Returned and recovered from that killer two hour time zone difference! And who was that cruel bastard who invented the red-eye flight from Perth? When I find out who he is (cause it would be a he ... probably an accountant!) I'm gonna blog him! Here's a few snaps from my time away, vaguely categorised under the following headings: - Art - Fauna - Flora - Oceanscapes - Quote - Reptiles - Vineyards Does anyone have any research on snake bite incidents? Like ... if you're the person leading the walk ... are you more likely to get bitten? Or [View Full Entry]

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Well, we're all Bibbed out. To be honest, if I saw another tiger snake I'd have to change my preferred choice of underwear to "Depend"! You'd think that you'd become de-sensitised by the constant viewing of the beasts - however, I think my paranoia increased! I can cope with the gorgeous sweeping views of the GREAT Southern Ocean, the glorious towering Karri, Marri, Tingle and Jarrah trees, the tiny and sparsely spaced wild flowers, coastal grasses and bushes, but those bloody snakes just ruin it for me! We spent Monday & Tuesday in the mill town of Pemberton. Lusty & I [View Full Entry]

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Well it's been a blissful week in WA. The sun has pretty much shone on us for most of the week - except for a shower or two on the track on Thursday. I'll get the walk info out of the way & move on to more interesting subjects. Spectacular is the easiest way to describe the scenery here in the south west. If my camera takes one more photo of a tortured, rugged coast line it'll probably freeze up! It's all very much like the Great Ocean Road without the road. We're walking through fairly rugged country, over cliff tops [View Full Entry]

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I think I've become a pilgrim junky?!? Well OK the Bibbulmun isn't really anything like its Spanish brethren - no religious relics, bugger all churches, no menu del dia, no lisping Spanards & barely a German or Frenchman in sight. However, it does resemble the metaphorical journey one takes. A little like eating too much fibre - a little painful at times, but it makes you feel all cleansed & virtuous at the end of it. Walking 1000km can have that effect on you - that's why Lusty & I have chosen the 'soft' option & are probably only going to [View Full Entry]

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Ohayou What a fantastic trip! Preparing for this trip has been an adventure in itself, not the least of which involved me getting over the fact that I had been invited! I felt like the gawky kid in Grade 6 that had been invited to play with the Year 12 students - a big deal for me! Not only did I get to stretch my drumming wings, but I also managed to learn about 3 new Japanese words - a bit pathetic on my behalf considering I spent 5 days with predominately Japanese speaking people. We departed Melbourne on a lovely [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone I'm well & truly into the swing of things - back at work, drumming & rowing. Only a couple of weeks until I jet off to Broome for 5 days - yeah for me - get another glimps of the sunshine before I rehibernate! For those of you that have travelled this journey with me in bloggee land - you'll be interested to know that I managed to regress into the state of 'stupid unmechanical bike chick' the day after I arrived home. As highly evolved beings we're meant to learn from our previous mistakes and move on. However [View Full Entry]

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Well it's over.... my six weeks has spun by & I'm heading home tomorrow:( The wedding on the weekend went really well. Father Bob managed to contain himself & did not continue to do his impersonation of Rowan Atkinson in Four Weddings and a Funderal as he had the previous evening - at least I think he was trying to impersonate him - either way he was bloody funny. It was a traditional English wedding - where they don't hold hands or kiss in the church - what's that all about? The organist played variations on the theme of Waltzing Matilda [View Full Entry]

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I'm sure we've all experienced that small feeling of panic prior to passing through immigration - I just put it down to momentary paranoia. However, unfortunately for my brother Matt, his momentary paranoia turned into over 72 hours of hell! At 6:00pm on 27 June Matt entered the British immigration hall, happy that his journey from Australia was finally over, but when he told the immigration officer that he was here to get married - it all suddently got very serious. The short version of the story: - Aussies marrying Brits in the UK now need a special visa (as at [View Full Entry]

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I´m at the end of the world - or rather that´s what they used to think! Finisterra (Land´s End) is perched on the most western point of the European continent - it´s also the last port of call for pilgrims who think that reaching Santiago just wasn´t enough - another 3 days of walking (or 4 .5 hours of cycling) will find you in this idylic fishing village watching the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean. There are many rituals most pilgrims find themselves performing but I´ve been the rebel pilgrim all along the way - no point in changing my [View Full Entry]

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Hola Amigos Well my journey proper is over. I arrived at 9:30am this morning to the centre of Santiago de Compostela & the mecca that is the Santiago Cathedral - its a huge imposing building. I made my way to the Compostela office & got my Compostela certificate which is folded nicely & will find it´s way to the bottom of some shoe box back at home I´m sure! Some of you will be amused to know that I attended the Pilgrims Mass! Every day they hold the mass for the Pilgrims who arrived that day. It´s all said in Spanish [View Full Entry]

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