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2012 has gotten off to a great start. The New Year was spent with good friends while sweltering in the fantastic hot weather, and all of this continued as the days of January slipped by. A quick trip to the Riverland to see my beautiful friends Nicole, Daniel and their families, who feel like family to me, made me feel warm and fuzzy as the year started on such a great note. My birthday was great too, celebrating with old and new friends at The Bath, again basking in warm summer weather and a few cocktails too. Although the entire month of January has been great, the highlight has to be Melbourne. I enjoyed weeks of socializing, at the home of friends, numerous dinners at amazing restaurants and countless cupcakes on Degraves Street. Many big nights ... read more

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Hard to imagine but this travel blog has reached its end for now. Further installments may follow, but I'm uninspired now which surely makes me uninspiring. The last 6months have been eventful. I may even say that they were some of the best months of my life...but most likely they were not. I left Port Douglas a week ago, since then I drove 1150km straight to Rockhampton where Iris brokedown on the side of the road in a thunderstorm. I left her there in the "trusty" hands of the RACQ who ripped me off blind. From there I flew to Brisbane, hired a car to go Byron, then 5days later drove back to Brisbane, flew to Rocky, only to continue the drive south to Byron...so here I am again, $2500 poorer but shit happens! This is ... read more

It's hard to believe that I have been in Port Douglas for 3 weeks now. The weeks have flown by as I have been entertained by this town I love so much. With rainforest surrounding this region, lush greenery everywhere and warm, sunny and even humid days, these are just some of the reasons my heart beats differently here than anywhere else I've ever been. To easily fill in my time here I have been spending it with friends, namely Sam and Eug and their two beautiful kids Eva and Coen, up here on holiday from Melbourne. Each day for a week I found myself at their hotel, by the pool or lazily lounging around the balcony, eating and often kicking back with a gin and tonic in hand. One night I babysat the kids, without ... read more

Today I sit under my annexe, close to the roads edge in the name of finding a small window of opportunity to be a part of cyber space. I'm in a town (if you could call it that) named Lucinda, north of Ingham. This place is so small that it only has this caravan park, a pub and a 'general store' which I can tell you has nothing much in it general or otherwise. With no consistent mobile, internet reception or TV reception, I figured I would while-away my days working however my flyers are constantly being pulled down and thrown in the bin by a guest so I'm told by the owners of the caravan park. With very little work for 4weeks now, I thought I would cheer myself up in this lonely town by ... read more

Three months on the road is getting very close now and with the goal I set myself being 4months, it looks like I will do this with ease (hmmm did I just jinx myself???) I’m now in a town called Yeppoon, which many may never have heard of and to tell you the truth you aren't missing a whole lot. Don't get me wrong, this is a pretty little beachside town but it seriously lacks something and I can’t quite put my finger on it. Sure it’s possible my opinion was marred somewhat by the most disgusting fish and chips I’ve ever had in Cooee Bay (great Aussie name though) or maybe it’s from the lack lustre expressions on the faces of disinterested travellers I have met here. Whatever the case, there’s a good chance I ... read more