I went by bus from Adelaide to Coober Pedy via the groovy grape boomerang tour. Our driver reminded me of Steve Irwin- was a true ozzy!. It's a really interesting town, I heard the stories about the people who made millions mining Opal there and apparently up to 80% of it may still be hidden somewhere! People in the town live underground (can get hot above ground up to 50 degrees in summer) where the temperature is a lot cooler a consistent 23 degrees through sum...

Apologies for not updating the blog for a while, loads had happened!! I just got back from the Melbourne Grand Prix 2008 and it was fantastic. Going to watch an F1 race was on my list of things to do before I die so I am glad I can cross it off!! It was special for me as its the first time I went to watch the F1 live, I cant normally afford it but I treated myself! Today it was 37 degrees, and I was in the heat all day. A lot of people suffered from dehydratio...

I arrived by ferry straight from Padangbai to Gili Trawangan which is the largest of the three Gilli Islands. We met Brian from Canada so the three of us decided to spend time on Gilli together. I love it here. This island does not allow cars and motorbikes. All you see here are horse carriages and bicycles, its like going back in time. Its not busy and the beaches here have white sand and the water is so many shades of blue- its amazing! I think its the best I...

The journey from Yogja to our accommodation at Mt. Bromo was supposedto take 10 hours and then the idea was we would arrive at 7pm and thenwake up at 3.30am and after a short drive, walk to the viewing point.From this point we would see the sun rising over 3 volcanoes. Then wewould drive near Mt. Bromo and then either take a horse or climb tothe top and walk around the lip of the crater and see inside it.Sounded great to me. This is what actually happened... Th...

I caught a train from Jakarta at 8.15am and arrived in yogyakarta at 4.20pm. It was a pleasant train journey as I was served tea and a nice meal! The ticket cost 160,000 (executive class!). As soon as i arrived at the train station, at least 10 locals pounced on me offering all sorts, from taxis, hotels, hats, t-shirts etc! I knew the guesthouse i wanted to stay at was somewhere near the train station so decided to walk it! After walking for about 10 mins with my...