So after another night under the stars, Davey was feeling very very poorly. We hadn't slept all night because his throat was so sore it was like swallowing razor blades. He very wisely decided to not do the final walk of the trip. Unfortunately, they'd saved the best till last with Kings Canyon. It was 15 up a very steep "heart attack hill". Then across the top of the most beautiful canyon, the best in the world as The Grand Canyon, isn't technically a...

I should have of course mentioned that whilst staying at Uluru we were 'SWAGGING IT' this means sleeping in a pouch made of the same stuff as wax macs, which has a cushioned matt in it and you sleep inside your sleeping bag, in it. So much fun, real experience, sleeping under the stars. We woke up at stupid o'clock the next morning to watch the sunrise. Just as beautiful as sunset. And I saw Paul Robinsons daughter from neighbours. We then did the base walk whi...

And so to Uluru! And for all you uneducated people out there, Ayers Rock (I only found out since Ive been in Oz). The miles we have to cover in a day are huge so we didn't do much else today! We crossed the border which was pretty cool. But apart from that it was all about getting to Uluru in time for sunset. We got to camp and sorted out food etc. Then we made the short journey to the sunset point. Of course there were hundreds of others to see the spectical to...

The views from the beaches in Fiji and the cook Islands and the coastal roads in NZ were stunning, but this was breath taking. We heard about the Blue Mountains from a guy in one of the dorms in Sydney, he insisted we go and loads of companies ran tours there so we figured it was worth a look. We got a train to the main town Katoomba and booked into my second favourite hostel to date, The Flying Fox. Just like someone's home, free choc biscuits, mulled wine in t...