The next week of my trip will probably be the loneliest, and it's an odd feeling.  So far I've been with people I knew years ago, or friends of friends that I got along with instantly, so although I've been alone for most activities, I've still had people to come home to and hang out with at the end of the day. I definitely lucked out in Melbourne, and people there are giving me hookups for Brisbane, so it looks like here will be the only place I'm stuck without any decent people to hang out with.

Now I'm in a place where I know noone, and I'm currently sitting on a patio at a backpackers, having a pint of beer in the sun.  But I realize I don't exactly fit in with a lot of the travellers around. There are two groups of people sitting near me right now, and I find nothing appealing about either of them.  Sometimes I think maybe I'm a judgemental bitch, but I really think it's that I'd just rather be alone than spend time with people I don't really have anything in common with.  You should have seen the look on the face of the guy I'm couchsurfing with now when I said I'd crashed at a squat in Melbourne.  People here are kind of separated into backpackers, and yuppies.  I'm neither.  I may be here with a backpack, but I've got the cash to go and do a lot of things mostly just yuppies do so I kind of stick out around the backpackers.  I can sleep in a squat and love it and spend my money on beer instead of accomodations but if I was stuck I wouldn't have to sleep outside, I could rent a room somewhere.  So it's a little odd.