New Zealand so far. I landed late on friday night and got to the hostel in auckland about 1am, so had a few hours sleep before getting up for the kiwi experience bus the following morning. So we set of from auckland stopping at the top of a dormot volcano which auckland is built around, giving us all a great view of the city. Then it was back on the bus towards mercury bay, where we were staying for one night. After stopping for lunch and a visit to a beach where...

I landed at Alice Springs airport shortly after 2pm on the monday and caught the shuttle to the hostel. After checking in and dropping my bags it was off to see want alice springs had to offer, not much as it turned out. On the advice of the hostel I visited the flying doctors museum\call station in alice springs, now I know it is really important and saves houndreds of lives a year but it is as boring as hell. So with that done I looked though the few shops they...

Hello all. With magnetic island done it was a long day on the coach up to cairns via a trip to a crocadile farm. Got to see some rather big crocs feeding along with aligaters in seprate cages. Also had kangaroos that ate out of your hands and the usaul snake around your neck thing. So with that done it was back on the coach to cairns, arriving at my hostel about 7pm. New roommates all seemed ok and then it was out to dinner and a few drinks. I managed to book a w...

So after all the fun of the whitsundays it was off to magnetic island on tuesday morning. The oz experience bus driver was some annoying rude aussie woman, how she got a job only god knows. So after 3 hours of traveling we arrived on magnetic island, named so because captain cooks compass went haywire when he passed it. I stayed at base for the 3 nights that I was there, along with the ants that had invaded the kitchen on site. First night was pretty poor and thi...

I have just spent 2 days and 2 nights sailing the whitsundays, which was a lot better than I thought it would be. We met at midday on saturday last week to board the boat Eurika II and its skipper whose name I forget, possibly mat. Anyway we set sail for the whitsunday islands in the rain which was not the best to be honest. We sailed for about 3 hours before reaching our spot where we was to drop anchor for the night. After a short swim in the bay while wearing ...