Bali Finally I felt semi prepared for the great Asian adventure, feeling nervous about going alone and it really setting in that I am actually doing it. With a distant wondering whether I am being just completely stupid and should just get a plane home, combined with excitement of experiencing the unknown (well to me anyway). I have had so many mixed reviews of Bali, and I have to say most people in Australia don't have many good things to say about the place,...

Coral Bay! Swimming snorkelling kayaking fishing paradise beach and marina- saw huge groper, millions of fish, man gave us live bait and helped us, kept taking the hook frustrating but fun. Learnt to cast the line much better. Cooked food and met a surfer dude/ diving enthusiast from Devon called Brad, was nice to hear a familiar accent and made a welcome change from the french (so many french on the west coast at times I felt like I was in france) and ...

So I have finished up at the job, it was great because I managed to save lots, and had a great and very interesting Australian experience working there. Learnt a few things about what it's like living in a small town away from everything, both the good and the bad!I ended up staying at a friend's house for a few days, to have some time off afterwards and to see some of the South West. It's been really nice to have some days off, one of the boys called Hammy, a...

End of February 11' The Last of Perth Went to Cottesloe beach to meet my welsh friend Kiri, who I met in NZ and she had just made it over here. We had some beers watching an amazing sunset and caught up on everything. Cottlesoe is a really cute beach town and very laid back. It seems that the suburbs of Perth are really good. I also walked around Northbridge with Linda, a German girl I met in the hostel.There was lots of live music etc on and a live reggae ba...

Hello Perth! 18-20th Feb 11 Flying into Brisbane, I could see the damage the floods had left, and still a lot of the countryside was still underwater. It was quite strange seeing it like that. Waited in the airport for 4 hours stopover with some free wifi. Finally arrived in Perth, nice old cockney bloke from the hostel picked me up. Hostel is pretty random but chilled. Free pancakes every morning! Met a Dutch girl (Kristi) who randomly got the same flights as m...