Hello! I arrived in Adelaide after a two-day drive from Melbourne, stopping for a night cap on route near Bordertown. I ended up just finding a spot next to a swamp in the middle of a forest to camp in, and arrived just at dusk to the sound of a thousand galahs perched above me, all competing for the loudest squark. I remember that it was a surreal night sitting in total darkness alone in the forest, whilst sipping a Little Creatures Pale Ale and watching Fami...

Hello! After a fleeting visit to Tasmania, and a quick switcheroo at Melbourne airport, I flew to Alice Springs. I felt well prepared as to what kind of a place I was going to find there, having read Bill Bryson's account of Alice Springs in his book Down Under - which appears on most backpackers must-read list - but I was actually pretty shocked by the reality of the situation in the Northern Territory. I think it's fair to say that in Metropolitan Australia ...

Hello! I made a decision a short while ago to just make the most of being in Oz and make sure I visited all the places I had ever wanted to, rather than just wasting away the months working in a restaurant somewhere.Tasmania had always been on the drawing board, and originally my bro and I were considering taking the car over on the ferry to explore the island that way, but in the end it just turned out to be prohibitively expensive and the plan was shelved....

Hello! Right now I'm sitting in the excruciatingly hum-drum Tiger Airways terminal at Melbourne Airport waiting for my long-delayed flight to Hobart, Tasmania. This journey marks the beginning of the next leg of my travelling across Australia, a route that will take me via Tasmania, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, after which I will have stepped foot in all seven of Australia's states. The last three weeks have been full of ups ...

Hello! After being on the road for about a month my bro and I arrived in Melbourne with no firm plans as to what to do.In order to save cash, and catch up with friends of mine in the city, I made a decision to couch surf a little on my arrival, whilst my bro checked into a hotel in the CBD. The next few days were a little bizarre and somewhat unsettled as I hopped about between locations in the city, leaving the car in a little-known free parking area in the c...