I flew into cairns in the evening, and it must be a weakness in me for tropical places, but I loved the place instantly. Especially after arriving at my hostel. Smelling the warm sweet wet tropical air, and being in amongst the lush tropical palms and plants was my idea of paradise! The hostel I stayed in was called Bohemia Resort, and it was th...

Culture shock!! Crazy I know but we were so at home in Asia that Australia was a shock. Plus it was pouring down like you wouldn't believe and

Spending a couple of days in Cairns trying to decide what we're going to do in Queensland. We're staying at Rosie's backpackers which is the most backpackerish place we've stayed to date (that's not a good thing...). Still, only for a couple of nights. I'd forgotten how picturesque this part of the world is with the rainforest coming right down ...

Ok peeps Just to let you know that since this free wirless thing we are picking up at home is working pretty well we will be on line from about 8pm your time (England that is any one else will have to work their time difference out!) tonight (wednesday)and tomorrow (Thursday). It will be 6am here so i will be a bit bleary eyed and possibly a bit...

Great Barrier Reef I was lucky enough to have two people come and visit me from America and take me out of Victoria. People in Melbourne really like Melbourne and hardly ever go anywhere else in Oz. They frequently go abroad, but in general believe that Melbourne is better than all other places in the country. So when Melissa, a friend from 1st ...

I'm sorry it's been a while since I've updated the blog - so here are the highlights.... Cairns .... it rained a lot! a combination of the remnants of Cyclone Larry and the end of the wet season were to blame. Cairns escaped any major damage from the Cyclone but the Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail and Mission Beach to the south were not so lucky....

So I've finally arrived. Picking up after LAX... I got on that flight fine, it was 12.5 hours long, and I got to sit in the absolute middle of the plane. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. There were six in-flight movies and some TV channels. They served dinner, then let us sleep, then breakfast. Both meals were actually decent too. It w...

Just a quick entry here as we've only been in town for a couple of nights and we move on to Port Douglas tomorrow. Again, the flight up with Quantas and Virgin Blue were great. The only problem that I have as an international traveller is that I hate flying. Just a small point really but one I feel I need to raise as we had a dodgy bit of turbul...

The last few days in Cape Trib past slowly, as the relaxing environment had started to turn normal, and boredom started to set in. Added to this was the inevitable inclusion in all kinds of work related politics and gossip. So the last couple of days only helped strengthen our resolve to leave Cape Trib. That having been said, our last nights di...