With the Glacier hike ticked off my list and the decent night's sleep that followed it I was ready to move on. I continued up the west coast, the views and landscape picking up from where they had left off, as before the 3 hour drive in front of me was a world away from being any hassle. I found myself in Greymouth, not much to report there really, a very quiet town which was only a stop off point to spend the night. There is nothing too much of interest about ...

New Zealand was the next country on my itinerary and I landed at Christchurch airport and soon got a bus into town, however town was "shut" due to the earthquake. Obviously I knew things would have been affected but I just wasn't aware to what extent, you could not even get anywhere near it and there were barricades reinforced by military personnel. As I got off the bus the driver pointed me in the general direction I needed to go, probably about a mi...

I arrived in Noosa on a very gloomy day, it was early when I got there but the rain was set in for the day. Needless to say I didn't accomplish much, I just went shopping for food I would later cook for my tea (and spent a fortune on not a lot) The hostel was nice and relaxed and when I found out the surfboards were free to use for residents staying there I hoped I would get the chance to get on one (in the sea). The following day, the sun was out, I was lookin...

I embarked on my longest bus journey since my trip began, I am tempted to tell you how horrible it was with no sleep and what seemed to take an eternity. However, I have spoken to other fellow travellers who have done a 33 hour bus trip from Sydney to Mackay so I don't feel it's really justified. In addition to this, I managed to sleep on and off for about 4 or 5 hours so it could have been worse. It's not something you would look forward to, but then it's not ...

My friend Aron arrived about 10:20am in his camper van and we obviously had plenty of conversation on the way to his house. He lives in a place called Currumbin, on the south tip of the gold coast. It's probably only a 40 minute drive to where he lives but he took me to a few other places on the way, one place called Coolangata where there is a nice beach and plenty of surf, looking across the water you could see the high rise buildings of the Gold Coast and Su...