Hello to you all. I am in the little resort town of Hervey Bay in the South of Queensland. Its midday and I'm knackered, having just got up from a party the night before to celebrate returning to the mainland from a three day trip to Fraser Island (see picture). This island is over 100km long and is the worlds largest san island. I visited it with a group of travellers from the hostel i am in. We were put together by a tour company and given a 4x4 Toyota Lan...

Good morning and hello everyone! I should just start by saying LIVERPOOL - Champions of Europe! Sounds good doesn't it? Ok. I guess it depends on your point of view but what a match, what a night (or morning as it is here in Oz). This morning i got up at the crack of dawn (actually a good couple of hours before at 4.15am) to watch the match at the house of someonw working in the hostel i have been stayiung at in Byron Bay. This place is areally laid bac...

Hey everyone. I've been having an excellent time in Melbourne since arriving last Sunday evening. Prior to leaving New Zealand I spent a few days travelling all around the South island using Christchurch as a base. I drove to beautiful mount cook and back and did a spot of whale watching. All was good fun. Christchurch was a quiet very Englishy town but livened up on the weekend. The great thing about nightlife in New Zealand and Australia is there are no si...

Hey everybody! I've been having a great time in Queesntown these last few days. There are so many people here doing crazy things like bungy jumping, parasailing, river surfing (as dodgy as it sounds) and heli biking (the helicoptr drops you off at the top of a mountain and you cycle down). I have had a pretty laid back time just doing the occasional 4X4 trek and jet boat, although i did have an exhausting day yesterday cycling up a place called Deer Pa...

Hello Everyone! It's been a while since my last postcard as I've been very busy. Since leaving Auckland I've travelled the North Island where I swam with dolphins in the bay of islands, sea kayaked of the coast and went caving in a place called Waitomo. A couple of weeks ago we went hiking across the Tongiriro crossing where Mount Doom was filmed for the Lord of the Rings and soon after I spent a couple of days in Wellington - which can be seen in the ph...