I'm now at Magnetic Island having joined the Oz Bus to start my journey south down the east coast. Magnetic Island is a 35 minute ferry crossing from Townsville and has a permanent inhabitance of only 300 people and one of the few places in Australia to have a natural inhabitance of koalas. I'm thrilled to say that having trekked for what seemed like for miles in the blistering midday heat I saw a mother and baby koala fast asleep up in a tree, stirring s...

I'm now in beautiful Cairns and having a great time. The sun is constantly shining and days are generally spent relaxing by the lagoon, taking walks along the palm tree lined esplanade and drinking banana smoothies in the many cafes along the waterfront. I'm staying in a youth hostel with some girls from my previous tour and we've had lots of fun exploring the many things Cairns has to offer, including the infamous Woolshed!!Since being here I have sn...

After 6 days of early mornings and long coach journeys, I am finally in Darwin. The tour was great fun and I met a lot of great people through it. Highlights included crossing over into the tropic of Capricorn and entering tropical weather terrority (and we certainly felt it with temperatures reaching 45 degrees!), visiting the Devils Marbles, drinking with the locals in an Outback pub in Tennants Creek, watching sunset at Kakadu National Park and seeing a few th...

Not a lot to report from Alice Springs, only that it's very hot (ave 38c), it's surrounded by the MacDonnell Mountain Ranges and it has a dried up river running through it called the River Todd on which the todd regatta is held annually whereby competitors carry boats along it and race to the end!  The Aussie sense of humour eh!My days have been spent doing washing, writing emails and generally relaxing by the pool.  I have been to the School of...

We start the 7km trek through Kings Canyon at 7.30am to avoid the heat.  Despite the fairly hard going trek the views from the top of the creek are pretty amazing and cooling off in the waters in the Garden of Eden in the centre of the creek ease the trek back.Following this I take a 10 minute helicopter flight over Kings Canyon which is not only a completely new and fantastic experience but really allows me to appreciate the sheer sizeof the creek. Jus...