Yesterday I went on a fantastic day trip to the Namosi Highlands and the Luva river. Despite the fact that I had to get up at 5am to get to the other side of the island it was worth it. We started off on the coast and boarded a bus to take us up to the highlands. It was a pretty hairy little dirt tract definitely not built for a bus (even a 4WD one) but the views were quiet spectacular - the hills and jungle on route into the highlands reminded me a lot of West...

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again "any day you visit a new country is a good day", unfortunately it didn't start so well. I got up, packed then was taken to the airport by the family....then the wheels fell off. Being a good little munchkin I was third in line at the Air Pacific check in que. I was summoned by the check in lady, approached the desk, put my pack in on the belt and asked for an isle seat. She flipped through my documents...

Almost there.... I've spent the last couple of weeks in east coast Oz (Brisbane x 2, Townsville, Lennox and Lisvegas) catching up with friends and family before I head off. I've had a pretty good time in the process and I've also seen and learnt some interesting things (who knew tomatos come from farms not supermarkets!!). Meeting and socialising with a considerable number of non-mining people was good (maybe I need to get out more when I return). It was intere...

Perth is the most remote capital city in the world, the second sunniest and the third most windy. I've got three more days here.....This will be the last entry from the west coast of Australia as on Thursday I head back east Brissy, Townsville and Lennox head. The last few weeks have been pretty hetic with organising and packing which I'll be relieved to see the end of and get down to travelling. The plan is simple for the next few months, on June 8th I head ...

Thailand Epilogue........On the way to the airport yesterday I reached a new level of tiredness, almost falling alseep on the way. This was the point that it sunk in that I wasn't training on Saturday. The flights were pretty uneventful but one thing that amused me on the Singapore-Perth flight was that the plane's entertainment system had 99 different movie options to chose from so basically by the time you'd looked through all movie titles you were almost home ...