Final Postcard from Aussie: Flew back to Sydney from Cairns with the very Virgin Pacific Blue whose staff kept everyone amused for the whole flight. In Sydney I met up with the lovely Spike ( a fellow traveller I met up the coast) and briefly saw Helen again, it's still strange seeing someone 20 years later when you only remember each other as children! Had one last look at Sydney all lit up at night, the opera house, the harbour bridge...stunning, then ...

Australia - The beginning of the trip There I was in rainy and cooling NZ with a fantastic bout of flu when a strange noise came from the wardrobe, my poor rucksack, which hasn\'t seen teh light of day for a few months, jumped out, grabbed me and before I knew it |i was on the bus to Palmerston Nroth and on a cheap flight to Sydney with nothing booked except a return flight in 3 weeks time and no itinery. Just me, myself and I. As most of you know, I a...