So, Cairns it is and has been for the past 3 days. The weather has been a mixed bag of tricks, its either scorching hot and unbearably humid or raining. Rain has made up most of the last few days so that coupled with my end of trip enthusiasm wain there hasn't been much achieved or accomplished. Cairns doesn't appear to have a Starbucks, that is disappointing as the alternatives are more expensive and lessor in quality, particularly in the muffin departmen...

Been a good couple of days and ive done absolute diddly, of the squat variety. Ive been hanging out in Yeronga, playing guitar and watching some funny and some disturbing things on my friends laptop. It has been a real cultural exchange except that I offered nothing apart from choosing what Bealtes songs to sing. Who would have thought an Australian would be bringing some culture to the party, it truly is an evolving nation. Ive watched an aussie co...

From the moment I put $2.60 into the vending machine to get a bottle of diet coke I knew i'd like Brisbane. I knew i'd like Brisbane because 4 bottles of water followed the coke one after the other, all gratis. I looked round and saw a guy laughing, the same thing had happenend to him, it was a magical moment of fortune for us both to share. I kept two for myself and gave the rest out to whoever I saw, thats just the kind of guy I am, always giving. I then...

So i've quickly learnt the ways of the streets of Kings Cross. Firstly, stick to the well lit main streets. Any little excursion off to a back street suggests that you are looking to do some sort of deal and if asked I would say "no deal noel", regardless of the offer. Secondly, do not make eye contact with anyone. Eye contact means something and if you do happen to make any then don't hold the contact. This also suggests that some sort of deal is lookin...

I wearily trudged off the bus in Sydney at 7am after 12 hours on what was described as a Luxury 5* Coach. How a Luxury coach doesn't have a foot rest on each seat i'll never know. Unfortunately I was also a little too big to curl up on the seats I had, sleep was sparse. However, the film Casanova was played and that was surprisingly good. One of my last acts in Melbourne was to go on one of those machines that takes your height and weighs you. I measured...