pretty fitting! Not much fuss was made about the day by the locals, but all 3 of us Englishman plus Nick raised a glass and when we'd finished up we headed on to meet the girls. The other bar wasnt far so we were drinking again in minutes and after a few more beers Nicks boss Dominic turned up and then after that Tobys girlfriend joined us. With a decent crowd formed the topic of conversation was......where to next! A bar in a pretty vibrant part of town was decided upon and so we all jumped in cabs and headed off to "The Clock" in Surry Hills.

The Clock is a huge bar over 2 floors and was a pretty cool venue and even though there was a big crowd of us we still ended up speaking to lots of random locals and the few hours we had in place flew by. The bar shut at 12 so again another venue conversation was had and a bar called "Fringe" seemed to be the winner......however, there was a mix up in communication and so 1 cab ended up at Fringe and the other cabs ended up across town at Kings Cross, which is a well known bar street. I was 1 of the group that ended up at Fringe and decided to stay put and make the most of the place. Even though we had been split up it was a great night seeing some new places and met some really cool new people!

Due to the heavy Friday night, Saturday was a slow start, but we couldnt feel sorry for ourselves too much as we had tickets to the afternoon AFL game at the SCG to watch the Sydney Swans play the East Coast Eagles. Lee opted out of the AFL, feeling Fridays effects pretty badly, and so Me, Nick, Kerryn and our friends Mike and Renee went to the game and had a nice relaxing time slowly drinking beer and watching the Swans to a comfortable win. Nobody really fancied a big night so after the game we headed to a local 10 pin bowling alley for a game (I came 2nd) and then went home. Nick decided to stay at Kerryns and as Lee headed out to watch the Man Utd Vs Tottenham game I was home alone on a saturday night watching TV with a Pizza.......and couldnt have been happier.

On Sunday Nick came over around lunch time and picked me and Lee up and we then headed to a pub in Balmain, picking Kerryn up on the way. The main reason for going to this pub on the Sunday was due to the fact that its well known on ANZAC day to be a great place to play the traditional Ozzie WW1 soldier (aka Diggers) game of Two-Up! Two-Up is played by tossing 3 coins into the air and betting on how they land, either heads (all heads or 2 heads 1 tail) or Tails (all tails or 2 tails 1 head) and is only allowed to be played outside of casinos once a year on ANZAC day! I didnt quite see the appeal before arriving but once I saw the commotion and just how many people were playing it was hard to understand why it isnt played all the time. There was a 6ft square hardboard "area" in the middle of the room with around 150/200 people gathered around it on different tiered levels. Only 3 people stood in the central area. 1 guy all mic'd up to announce the result of the toss, his mate who for all intense and purposes didnt do much except drink but did try to keep the spectators off of the area and then the 3rd person was a random spectator picked from the crowd to do the tossing. The 3 coins were placed heads down on small wooden plank (basically a ruler) and then on the callers command the chosen spectator tossed the coins above his/her head and then the crowd scrambled for a look to see the result before the caller shouts the results. All very simple.......and the betting on it is even simpler. Everyone in the room can bet with each other, so, if you believe the toss will lands predominantly heads then you hold however much you want to bet in your hand while tapping your head with it and shouting what bet you want, for example $20 heads!! If someone else wants to take your bet, they shout $20 Tails to match your bet, and once eye contact is made you both work out the deal, the person who bets Tails keeps hold of the money and then you both wait on the result thats shouted out and however wins keeps the cash!! Being there and playing was a combination of east end dog pit fighting, mixed with a busy trading floor in a small roman colosseum!! The room was roasting hot, drink and money flying all over the place and the noise was electrifying (especially when a bad toss was done and so didnt count and a huge BOOOOOOOOOOOOing would ensue) and it was amazing!! Me and Lee instantly shoved our way through the crowd to the edge of the main area and after a few test runs we both started to bet!! Its a 50/50 game and we both won and lost our fair share and had a great time playing, however Lee had a better time and walked away $70 up while I ended up $50 down. The good thing was though, I didnt care! It was such a good laugh playing I wish we could do it every weekend, but I guess thats why everyone gets into it so much as it is only a once a year thing, and also if I played it more than that I dont think my savings would last much longer. The game has to finish once the sun has set so after a couple more pints we headed to a different bar to party the night away, and it was a good end to a great day!

Monday was a nice quiet chilled out day, and was well needed after the last few days and nights! We were supposed to all be going away camping over the weekend but it never got arranged, and im quite glad it didnt as the spontaneous things we got up to were brilliant!

