Hard to believe, but my time is really up now.... After my flight to Brisbane was re-routed (instead of flying directly from Canberra to Brisbane I now had to go via Sydney), I finally arrived in sunny Queensland, even if it was slightly overcast! My plane from Canberra had to be de-iced before take off, that just shows you how bl**dy cold it got there. Although I have to admit that Snoozy (soon to be called Highland Pete) did a good job at keeping the house an...

A very early good morning to all of you! It's 5am here in Oz and Pete and I have decided to watch the football as Germany is playing in the Euro championship finals today. Well, for you it's 8pm but early start for me… Not very considerate… Anyway, I'll be leaving shortly for the airport to fly to Brisbane. Well, again, this isn't quite true as my flight to Brisbane that I originally booked was cancelled and I am now flying via Sydney! But I'll get there ...

Hello from Sydney to everyone! I have been lucky enough with the weather and although it was quite windy yesterday, the sun has been shining for three days while I was here. After leaving CoffsHarbour on Monday and a horrible, horrible bus journey down to Newcastle I checked into a really nice YHA with open fires and leather chairs! Oh, what a treat this was. Nice comfy mattresses and warm duvets as well, I was so in heaven! But unfortunately, I was unable to...

G'day everyone! I hope you had a good weekend, I certainly have! I met up with Scott and Louisa and we were blessed with glorious sunshine although the strong wind prevented us from taking the boat out on the ocean. But let me start at the beginning... I arrived on Friday afternoon in Coffs Harbour but had to wait for an hour before Scott was able to pick me up. So I decided to go to the nearest pub and have a drink while waiting for him. Well, needless to sa...

WOW! Today has been an amazing day. On my run to the lighthouse at Byron Bay this morning, I saw a couple of bottlenose dolphins and thought this day was special but no, it got much better than this!!! On my walk this afternoon, again to the lighthouse, it's just so beautiful out here, I saw a humpback whale and her young calf! How amazing is this?! I arrived at Byron Bay in the pouring rain yesterday and thought, oh my God, this is going to be a nightmare, but...