The quiet town of Cloncurry has 2000 residents according to Wikipedia. It is famous for the highest ever recordered temperture in Australia which was in 1989 and topped 53 degrees. It is also the birth place of the flying doctors (museum still to be visited). The town is built to serve the purpose of housing the copper mines in the area (just for you mum) It is the type of town where it is acceptable to ride into town on your horse and "park" outside a shop, ther...

Island life and Cloncurry. Arriving in a new place alone is always a little daunting but me being the talkative person I am had made friends on the ferry with two girls who were both travelling seperatly. We arrived on magnetic island and had to get a bus to our hostel. We started talking to more people on the bus and ended up with a group of 8 people. We all decided that hiring a car would be the best way of seeing the island so we hired two 4x4's. Me being th...

Cairns life. Life in Cairns is easy. There is great nightlife, good people, sun, sea, not too much sand but you can always hop on a bus to the nearest beach. I have really enjoyed my time here but as it gets closer to being in australia for 3 months it is time to think about moving. When I came here I decided that I wanted to move every 3 months so that I really do get to see alot. I have not saved nearly as much money as I should have done so not travelling to...

Living in Cairns, Australia. After the first day of relaxing or rather recovering from the hangover, we got on the job hunt. Me being stupidly lucky got an email back from the 30 odd that I sent asking me to come in and meet them. That was it, job found on the second day. Staying at gilligans meant that there was no time to sleep. The next 5 days passed very fast in a whirlwind of drinking, working and the occasional couple of hours sleep fitted inbetween. We we...

Left Koh Lanta almost as fast as I came, nothing much to do there and no people around, felt like a ghost town. I did everything I needed on the internet walked along the 3km long beach that was full of empty resorts and bars. The place gave the impression that it could get busy but even then I am not sure what there is to do other than mingle with the people. Certainly not a place for the solo traveller anyway. I looked at the board in the travel agency and pick...