They picked us up in brisbane early in the morning, and drove us to Gympie. The bus was fairly quiet, even though most of the brits had already spe...

pretty cool city. unbelievable amounts of alcohol... staying right next to chinatown, so there's lots of great places to eat, not to mention that t...

camping underground is great! it's nice and cool, but not cold, and best of all, there are no flies! no flies! woohoo!

if you like sleeping on gravel, and don't mind having no toilets or showers, that is. stupid roo's, keeping us from driving at night... and my da...

yay, i'm in alice! and they have reasonably priced internet here! and lots and lots of souvenir shops :D but nmost of all, it's some sort of sivil...

it really is that big. no, actually, it's huge. although it's only ten k's to walk around it, it's very far in the blistering heat. but it's impres...

too hot! we didn't even try the long walk around the canyon, there is just absolutely no way i'm walking that steep a rock in that kind of heat. so...

I'm driving! all by myself, in Adelaide! on the wrong side of the road! and it's going very well. at lerast as long as i keep the air-con on full b...

Mildura is a strange city. The trees have skirts, and it takes 15 minutes to get a long black even when there are no other customers in the ...

horses, pretty dresses, and lots and lots of beer. can you ask for more? except maybe temp's below 30. or just below 35. anything would be good...

i'm in adelaide, finally. the train ride from melbourne to adelaide was loooong. and boring. the view is pretty interesting in the begginning, and ...

I had a serious pizza craving. I needed italian pizza, and i needed it now, so my friend took me to La Porchetta. It looked somewhat Italian, the ...

Cameron took me kayaking on the yarra river. after a bit of a drive and some organizing to get the kayaks unloaded and the car back to our finish p...

Getting drunk then sleeping at the airport seemed like a brilliant plan. until i actually did it. turns out there is no transportation going to the...

just bought my third camera in 7 months... really hope this one will last me a while... maybe i should get a really solid case for it. yeah, think ...

went up to the blue mountains today. had a very nice walk around Leura, all those little shops and cafes are just amazing, very cute :D saw quite a...

Had to stand in line for check-in in christchurch for over an hour and a half. computer problems, apperantly. woohoo. but i survived. barely...but ...

5 hrs on a bus from queenstown to dunedin wasn't as bad as it could have been. my favourite was the stop at the fruitmarket, so we could all g...

Flying in to queenstown this morning was amazing, even though it was pretty cloudy we could see a lot! amazing mountains, just like out of tolkie...

The Speights brewery was pretty cool:D lots of good beer!

an unfortunate event sent me back north, but at least i saw the brewery in dunedin :D

went horseriding, was really good, the advanced group was actually advanced, and we got to do quite a lot of trots and gallops. and crossing the ri...

think i ate something i shouldn't have. not sure what though... or maybe i'm experiencing the first travelsickness of my life? the bus thing i came...

The Villa is definetely one of the best hostels i've ever stayed in, lot's of charm, great (beer)garden. and a spa pool. a spa pool the day after t...

i love the Villa! definitely one of the best hostels I've stayed in! It kind of looks moe like a b&b than a backpackers, at least from the outsi...

I've left the flying kiwi! can't believe how much i wished i could stay on for another two weeks. i'm going to miss the people, the activities,...

New Zealands best day-hike? well, it's the only one i've done, but it's absolutely amazing! highly recommended! 18 k's, a good climb up,...

We got to sleep in beds! without any additional cost! and we were only three in each room, so no one had to climb to the top bunk! so good with our...

stopped for an hour of internet and shopping :D we also saw some people do a bungy jump. can't believe they actually want to do that, it seems terr...

went down a hill inside a giant rubber ball. hilarious, great fun!

Today I joined the Flying Kiwi, wilderness expeditions, in Auckland. The mood on the bus was a little strange at fisrt, since the people who were a...

I was planning to get up early to go on the 12.15 brewery tour. but then i went the wrong way at some point, and suddenly there was no way i was go...

So i made it to the aiport, actually had some time to spare too. Mighty proud of myself :D I actually managed to stuff all my crap into my backpack...

decided to go to newcastle for the weekend. very pretty city, all those old brick houses and the green parks surrounded by beaches and more beaches...

left the blue mountains in favour of sydney, the weather still hadn't picked up, so it wasn't exactly a big decision. so now i'm here. spent the fi...

Arrived in katoomba around 2.30 today, met sin right away, found my hostel without too much back and forth walking, even if i couldn't remember the...

After waay too much hanging around, hungover, in the heat, we finally got on a bus to take us away from the dust and dirt that is a scout camp. it ...

Went horseriding somewhere very near campbelltown today, it was great, even though it was pretty hot. Got a horse named Poppy, poor thing, but he w...

after a very long drive, with a nice long stop and lunch in canberra, i'm finally back at the moot site. a bit weird that we're suddenly going in s...

This time we went to the war memorial. It's a very informative centre/museum, but it's sort of lost on me since i appearantly don't know much a...

we drove up to charlotte's pass and unloaded our backpacks. Started the hike up to mount kosciouszko in nice weather, not too cold and not too warm...

Expedition time!The first day of expedition was mainly spent cooped up in a car, but there were several breaks, so we didn't die. not to ment...

we had a brief stop in cooma (or something like that), where i bought myself a new liner for my sleeping bag, a bit worried that i would freeze a...

today they shipped the whole camp off site and to the beach in wollongong. was very nice, but the waves were so big that we all had to swim betwe...

My brilliant father had booked the cheapest tickets from cairns to sydney, and made sure i would arrive at the camp on the 31st. or so he thought...

Went out to the reef on one of those many tourist boats. and it was great :D higly recommended :D we stopped at two different reefs and snorkeled f...

Arrived in Cairns late last night, very tired. can't seem to get my body clock in proper order, still wake up before seven, and go to bed around ni...

Well, it's Christmas. have spend the last days shopping last minute-presents that i really couldn't afford, but I would probably just have spent th...

The plan was to go wine-tasting. and i was really looking forward to that.Started the day at central market, which was very interesting, huge marke...

The rest of the family arrived yesterday. seems like muuuuch longer ago... I'm probably sdtill a bit jet-lagged, awake at the strangest times and s...

The customs was not half as bad as i thought, it went fast and easy, the didn't even comment on the knife when they scanned my backpack. which is...

No idea why this entry ended up above the first one, but just scroll down and read that first if you want it chronological... :pThe guy in the tour...

You can learn a lot when flying. Like go to the toilet before entering the plane. or at least go while you can still move without cringing in pai...

Well then! I just fell down the stairs in my packing panic, now i have a bruise the size of a pen-prick, but the swelling covers half my arm, and...

Had four hours in the airport in frankfurt, so i decided to go outside for some fresh air. took me only 30 minutes to find my way trough the passpo...