I've started work now and it is really cool, doing loads fo stuff I really like (no more information I'm afraid). The appartment is working out great too. I bought a winter jacket last week as it was getting quite cold but of course just my luck it has started to get warmer.

We arrived safely in Sydney and have moved into our appartment… really nice one (big up to Jean who found it) . We bought a bed in Salvation army and a fridge from a second hand store. Today we got a TV, VCR, Hoover and a body board from a bloke with 2 garages full of stuff. It's all coming together now, with work starting on monday too.

I'm in Newcastle now (just north of Sydney). We planned on staying here tonight but there doesn't seem to be any campsites here so we'l head south on the coast. Tomorrow morning is when we head into Sydney… that should be a laugh a we are nearly guaranteed to get lost (Gill's navigator). Looks like I have a job sorted which I start on Monday 4th August which is great. I'll be a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP ) developer…..sweeeet.

Update: we didn't get lost……

I'm in Byron Bay now….. on a Linux Box… the first one I've ever seen in an internet cafe. Typical when all I want is MSWord. They have Netscape 6 running so I took the liberty of installing Aggreg8 (which as I already knew doesn't work on Netscape or on non-Admin Linux boxes but it's there anyway).

Big up from Surfers Paradise y'all………. once again a reminder for those of you who don't have my OZ mobile number yet +61 (0)415 519 064 ……… sya

More Photos up……… only 5 for today. They are from Whitehaven beach. Ignore my glaring white body…………. I am unable to tan my belly….it's a simple as that!!!

Update: loads new photos up now. From Atherton Tablelands to Airlie Beach.

Best thing in OZ so far…………. this internet cafe…. it's wicked. people playing games on 19" screens in huge fancy leather chairs and the sound at full volume. And it's only $3.60 a hour for super fast internet. (Whitehaven beach is actaully the best thing I've seen in OZ). We're her in Brisbane for 3-4 days and then full speed to Sydney. I applied to a couple of companies for jobs on Monster.com.au so fingers crossed for that.. New images should be up in the next few days.. about 200 in all but I won't put them all up.

We went to Australia zoo yesterday which was absolutely amazing. Steve wasn't there but his best mate Wes was and he did all the Crocodile shows… in one of them he nearly got bitten. Australia zoo has to be on your itinerary if your going through Brisbane.

After two of the longest days of driving we are now in Hervey Bay. We stayed one night in Rockhampton and a super steak in the cattle capital itself (Rockhampton that is). Yesterday was a long drive , 4 1/2 hours through some very boring busland scenery. No wildlife apart from loads of roadkill , Kangaroos, wallabys, dingos, possums and other stuff we couldn't recognise. It's raining here now so we are going to go to an indoor shark show (Don't worry Ken I'll get leaflets for you…). We'll be in Brisbane in a couple of days after Noosa so Sydney is getting closer….

I is in Mackay now just north of Rockhampton. Yesterday we went on a day trip to Whitehaven beach from Airlie. It was absolutely amazing. The most perfect beach I have ever seen. No stones, no seaweed…. white sand and perfect turquoise waters. Unbeleivable. We're staying here in Mackay for one night and then down to Rockhampton. We've been moving slowly down the coast and we're half way through our rental period so we have to start getting a move or we'll still be in Queensland come 31st July…..

Airlie Beach: The weather is great and I am nicely toasted (in the sunburned sense). We spent a couple of days in Mission beach since I last posted. We by chance met up with Dave and Lisa (Dave sans clown pants) which was cool. A bbq and a few bevvies and a few walks in the rainforest. We were on the hunt for Cassowaries on our travels but didn't see any… but Dave the lucky bastard saw one the next day on the exact same road that we had been on the previous day. I did see some big huge Lizard today (which i have photos of that I will post soon) in the campsite. It was well over a metre long including tail… Gill scarpered afraid the thing would swallow her up. After Mission beach we spent a couple of days in Townsville and then a day on Bowen and then here in Airlie beach. We will spend a few days here as it is pretty nice weather. We are going to do a day trip to Whitehaven beach which should be pretty spectacular should we get the weather for it. Anyway till next time ciao!!!!.