I have 'The Fear' as the infamous Ian Brown sings. Although you experience fantastic things whilst travelling, I fear that your brain does go a little mushy after leaving full time education and embracing the wonders of the world. After reading a recent email to my mother, i was certain she'd be wincing at the amount of grammatically incorrect sentences and lack of punctuation. In fact, I'm only just reminding myself of what a full stop looks like, for the pu...

The West End, Brisbane is a quite a quirky place. Some buildings are shabby, whilst others remind me of the secret garden. Old fashioned, painted prettily with vines and willows creeping up the front of them. It seems commonplace to have dreadlocks and you'd think there was something wrong if you didn't spot a pair of harems every five minutes. There appears to be an eclectic mix of people residing here. Old, young, students. backpackers, business men, emo's, tr...

Currently in Noosa and my oh my it's pretty here! Definitely a place i would love to visit again and spend more time. It's beautiful! It reminds me of The Lake District, but with Palm Trees, Beaches and 30'c heat! Noosa Junction, Hastings Street, is full of quaint boutiques and retro bars and cafes. It would be lovely to live here, but I expect it would cost a fortune. Sunshine and Sunrise beaches offer either a time to relax or time to surf. I chose the relax ...

I'm going to make this blog about the evacuation centre short and sweet. It's been and gone so the passion of my dislike for the situation has been extinguished. Time is a healer as they say! The Stocklands Shopping Centre which served as our make shift cyclone proof home, was smaller than St Georges Shopping Centre back home in Preston. Crammed in to this space were approx 2,500 - 3,000 people. Originally there were supposed to be 2000. Along with these people ...

Well.... Well.... Well..... PRE CYCLONE YASI!!!!!!!! After already encountering (not first hand mind) the devestating natural disaster of the Queensland floods. We rescheduled our trip so that rather than travel up the East Coast we would fly to Cairns and travel down. *Mistake Number 1* As previously blogged, the weather at first was not what we expected from Australia - We highly underestimated what was yet to come in Cairns "Cyclone Season". *Mi...