G'day mate! Onwards to Australia - the mainstay of my travels 6 years ago, and to Melbourne.. one of my favourite cities of them all. This was my first time revisiting a country/city that I'd previously been to during my current trip, and I couldn't wait to be amongst city life again having spent the previous 3 weeks surrounded by nature in New Zealand. For the next 2 weeks or so I'd arranged to stay with a friend who I'd met in Fiji. However, my arrival on S...

Nicola and I were on the move out of Queenstown on Sunday.. we were hiring a camper van for the next 3 days to go on our own mini adventure. I've never used a camper van before so I was looking forward to the new experience and having the freedom of going wherever we wanted. We said our goodbyes to Tom when he dropped us off at the rental company. He's a class northern lad and I had a fun time staying with him and Lexi.. it was really kind of them to invite me ...

At 8.00am on Tuesday morning I left Wellington by taking the Bluebridge ferry which sails back and forth between the north and south islands of New Zealand. The 3 and a half hour journey was a smooth ride and pleasantly scenic.. looking back at the capital as the ferry departed was pretty cool, as was seeing the morning winter sun beam down on the instense blue waters of the Marlborough Sounds when making our entrance into the South Island. Picton is a small po...

Did I enjoy my free upgraded first class flight from Nadi to Auckland courtesy of Fiji Airlines? You're damn right I did! The free premier lounge got a rinsing too before boarding my flight! Chicken fried rice for breakfast.. whaaaaat?! Yum! Sat in the front row of the plane in my comfy bucket seat, scrolling through an iPad loaded with movies while being referred to as Mr Duckworth isn't the backpacker life I've been accustomed to over the past 6 months. "Woul...

Arriving from one of the world's busiest cities where you're literally just a number.. and then being greeted at Fiji's main airport in Nadi at 5.30am by men donning skirts and flowers, playing a welcome song on guitar as I passed through immigration, was quite a culture change. "Bula!" Nadi, in Viti Levu, on the main island isn't anything to write home about. The town is bustling, there's a lot of traffic, and the beach is a mucky looking brown colour.. not the...