Hello folks! Firstly sorry about the delay in writing my log for Australia, I've been experiencing some technical difficulties with my journal which (hopefully) is resolved now. For instance, I wrote a very long detailed journal entry a few weeks ago which disappeared into cyber space when I tried to submit it..grrr..very frustrating. I figured it might have had something to do with the very old, scruffy, steam driven computer I was using at the time in the...

Hello Folks! Looks like my jornal seems to be working again (yay!) I'll update you all as to what i've been upto in a few days as i'm working at the moment and my lunch breaks running out! In the meantime, i've finally managed to upload some photos from my phone so please feel free to have a look through those- yes there are some embarassing ones in there! Enjoy ;-) Love Ruthie. x

This is a test to see if my log can be updated...

We caught a flight back from Harvey bay airport back to Sydney and spent our last night in the hostel in Kings Cross which would be my home for the next couple of months. We shared a room so Kate could get a good nights sleep and organise her things before the long flight back the following morning. We went for a drink with some of the residents of the hostel that night and got chatting to a couples of girls from the UK who invited me to move into there room when...

We arrived late at night in Harvey Bay (on the main land next to Fraser Island) We had booked a three day package to explore Fraser Island in a 4 wheel drive vehicle with a group of fellow back packers. We were part of a larger group of approximatly 40 people and we were then split up into a smaller group of 10 with our own van that we were responsible for. Having all spent the night at the hostel on the main land we were wisked to have a very brief briefing with...