Flight 415 touched down at Christchurch in New Zealand’s south island a little ahead of schedule on Monday night. When I stepped off the plane I thought I’d gotten off at Heathrow. It’s bloody freezing over here! For the first time in four months I can see my own breath at night. I was going […]
In similar fashion to my The journey so far entry at the end of my Thailand adventure, here follows a summary of my activities and achievements in Australia.
I flew into Sydney from Singapore on March 29th and spent a week or so exploring Australia’s unofficial capital. I saw the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, visited […]
Our boat left Cairns Harbour just after 8am yesterday morning. Foley and I were in a good mood and the weather was looking promising compared with previous days. Steve wasn’t joining us for the day - he was too busy throwing himself out of a plane at 14,000ft.
We cruised towards Green Island and as we […]
From Magnetic Island we took a bus to the next place on our hit list: Mission Beach. We had some discount coupons for a hostel there so we figured we may as well use those while breaking up the journey to Cairns, killing two birds. We didn’t know much about Mission. The only thing we […]
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week were spent on Magnetic Island. It’s another Captain Cook named place, so called because his compass stopped working as he sailed past. We took a bus from Airlie Beach to Townsville, another four hours up the coast, then a ferry to Magnetic, or ‘Maggie’ as the locals call it.
On […]
Along with Fraser Island and Byron Bay, a sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands is one of the ‘must-do’ activities on the east coast of Australia.
Foley, Steve and I took the night bus from Agnes Water to Airlie Beach on Thursday - about 10 hours worth of travel. After that utterly boring and bum-numbing experience […]
The bus from Hervey Bay arrived at Agnes Water at 8pm after a two hour delay in Bundaberg due to an air bag fault. We had to get a taxi to the bungalow we’d booked in nearby 1770. We’d heard the town of 1770 - named after the year Captain Cook sailed into it and […]
Apologies, this will be a long post.
Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island. It has formed over the past two million years from sediments swept up from New South Wales, and is now recognised as a World Heritage Site. The only way to get around on the island is by 4×4. We booked ourselves […]
Here in Queensland, today is officially the first day of winter. Looking out the window of this internet cafe, the beach is busy with folk enjoying the calm ocean and warm breeze. The temperature is 28 degrees celcius. Why on earth didn’t I pack my woolly jacket?
The three of us are hanging around in Noosa […]