hi alle zusammen, die letzten tage bis zu meinem abflug am samstag abend rücken immer näher.. langsam gehts ans koffer packen und das restliche "lebensnotwenige" zeugs besorgen ;) meine skepsis darüber wie es wohl sein wird,ein ganzes jahr weg von zu hause.. hat sich mittlerweile überwiegend in pure freude verwandelt! =) natürlich fällt es mir s...

We spent a few days in Cairns planning our onward trip to Asia. We stayed at Gilligans backpacker resort which is really nice we have to stay. The rooms are clean and there are very good facilities. The outdoor pool is probably the best so far, its lovely, however, it was raining here for most of our time so we didn`t get to avail of it, pity. A...

The Great Barrier Reef is unbelievable! It has been by far the highlight in Australia, we expected as much, after all, it is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Our first experience on the GBR was at Airlie Beach - a tourist hub with beer stores, bars, dance clubs, etc., galore. From here we did a full-day reef outing at the Whitsunda...

Well, first of all, Merry Christmas! (to everyone who celebrates of course!) Today, we did the most awesome thing! We went scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef! It was absolutely amazing. I'm still in shock of the absolute beauty of all of it. Seeing as it was Christmas Day, very few scuba bookers were operating. We were lucky enough to go on ...

Boat time! I was up at 6am after the road trip, exhausted but super excited because I was doing a trail run on Compass, a 50 passenger boat that heads out to the reef daily to take people scuba and snorkling. The trail run was to see if I wanted to work on the boat to become a Dive Master. It is a series of qualifications that allows you to assi...

After a relaxing stay on the central coast north of Sydney, it's time to venture north to the tropics of Cairns.

We fly this afternoon and arrive late in the evening. We are staying at the Cairns Colonial Club until the 19th and then we head to Sydney for 2 nights in Darling Harbour.

Dear podcasters. Myself, Thom and Braddus have a pickle. We were talking about road kill just now, and have found a problem: What is the plural of carcus? We've come up with: Carcuses Carcai Carcum carkavia carkustine carcusa Carcusai Please vote for your favourite one or add one (I know you'll do this max) if your fav isn't there

After the busy antics of yesterday, getting up at 0530 for this trip into the Daintree Rainforest was a painful affair. Our bus, which resembled a converted Securicor amoured vehicle, was driven by a beared chap called John, complete with the Australian hat and shorts combo, he really looked the part. We dozed on and off for most of the journey,...