Australia part 2

Hi everyone!

I have been travelling around Oz for a couple of weeks and I refuse to pay for wifi in hostels so apologies for the lack of blogging, I'm sure you were all eagerly anticipating it.

Been packing in the activities in the time I've been here. Went on a big road trip down to Adelaide, then flew acrosse to Sydney which was wicked. I have taken about a million photos of the Opera House and Bridge so expect them to jam up a Facebook page near you soon.

After hitting up those two cities I left Maddy and Dad and headed off on my own up to Byron Bay. Rocked up to my hostel and found I had zero room mates! Not exactly what I expected, in fact, I had a completely free room up until the time I had to wake up to catch my greyhound bus 3 days later, when I found it had been infested with large men in the night. I had to pack up my stuff with only the aide of an iphone screen light which wasn't easy.

Had my first experience of surfing in Byron, took a 4 hour lesson with one of the many schools there. The instructor said I was a natural. Well, he didn't exactly say those exact words, but I could tell in his eyes that he wanted to. On my second day there I went for a big walk round the coastline and completed my animal checklist. Managed to spot dolphins, a ray, turtles and a shark, which led to slightly nervous swimming for the next few hours.

Headed further up the coast to Fraser Island for a tour which was amazing. Drove a 4x4 through the rainforest and on the beach and drank a large quantity of cheap wine. Managed to complete the double of failing the breathalyser test both mornings which meant I couldn't drive until after lunch.

Headed back to Melbourne and had my second AFL experience, me and Andrew went to see two undefeated teams play each other and got quite merry and vocal in support of Geelong. The day after the game, feeling slightly under the weather we headed off to play some lacrosse. A local team had agreed to let us play, and I like to think we were the difference-makers, ending up winning 19-5. Managed to get my standard minute penalty for unnecessary roughness, so an all round successful day.

Flying to New York on Wednesday morning to meet up with Chris and Rhys and to watch the NCAA lacrosse finals, before heading across the country for 6 weeks. Will try and post more and some pictures when I get the chance. If anyone wants a postcard send me your address!

Sam