The next day after the BBQ i caught a bus to Airlie Beach, which is the gateway to the Whitsunday islands. I arrived early morning and had to wait six hours before checking into the YHA hostel. This hostel is a converted motel and had a pool and each room had a balcony . I had two days here before my sailing trip over to the Whitsundays, so with time to kill i took the coastal walk which took me through rainforest and down onto the sands, this was the first time ...

Coffs harbour is advertised as the action capital of the NSW coast, you can watch dolphins and whales, dive, rock climb, sky dive, walk through the rain forest and the beaches offer great surf too. But while i was there none of these were really an option due to the weather, it was raining hard non stop. So i just stayed here for the one night, checking into the YHA which was a modern purpose built hostel. I was joined by another English guy who i met at the host...

My flight from Auckland to Sydney was delayed by three hours, so i arrived at 17.30 after a 3.5 hr journey. I was expecting slow progress through the customs but it was very easy and i breezed through without questions being asked and without the searches i had been told would happen. The airport is well organized and has a direct train link with the city center. I paid a few bucks for a train to the backpacker center of kings x. Checking into the first hostel i ...

I arrived in new Zealand after a 13hr flight which was no problem after my 32hr bus ride in south America. I caught the bus from outside the terminal which took me to the center of Auckland city. I could see straight away that new Zealand was going to be very different from what i had grown used to over the last four and half months in south America, but i also thought that it was very much the same as the UK in so many ways. Like the bus's were run by stage coac...

We boarded the bus late at night from the busy terminal at ariciba, and as i did so i had my picture taken by a member of the bus company staff. When i asked what this was for i was a student and its part of his project. I found out that this was not the case, but they take the pictures of all the passengers for identification as there are many accidents and the odd robbery on this route through the desert and mountains. But our journey went without hitch apart f...