The Whitsundays had been highly recommended so off I went on a sailing trip, and everyone was so right, it was stunning. The islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef and have amazing marine life and beaches with sand so white it squeaks when you walk on it! (apparently it is 98% silica and because this is so special they made the Hubble telescope with it) You would think that by now I'd have found my sea legs, but sadly this is not the case! I chose a catamaran...

After a wee breakfast jaunt on a camel called Lucy, accompanied by a flock of rare Red Tailed Black Cockatoos, Cairns and the lovely Great Barrier Reef was a-calling. It was lovely and hot after the chilly desert, and I boarded a striking wooden vessel called The Falla and set sail for some serious snorkelling! The crazy crew dressed as hippies even let me drive, though when it got quite choppy the naked fear on the faces (not just in the eyes)of the punters was ...

I heard it calling and could not escape, the call of The Rock aka Uluru. After much travelling across dusty desert, treking for days in the hot sun with nowt but a billy can and a heavy pack (sounds more authentic for answering The Call than an air conditioned minibus), Uluru did not disappoint! The energy there was amazing, the earth really is red but theres a surprising amount of vegetation. Kata Juta, the Olgas, were also stunning and mesmeric. Everything actu...

Yeah! Melbourne, the home of THE best soap ever! Thats Neighbours, in case , by some unthinkable means you have not seen the light and realised this undisputable fact...Yes the day has come, I have actually been to the very-tiny-in-real-life Ramsay Street- it must be like the tardis as it always seems to fit so much in- endless games of cricket in the street, Stingray's very sudden and shocking death, Susan mowing down Brigit....ah the memories! AND I met the cas...

Well,I know its been a while, I've have been ensconsed in sunny Nelson, the place with the most sunshine hours in New Zealand, for the last 2 months living in The Palace, the best hostel in the whole country! (honestly, its amazing, crazy, colourful , sparkly chandaliered and generally wonderful- take a peek at thier new website, my friend Saskia has just given it a sparkly new look....I'm not on comission I promise) I've had the best time, met so many people, ...