THE GREAT BARRIER REEF Finally, after weeks of rain, standing by the roadside trying to get lifts in inbred Hick towns, and generally not having all that much fun, we arrived in Airlie Beach and started the preparation for diving the Great Barrier Reef, essentially the original reason for coming to Australia. Upon meeting our ridiculous pool and theory instructor we were reminded very much of an old PE teacher, full of false enthusiasm and more than a little bi...

News From The Road (literally) Travel in Australia is very very easy. Compared to the difficulties we have experienced simply getting A to B in latin America we might as well be at home - its so easy to get around. But this means it kind of lacks the adventure we now crave. So instead of purchasing a costly greyhound bus pass we have been using a small protruding body part to get us around. No not that part. Our thumbs. Having only hitchiked for a grand total o...

After a serious amount of cabin air and losing a day to the skies we had left South America behind and landed in Sydney, Australia. Staying at our friend Ben's (to whom we are extremely grateful) house in a pretty neighbourhood called Glebe we had 5 days to get to grips with the city, and an entirely different continent for the first time in months. The standard sights of the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and the quayside were pretty cool, but perhaps as every per...