10th NovemberIt's a girt big old road that runs beside the sea (so guess what the aussies call it..) I have to admit, the tour from Alice Springs to Adelaide was so great, and with such a great group of people, that my expectations for the Great Ocean Road were somewhat reserved.. on first impressions, the tour guide did nothing to inflate them.. Brian, an old, bald bloke, get out of the bus and started reading our names off a list without so much as a "hi ...

5th November It was a slow start to this part of the tour, when we departed from Alice Springs at 12noon. the group was larger than from Darwin to Alice, meaning less room on the bus, but more people to potentially get along with! The first day was pretty much just driving, we drove around 450km to get to Kings Creek Station, where we were to spend our first night.. first night in the swags! This caused some concern with a couple of the groupies, who hadn't real...

26th October Waved goodbye to Darwin on Friday morning (whilst vowing to return.. I'd seriously like to spend a few months working there later in my aussieland trip) and set off for two weeks of southward traveling that I am most excited about!The first few hours were mostly retracing my steps from my trips to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, bussing it down the Stuart Highway (named after John McDowell Stuart, the explorer that became the first to track a ...

19th October Thursday, I finally bid a sad farewell to Queensland and boarded the plane to Darwin. I love flying, and was excited by the prospect of a short enough flight that I was able to opt for a window seat without fear of driving the person sitting between me and the aisle to distraction by asking them to get up so I could go to the loo every half hour... I got to see some actual scenery! As it was, I had to loo-visit twice but luckily my aisle-mate was a ...

Sunday 11th October Pro-Dive 5day learn-to-dive course.After 8months of anticipation, the time to do my dive course FINALLY rolled around, and blessedly, my fears that I would have a cold or blockage or any other illness preventing me from doing it were not realised. I did actually feel very ill on the first day, awoke at dawn feeling sick and dizzy and it took two hours and a LOT of willpower to get dressed and ready and get outside for the dive-centre pick-up....