Barrier Reef - Arriving from the centre of Australia into Cairns on the East coast was a bit of a shock to the system as you could almost cut the air with a knife it was so humid. After a while though you kind of get used to it and it reminded us slightly of the tropical climates we experienced in South America. We had come over to Cairns as its really the best place to visit the Barrier Reef and we were due out on the sailing vessel Vagabond on the Sunday. ...

A lot of people assume that Alice Springs nothing but a town in a desert but it is actually a thriving area with plenty growing, surrounded by ranges and hills complete with swimming holes and beautiful views. But it is hot! Getting off the bus in Alice Springs we quickly sought some shade before calling Rodney. He had offered us a place to stay at his and Annas house and was expecting our call to come pick us up. It was great to be welcomed to the town by a ...

For our arrival in Coober Pedy we were expecting to see nothing but hills and air vents as the town is reputed to be built mostly underground. This is due to the extremes of temperature and frequent dust storms on the barren desert surface. We were surprised to find (as surprised as you can be at 05:30) that much of the town was above ground. We hadn't booked accommodation but since a Backpackers Hostel pickup bus was there to collect some others we decided ...

Adelaide was really only supposed to be a brief stop over in order for us to get our bus to Coober Pedy which is where we are off to next. According to Mark and Lynne reaction when we said that we were off to Adelaide we assumed that it was going to be a bit of a weird place. But to our amazement it was a very nice place to spend a couple of days but you wouldn't want to live there though! After getting over the initial shock of being back in shared accommo...

Arriving in Melbourne we were very lucky to be met by Mark and Lynne, a couple that Katie had met and remained in contact with since her last visit to Australia 8 years ago. We had been invited to stay with them, even though they were in the process of moving from an apartment they had been living in for 2 years back to their house that they had been renovating for that time. The builders hadn't quite finished the multiple little details, and on top of that Lyn...