Outstanding views in the Outback! June 8th 2007 G'day!
Although I was a bit anxious about being back on my own again I was so excited about this part of the trip - I finally got to go to the Ozzie Outback! I'd organised a 3 day bus trip with Desert Venturer tours down through the Outback to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory as I figured it would be just my luck to end up in some Wolf Creek/Deliverance combined nightmare so I played it ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Boulia Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
Ok, where to start...
I'm 26 and from the Highlands in Scotland. I decided to start this blog because I'm heading off travelling for a while and I figured that friends and family could check in whenever they wanted rather than me bombarding them with emails every week - but I'll be completely gutted if no-one reads it!
I'm following the well trodden path round Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and then onto Oz and New Zealand. My adventure starts on 27th November 2006 and I've no idea when it will end but I'm so excited (and a bit scared) about whatever waits ahead.
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