It's a real shame my time in Aus suddenly seems to be drawing to a close, as over the past 2 weeks I've done some great stuff and met some cool people, who it would have been nice to keep travelling with. The fraser island tour was great fun despite being pretty tiring, spending 2 nights under canvas in a mixture of intense heat and humidity plus post-cyclone winds. Driving around in a pink 4x4 was good fun - we were given a tight schedule by the tour organisers...

It's been a busy few weeks since I last wrote, in fact I can't beleive how the time is flying now.Since leaving Sydney I've progressed up the east coast and am currently en route to Hervey Bay, from where I will take a 3 day 4x4 tour of Fraser Island. Along the way I stopped off at Byron Bay for a few days, which was my first real taste of staying by the sea. I dabbled with surfing which I'm pleased to say went suprisingly well, even with my lack of balance! Byro...