Got up to Noosa early evening and checked in to Koalas, relaxed then joined in a killer pool comp. Pot a ball you win a scooner of beer, miss you lose a life (2 lives to lose) and if you foul its trousers down and walk round the table. Lucky I wasn't that bad to do that but was only good enough to win one beer but somehow made it to the final. Andy won a prize for best spinning round the pool cue and Chris (mate in the dorm) won the whole thing...free drink fo...

Cheap flight up and met up with Johnny (Andy's mate) at the Palace Hostel to wait for Andy arriving from Byron Bay. Palace was quite a good hostel, a fun place but place where its hard not to drink as its got one of the main backpacker bars (Down Under) underneath. First night it was up to the roof to play cards and drink goon, afterwards Down Under. Next day, with hangover intack, it was off to the city beach. Quite weird having a beach and water pool in mid...

After being delayed in Fiji airport eventually got to Sydney and greeted by Kirsty, so good to see a friendly face and to stay at her place for a couple of days where we sampled our first OZ bbq. Headed into the city centre to stay in a hostel where Margo & Paul (friends from school) were staying, the Asylum in Kings Cross. Doesn't sound like a great name for a hostel combined with the supposed "dirty" area of Sydney but it was good fun. Kings Cross supplied s...

The tranquility of the Cooks is a big change from the cities of USA...but a good change! The whole week on the Cooks was just maximum chill out, recharging after america. First 2 days I was on the north west of Rarotonga where the highlight was an all-u-can eat indian night (not to say everything else wasn't nice but I didn't do much apart from lying on the beach). The 2nd day was a complete wash out. The Cooks were getting the tail end of the cyclone in Aust...

After packing up from cowboy camp it was off to our last stop, LA. It was quite a sad journey knowing it was coming to an end but a thoroughly enjoyable one with no regrets. I made some good friends on the trip, people who made the trek so much fun. JD, Russell, Sarah & "Timmy" I will never forget, the trek would not have been the same, the "bus banter" was spot on.