I recently had a former classmate from high school in England get in touch with me through MySpace, when I was looking through his photo album on the site I saw tons of pictures of Sydney, Victoria, and Melbourne in Australia. Even a very rainy one of the Sydney Opera House, which he’d captioned “believe it or not they had a water shortage!”

Looking at it right now, if he went again tomorrow the Hotels in Melbourne are just that little bit cheaper than the Hotels in Sydney. The Hotels in Brisbane are the most pricey though, so maybe that’s the place to visit first, or just avoid, go there by public transport or something.

I have another penfriend who lives in New South Wales, the province that Sydney is in. She would always tell me about the huge farm they had about 500 acres of rolled flat land, and how their neighbor could see Sydney itself from his back porch. She’s been offering me place to visit and place to stay since I’ve known her as long as I was willing to help out on the farm and trek through the bush with her doing chores. Maybe a few years ago if I’d had the money…now it’s looking less and less likely that I’ll be visiting anyone out of the country any time soon.