This week has seen me back on the job hunt.........and the good news is, I got 1!!! I start this Friday at 9am in the city centre (known as the CBD, Central Business District) at Bankwest as support on a new 8 week project. The role will involve lots of data management and analysis and seems right up my street! Not sure if Friday will be a a full day or just a meet and greet and get used to my surroundings day, but 1 thing I do know is that me, Lee and Nick will be going out for a few celebratory drinks Friday night as Lee also picked up work this week too. Its only for 2 weeks at an events company but its a step in the right direction and may lead to bigger and better things!

1 thing though about getting this job means my planned trip to Melbourne on Wednesday next week until the following Monday will have to be scrapped. So thats another $80 plus my $50 loss at Two-Up to add to the money down the drain fund!! Im not bitter though, I'll earn that all back over the next few weeks!!

Another week and another missed flight!

The 2 agency meetings went well on Wednesday and I still feel positive about finding an interesting role rather than just doing something to get by. The remainder of the week was pretty chilled with us 3 lads just going out for runs in the evenings. Nick has shown us a decent 8km route around the harbour wharfs and doing it when we do in the evenings means its nice and cool and we also get a great view of the harbour bridge at night (I'll take a pic soon to prove it to you all).

As me and Lee would be heading to Melbourne on Saturday we all had a quiet night round Nicks girlfriends place on Friday night, who cooked a great lamb dinner and after polishing off a bottle of red win each through the evening we all ended crashing there for the night.

Our flight was at 1.30pm on saturday and, as usual with us, we made it with about 15mins to spare. I dont particularly like cutting things this fine but all the ozzies are pretty relaxed about catching internal flights and always tell us "not to worry" while we're chewing our nails off on the way to the airport. We did make it though and were in Melbourne by 3pm. After a bus from the airport to the city centre we jumped on a tram to our hostel in St Kilda, the suburb where we would be going out that night. The room was basic but all we needed, so we dropped our gear off and went for a stroll round St Kilda. Its a nice place and reminded me alot of the Ibiza coastline strip with all the bars and restaurants over looking the harbour, the weather probably helped aswell as it was about 28c!!!! After chilling out over a few beers in the sun we headed back to get spruced up for the night ahead.

The whole reason for the trip was to celebrate Lee's friend Jon's 30th birthday, so we met him and some of the other lads in a local pub so that the they could watch abit of the AFL game that was on before dinner. At about half time we all made our way up the road to the restaurant, which was a middle-eastern cuisine place that was well known in St Kilda for being pretty good......and I agree as the food was great!! At dinner there was about 20 people, and it was a great crowd. Everyone was really friendly and after the usual "pommie bashing" the conversations covered most subjects and didnt stop until we left. When we moved on at about 11, the alcohol had been doing its job and everyone was in great spirits and ready to carry on going all night/morning. We ended up queing for a bar called Big Mouth which was worth the wait as the music was great and it wasnt even too difficult to get served at the bar. We all danced and drunk the night away and then made a move/asked to leave at about 3am! Most of the gang wanted to carry on but as it was 3am nowhere was letting anyone in so 1 of the couples invited us back to their place to keep on going. Lee wanted to call it a night and walked back to the hostel, but as I was getting on so well with the group and didnt wanna stop either I jumped in 1 of the cabs to the house! A typical house party ensued and at around 6am most of us had passed out somewhere!

The 6 of us who were there when I woke up all pieced together what had happened the night before over a great home made fry up and then the birthday boy and his wife arranged for a lift home, where they then picked up their car and we headed off to get Lee and then onto the airport. Unfortunately we arrived too late at the airport and had missed our flight back to Sydney. The most annoying thing was that the flight hadnt left yet and had 20 mins still to go and both Lee and myself only had hand luggage, so we didnt see the problem with being let through! However, the Tiger airways employee wouldnt have any of it and charged us $70 each to get on the next flight an hour later. This was the last straw for Lee who begrudgingly paid the money but vowed there and then to never fly with them again. I was disappointed in them too but just coughed up the money a vowed to make my own way too airports from now on, so it can only be my fault from now on. I took the missed flight in my stride but Lee wasnt in the best mood for a while so I ended up chatting to a guy next to me on the plane who was a NUCLEAR SCIENTIST!!! A very interesting guy and helped pass the time on the flight! When we reached Sydney we waited for Nick to pick us up and then we headed home for a well deserved sleep as the lack of sleep was definitely catching up with us by then!

So far on this trip I have worked out that I have literally thrown away $260 which is nearly 160 quid!!!!!! Thats the 2 missed flights and the dropped $50 in the bar! Not good at all!!!!

Monday was a relaxing day with an 8km run in the evening and Tuesday so far has been chilled but plan to go out for dinner tonight and then to the pics with Nick and Lee to see Kick-Ass as its "cheap Tuesday" at the local cinema!

