Hi all from sunny Queensland Been super lazy on the email front. And am going to continue the trend here and write as little as possible. Well its my party and I'll write if I want to. So, what have I been up to in Queensland? Lots! I speed across beautiful Fraser Island in a 4x4 for 3 days of camping with Dingos and swimming in the crystal clear lakes; sailed through Whitsunday island on a fab Maxi yacht, and experienced the Great Barrier Reef both cl...

Hi all Just a quick update. Am back in not so sunny Sydney. In fact, the weather is more British bankholiday than Bondi brilliance. Drizzle, rain, drizzle, grey etc... Despite the crappy weather, Sydney the second time around has not been a total washout. I ended up staying in an awesome hostel right near the beach with awesome views over Tamarama beach known by locals as Glamarama due to the abundance of beautiful people posing there. However, t...

Hi everyone! Just returned from sophisticated Melbourne where Char and I spent a week soaking up the museums, galleries, cool cafes, yummy restaurants and the fabulous shops. For this time I decided to forgo backpacking and heartily embrace my love of flashpacking. After partying in Sydney, Char and I flew to Melbourne and after the coldest shuttle bus ever, took a taxi (a treat for me!) to St Kildas. St Kildas is a very cool Melbourne suburb, complet...

Happy 2006 Everyone! Hope you all had a great start to the New Year. I spent my Christmas and New Year in sunny Sydney, where I partied HARD; drinking and eating far too much! In fact, possibly drinking more than I ever have ever before. Am now on detox, which is pretty hard to persevere with on the east coast of Australia! My hostel over the festive season definitely had a relaxed attitude to life. Located off of the main drag of the 'Cross (Kings Cro...

Merry Christmas from the sunny land down under! For the past month I've been bussing up and down the west coast of Australia from Broome to Albany and as usual loving every minute of it! The west coast has been a fantastic adventure although not very festive - sunshine and tropical beaches just don't feel like Christmas to me. So, to encourage a more festive WA, I thought that the 12 days of Christmas would sum up my time here, (and mean less time writi...