I've popped down the coast a bit (another 5 hours on the bus), and I'm now in Airlie beach - gateway to the Whitsundays. Now, any time I've mentioned Australia, or asked about what's good to do, I've been told that I absolutely have to go to sail the Whitsundays. Everyone says it. So that's what I'm gonna do. I'm booked for a 2 day 1 night trip aboard the sailing ship siska (i think that's its name), where i'll be taken to all the great beaches etc. of the island...

Well, I'm back from my second liveaboard trip on the reef. It wasn't exactly the plan to do that when I was coming down here, but plans change, and that's the beauty of travelling on my own. I do what I want, when I want. And that was more diving. All in all, I got another 10 dives in the 3 days, including 2 night dives, a specialist navigation dive, 2 wreck dives on the S.S. Yongala, which was absolutely fantastic, and 5 day dives. The reefs were fantastic, even...

So, as you can see, I'm no longer in Cairns. I' just down the coast (6 hours down the coast) in Townsville. Now, initially, the plan was to take a day trip out to dive the S.S. Yongala and complete my advanced diver course, however my arm has been twisted, and I'm now set to head on a 3-night 3-day liveaboard dive trip. Yes, another one. I justify this by the fact that it'll be a while before I get to dive in conditions like this again, and I'm on holiday, so why...

Well, here I am. It's been a long time coming (years and years, in fact) but I've arrived in Australia. Actually, I arrived a week ago, but it's been an incredibly busy week and this is seriously the first time I've had a chance to sit down at the computer for a few minutes. Even now I have a million things to do, but we'll get to that. So, what have I been doing? Scuba diving. Yep, I've just completed a 5-day course with ProDive (top quality company) and I am no...

OK, well as you can see, I'm back in Singapore. Even though I was happy enough to be leaving a week ago, fate has conspired against me (in conjuction with Qantas) to bring me back. Right now, I should be in Cairns, Australia, but there was some problem with the airplane, and I've been forced to stay overnight. I was not a happy bunny, to say the least. I had been doing so well with no delays ever (seriously), and everything running smoothly, and then I run into a...