We had our new and upgraded van delivered to us in Tully and we set off straight away down the coast to Townsville, about 3 hours away. The town itself seemed to extend out for miles and miles of just shopping malls, fast food restaurants and car dealerships, with big 6 lane highways to seperate them all. We had planned to do some "couchsurfing" in Townsville. Basically there's a website where you can meet people who have a free couch to crash on and so...

Arriving in Cairns, Australia, was definitely a shock to the system. First of all it was a lot colder than Asia, and secondly the taxi ride into town cost a tenner! I had planned to meet Dan who I met in Singapore and so headed straight to his hostel. I got straight into backpacker life by budgeting and getting some bread and peanut butter for breakfast. Once I was settled, we wandered the town which felt very American, everything was so big and there was so much...