As i slowly began to fall asleep on the beach i noticed the tide getting ever closer, it was only a matter of time before my bed became the sea bed, and so i upped i went hunting for a new spot. Whilst walking past the bus station i ran into two Israeli girls who I had been on a boat with in the Whitsundays. They informed that there was a bus to Sydney that evening. And so covered in sand,half asleep, and with no booking, the driver kindly let me take it. All 14 hours of it.

So a few days ahead of planned here i am. It appears I have timed my visit quite well as the Sydney festival begins on the 8th with events going on all over the city. Including an evening of dramatizations of the works of William Burroughs set to the music of Australia's own Tom Waits. An almost perfect combination.

I'm too tired to do a lot of exploring at the moment so my planned period of 'doing nothing' has been shifted to here this evening.

Robin