I have stopped wearing make-up, mostly due to the fact that my foundation is now several shades lighter than my now tanned face.I have also stopped blow-drying my hair since the 100 degree weather and 100% humidity means that no matter what I try to do with it, my hair looks like an 80's perm.This, in addition to the fact that I now wear my bathing suit more often than underwear, is starting to make me think that I am letting myself go. But this is nothing in ...

The incredible journey was almost complete, we had completed 4,500km up Australia's east coast and a tiny 700km lay between us and Cairns our final destination. Unfortunately we had been swayed by all the fellow travelers who swore that the outback was fantastic so the direct route wasn't for us and we decided to swing inland by a couple of hundred km to see what it was all about. Of course inland had been mostly flooded for the last couple of weeks and could onl...

After a last hurrah with our new youngster friends, I got up early preparing to drive nearly 800km to a farm-stay that we had booked into.I tried to wake Antony but he was still heavy with sleep and boozy, it's fair to say.I went down stairs and found Gavin, the 18 yr old who had stayed up drinking with Antony, and he was fresh as a daisy.Eventually the old man stumbled downstairs and seeing the young whipper-snapper made him feel even more hung-over (and quite o...

As we left Byron Bay a small group of grey clouds peeled off the mass in our rear view mirror and escorted us north towards Fraser Island. As we drove they gradually gathered friends and grow darker so we finally pulled into our destination under a thick blanket of rain, not a promising sign for three days and two nights under the sun and stars. The trip briefing that evening cheered us up as our new pals seemed to be as optimistic and clueless as us about what e...