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I just finshed my PADI Open Water and Advanced diver certification! It’s pretty sweet being able to roll up, hire sum kit and hit the water anywhere in the world If you’re looking into it check out my mini diary… Tweet

Ever since embarking on my Australian adventure I’ve wondered how I’d spend my last full 24 hours in this glorious country. In the surf? Topping up my tan? On a crazy tour? Turns out it’s the small things that matter. Tweet

Half way through today I was informed by Kez that today marks the start of my final month in Australia – I fly from Sydney on October 12th. …where the hell did the last year go?! Tweet

After living in Byron for over 5 months I’m now in the throws of planning my last 6 weeks in Australia. Having pretty much covered most of Oz (bar the red centre, Adelaide and SA) the only main section left for me to do on the backpacker trail is the northern end of the East [...]

With my mind on a roadtrip up the East Coast with a heap of my Byron buddies my thoughts have been wandering back to where I started my trip, and indeed where I may finish it – Cairns. This week – following in the footsteps of my Sydney Top 10 I bring you my Top [...]

Last night I said a fond farewell to Mr Griffiths, who – for the last 2 and a half months – has been my best mate in Oz. It’s been a fun bromance! Tweet

Oz is a big place and there’s a hell of a list of things to do. I’ve done rather a lot on my trip so far – I’ve done east coast, west coast, towns, jungle, ocean….so here’s my Top 10 Things to do in Oz. Tweet

Now this is probably going to be my fave hostel in Oz. The people I met had a lot to do with my great experience here. Everyone seems really nice. Tweet

So the main residents of Goon Room 121 departed yesterday….and what a mental night that was, summed up in a mash of random wordage is best me thinks; Tweet

Bored of the daily grind of sleeping off hangovers, chilling in the sun by the pool, buying goon and getting drunk we decided to be productive today and go on another roadtrip. 13 of us hired a convoy of Getz’s……ok…..3 Getz’s……and hit the road up to Crystal Cascades…..a freshwater plunge pool……for a day of team [...]

Word of advice to travellers….if you can do it off your own back you’ll save yourself alot of dollar! In this instance Cape tribulation was going to cost us around $160 per person. Instead me, the 2 dannys, linzi and becky managed to do it for $60 per person including accomodation – now that a [...]