Thanks for the reply Farrell. I was in Western Australia back in May for 2 months, was in various places up as far as Port Hedland. I was bitten by plenty of flying beasts so I guess there is scope for an infection to be passed on there?
The balance side of things appears to be getting a bit better the last couple of days, it is more the swelling around my temples that is bothering me now (seems to always be worse on the right side) so with any luck things will continue to get better and whatever was the cause of it will cease to be. Incidentally does anyone know if there are lymph nodes on your temples that swell up when you are fighting a virus/infection?
If it was an infection caught abroad I would assume that the 3 courses of antibiotics would have gotten rid of it? Although I guess if they were designed to target my sinuses then they may not have been effective.
Jimmydacraw.