Sightseeing Sydney…

The Cliffs of Watsons Bay... For our next few days, having seen most of what the city centre itself had to offer us quite quickly, we decided it was high time to hit the many beaches and coastal walks that Sydney has to offer. There really is very few cities in the world I’ve been to where literally a 15-minute drive from the city centre can take you to some of the most spectacular beaches you’ve ever seen so we definitely needed to make... Read More

The Sydney Surf

Spot the bird... In our second day in Sydney, it’d be lovely if I could say we were up at the crack of dawn touring the city – but, to say the very least, we weren’t. When we finally made it downtown, we decided to spin off once again to the opera house, particularly since we were sufficiently more awake to actually be able to take it all in for a change. Moving on again from there, we wandered down through the botanic gardens, taking... Read More

Goodbye Perth & The Night of Free TV

NIghttime in Perth... When we finally returned from Fremantle, it was high time for our daily pilgrimage to the local Woolworths to get some dinner – and, as it turned out, in the meantime Perth had really come alive with a food market taking centre stage, with various different offerings available and the street lit up beautifully. We wandered along through the street market for as long as we could – without making it too obvious, we hoped, that... Read More

How I Nearly Never Left Melbourne Airport…

Australia - But good luck finding any barbecue's... After an enjoyable two nights in Kuala Lumpur, it was once again time to shuffle onwards – this time for Melbourne, Australia. The previous hostel I’d been staying was sort of more like some old woman’s house than an actual hostel so it was no surprise really that on the morning of my departure she was up and waiting to see us off, myself and another Irish guy bound for Borneo.... Read More