Hi All Have just finished my circumnavigation - and bits across the middle - of Tasmania. You will see by the new album it is just wondrous. Everytime you turn a corner there is a whole new vista. This vista stretches 360 degrees from horizon up and down. Dawn is amazing and the sunsets change by the second. The people are not just laid back but happy to talk and really content in their environment which they hold close to their hearts and are very protective ...

Hi all I know it's been a while but it's been a bit of a technological nightmare with one thing or another. Just now I can't upload photo's for some bloody reason. Anyway I'm on the Sapphire Coast now. Having 'done' Canberra I've completed visiting all the major cities on the Oz mainland and just have Tasmania to do. Am getting a little homesick now so after careful consideration I've decided to give NZ a miss this trip and head upwards towards the end of nex...

STOP PRESS I need to report the sighting of a kangaroos bum as it dived back into the bush as I hurtled round a tropical Queensland corner in Barbs car. I'm sure that many of you will doubt this phenomenon, but as the lovely Barb was sitting next to me (and yes, she did let me drive her car - mostly so she could imbibe….) and will if pressed, confirm said glorious occasion. The big highlight of PD was of course catching up with Barb after 38 years…&...

Three weeks and still not one bloody kangaroo……………Anyway, having set up in a very strange hotel room in downtown Alice I can now relax until tomorrow when I'm off to Ayers Rock for a couple of days. Looking forward to that as I was just talking to a chap who was there last night for the sunset and he said there were only 800 or so others there! Blimey o'Reilley (whoever that is) but it really is bolstering my impression of Australia...

Hi all Just arrived in Alice Alice where the f*** is Alice and now have some time to write up my trip along the Great Ocean Road. So more later. Am well but have the squirts quite badly....................