One other thing to mention about Saturday is that the couple who invited us back to theirs, Drew and Jemma, are having an engagement party on May the 8th and they invited Me, Lee and Nick along if we fancied it. I think I will go but Lee and Nick arent sure yet. Whatever happens tho................IM NOT MISSING ANY FLIGHTS THIS TIME!!!!

This weekend coming is Anzac weekend. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, and is commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in military operations for their countries. The plan is go out in Sydney on Friday night and then go to a place called Jarvis bay and camp on Saturday and Sunday and come home Monday. However, as yet nothing is booked so we'll see what happens.

Horses and Hangovers!

Well the quiet Friday night never happened (as usual). Nick got a call Friday afternoon from his mate Mike who was going out for a few drinks and Nick wanted to go along for a few just to catch up with him and a few other friends. Both Lee and I were invited along but Lee had to decline as so far he had spent most of Friday on (or always very close to) the loo, as either something he had eaten the day before had disagreed with him or had just picked up a bug. So when Mike turned up only me and Nick headed out with him leaving a depressed looking Lee behind. The night was great fun and included a couple of bars and a late night kebab, so a quiet night was definitely not had, but as always with the quiet nights, they turn out to be great fun.

Saturday morning arrived and me and nick woke with a headache (understandably) but knew we had to shift them as today we were going to Randwick race course for around 2pm, then onto the Sydney Swans Vs Richmond Tigers AFL game and THEN out after that!! Just by looking at Lee we knew he wasnt going to make it, not only by the colour of his face but that fact that he hadnt really eaten in 2 days and still couldnt face it! As Mike had left his car at Nicks the night before we drove to meet Mike but on the way stopped off at a local chemist so that Lee could jump out and get the most powerful drugs he could to see if he could make the AFL game later that night as we'd already paid $50 each for the tickets to the races and the game. After dropping Lee back it wasnt long before we were at Mikes, then me, Nick, Mike and his wife and her friend headed to the races. When we got there we found out that is was "Fashion day" (basically our ladies day) and that us 3 lads were the only guys in the place in shorts! Smart shorts, but still shorts! However, considering how hot it was though Im glad to not be in a suit! We headed straight for the betting room as nick had a tip on race 6 from a friend, and as much as I wanted to put $50 on a win we ended up putting $20 each way on Xavier instead! Amazingly it actually won!!!! So for the rest of the day Nick was kicking himself on not agreeing with me on the $50 win.......and I spent the rest of the day kicking Nick. We had a few more bets through the day but had no joy, but after a few hours drinking and the bets, me and Nick walked out without spending a penny due to our win, so all in all a great day so far.

After we left the races we headed to a pub near the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) where the game was being played (N.B AFL games are all played on cricket grounds). There we met some other lads who were also going to the game and amazingly Lee called us and met us at the bar too. The drugs from the chemist had kicked in and finally Lee could go further than 15 meters from the Loo. So after topping up on some food and a few more drinks we strolled to the SCG. Ive been watching alot of AFL since arriving, Ive even decided on supporting the Geelong Cats, but as with most sports going to the game was totally different to watching on TV. We were pretty close to the action and you can really see how brutal the game is. Fights off the ball are well within the rules, amazingly, and sometimes watching the rows going on off the ball was even better than the actual game. The game is really easy to follow so I was engrossed through all 4 quarters and it ended with the Sydney Swans beating the Richmond Tigers comfortably 106 to 81. However, the best bit of the game was at the end, because..............they let you on the pitch and your allowed to kick a ball around!!!!!! It was great fun even tho we had to improvise with a volvic bottle, but occasionally other peoples footballs would bounce across and we could grab them and kick them back. Finally a buzzer went and we were all escorted from the pitch and we moved on to another local bar.

Only Me, Lee, Mike and Nick went to the bar so had a good chat and the live band there were brilliant. Later on we were told by a couple of locals we started chatting too that Hugo Weaving was drinking 5 meters behind us. If you dont know he was Agent Smith in the Matrix films and Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, amongst other things. We never went up and spoke to him but it was our claim to fame for the rest of the night! At about 11ish we moved on to try and find somewhere a little more lively and ended up in the Bondi Hotel on Bondi beach. It was a good place but not too busy, so at about 2am we made a move home, which was probably a good idea after 12 hours out drinking!

As you can guess we all felt pretty rough on Sunday! So the whole day was spent on the sofa watching films and feeling pretty sorry for ourselves.

Monday and Tuesday were pretty lazy days too, mostly spent watching sport on TV spent applying for jobs but also being healthy with all 3 of us going for an 8km run on both days. The plan is to continue doing the same run every few days and once we have jobs we'll join the local gym. Me and Lee also purchased an AFL ball and also a normal football so plan on have a few kick arounds in our local park as much as possible.

Finally, tomorrow I have 2 meetings with agencies so hopefully they will lead to something.