Hi, I arrived in Cairns this afternoon and it was bucketing down - so not got a feel for Cairns yet. I left Magnetic Island this morning at 5.45 to catch the first ferry over to the mainland. Unfortunately I had to catch the Greyhound bus from Townsville to Cairns (six hour journey) because my train was cancelled due to the cyclone and the next one isn't due until Wednesday - can you believe that there is only one train a day. The one I was due to catch shoul...

Hi Everyone, Can't believe I've not updated my blog since Saturday morning in Brisbane - it's now Saturday evening a week later at Magnetic Island - a lot further up the Queensland coast and my last stop before Cairns my departure point from Australia. Saturday in Brisbane was a cultural day - art galleries, museums and the cinema all thoroughly enjoyable. The cinema being the best - met four ladies who invited me for dinner with them afterwards - had such a la...

Hi this is Saturday and I'm actually in Brisbane but the previous place Lennox Head didn't have internet connection so unable to do a blog entry. Not that much to report about Coffs Harbour or Lennox Head both lovely places but not alot going on at either place. I've been doing lots of walking trying to get fit for Borneo - I'll need legs of steel for the climb of Mount Kinabalu at 14,000 feet - not sure how high that is but it takes two full days to do it so g...

Hi this is Saturday and I'm actually in Brisbane but the previous place Lennox Head didn't have internet connection so unable to do a blog entry. Not that much to report about Coffs Harbour or Lennox Head both lovely places but not alot going on at either place. I've been doing lots of walking trying to get fit for Borneo - I'll need legs of steel for the climb of Mount Kinabalu at 14,000 feet - not sure how high that is but it takes two full days to do it so g...

Hi everyone from a very sunny warm Saturday evening at the YHA in Coffs Harbour - my preferred accommodation for the next three nights. Thursday morning got up really early to catch the 7.45 train from the Blue Mountains back to Sydney with not much of a plan on what was going to happen for the rest of the time in Australia. Thought I might get a Greyhound Bus ticket from Sydney to Cairns with the ability to drop off anywhere that took my fancy. I checked it ...