So, just a fly by version of events this time. Got back to Sydney in time to camp it up with 1000's more, MArdi Gras. As you could imagine, very colourful, but as the saying goes, what happens on tour, stays on tour. Only kidding, not much to report, was shattered after journey, but must be one of the best times to be in Sydney if your into that...

Treks and walks (Marche) 162 Km Bike (Velo) 235 Km Car (Voiture) 2800 Km Bus 9250 Km Air (CO2 offset) 37803 Km Total 50250 Km Planet circumpherence at Equator 40075 Km Voila, le tour du monde est termine! Nous sommes arrives a destination sans une egratignure, en bonne sante avec tous nos effets personnels! Tous plein de souvenirs, d'histoires, ...

We move before we're moved and go onwards to Melbourne where we find the campsite at the first attempt and unaided and they let us in straight away. We have no intention of putting our tent up yet though as it's raining heavy so go to the supermarket next door and buy supplies and then sit in the kitchen reading for the next couple of hours. The...

Popping down to Melbourne for a job interview with Guild.

Life here is prettay, prettay, prettay...pretty good. I finally feel like a local. No more running around taking pictures of EVEYTHING. I definately think I will always be a Japanese tourist at heart. I am still obsessed with my camera. Now I'm in a routine. It is nice. I go to work everyday at 5 p.m. and I stay there from anywhere between 12-3 ...

Today we have to move hostels, as the one we're in is already fully booked over the weekend for the rugby, so I have to be up ridiculously early on my birthday. 27 again today. Honest. Lisa gives me my surprise present, an Essendon Bombers AFL top, good timing as we're off to a game tonight. Might be too cold to wear on it's own though. After ch...

As many planes as I have boarded, I've never had to get off a plane due to technical difficulties. Apparently, there was something wrong with the plane's equipment and it would have been faster to get on another plane than to remedy the problem. All in the name of safety, I am not about to complain. Even still, this change of planes resulted in ...

got here, despite an hour's delay on the plane, to lots of sun. me and helen cooked up a mean meal of fajitas for matt (jo's boyfriend - jo being helen's mate in sydney whose place we stayed at), and his flat mates dan and russell (who looks just like martin,the software manager at my old job - v spooky) and russell's mate sian. hit the beach on...

On our way back from Phillip Island, we stopped at a town to see a dealer who was interested in buying our van.... but that was a 'No Deal'... So to cheer us up, we went to the cinema and saw 'Blood Diamond'.... I liked this film, it kept me on the edge of my seat for a while.... We then went back to Melton, where Fred and Sylvia live.

It's the night before the trip. Finally packed my bags and managed to get everything into 1 suitcase which is good. Travelling lite in India is best way to go. Hope it is less than 20KG!! Oh! Quite excited about the trip now. Have never planned a trip to this extent and detail ever before. Even my last big trip, an around the world trip in 2004 ...