Sharkez

Crossing from Chile to Argentina took the best part of the day. Driving through one mountain pass we reached 5000 meters, coming down the other side was amazing possibly one of the most scenic roads in the world, like the one on the Italian job but Andean in scale. Its hard to describe how beautiful the Andie's are for the whole 6 weeks I would look around me and think oh photo opp, then oh another and another till I realized I had taken 100 scenery shots that day. Also when your so high up its so peaceful and calm, I imagined it to be blowing a gale, but it was nothing but blue cloudless sky's, hot weather every day and world class vistas. We arrived in the town of Salta that afternoon and camped again ... read more

Well i finally made it to my last stop in Australia, the tropical city of Cairns. I really liked Cairns, it has a very laid back typically Ozzy feel to it. The Architecture in northern Queensland is different to that of say NSW or Victoria because of the heat. Wooden houses are build on stilts and have a very wild west kind of feel to them. In the middle of the city there is a lagoon where people lounge about all day and cool down in the water. The beaches around Cairns are generally off limits to swimmers due to the abundant variety of marine life that will kill you very painfully! Cairns is very backpacker orientated, many places offer cheap food and booze and you can party there every night if you are so inclined, ... read more

Magnetic island is so named because of it's impact on Captain Cooks navigational equipment during his vovage up the east coast. The island lies 20 mins off the coast of Townsville. Rich and I headed straight there and ended up at base backpackers home to the monthly full moon party. The backpackers it's self was really nice, more of a resort on the beach than budjet accomodation. It was situated right on it's own little patch of beach lined with palm trees. There was a big bar / decking area which then gave way to the accomodation which kind of looked a little like the beachside huts in SE Asia, despite the fact there was ten to a room, not one. That first night was the full moon party. It was in no way as ... read more

Kroombit was a class little stop over curtsey of the Oz experience. It’s basically a working cattle farm which opens its doors to tourists who fancy themselves as a bit of a Jackaroo (the name of a young cattle hand in Oz). We pulled in to the smell of sizzling steaks which is always a good start in my book. Well fed and watered we were showed to our respective horses which we would be riding on for the coming goat muster. It was cool experience to trot off from the cattle station into the surrounding hills to herd up goats. There stubborn little buggers, stopping to eat anything in there path you have to be quite dexterous with the old reigns to make sure you get them all. As expected I got the arsey ... read more

I spent a week in Noosa all told. The Place is really nice and pretty upmarket. It lies right on the coast so Its home to nice beaches and good surf. Again it's a pretty small place, no larger than Byron Bay consisting only of a few blocks or residences and a single high street. Also, right next to the city is a national park, the most visited in Australia. The park is stunning; I did a good 2 hr walk through it emerging on the coastal walk back into town. The sun was shining without a cloud in the sky, beautiful. Along the way I saw a lizard which was around 2 feet long just sitting on the path in front of me. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get a picture to back up ... read more