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The Queensland Floods – Wednesday’s Rising Waters

On Wednesday morning I was woken by the sound of helicopters. Not one or two but maybe six passing over one by one at around four in the morning. At the time I had assumed

The Queensland Floods – Flooding Arrives In Brisbane

When you travel you learn to go with the flow a little, expect the unexpected. However, during my Australian travels there was nothing more unexpected than being caught up in a natural disaster! Queensland had

Travel Journal: Friends and Fireworks

So its 2011. A whole New Year but I’ll start with what I did the last few days of 2010.

Travel Journal: Christmas Dinner double and Cyclone season

I had not only one but two Christmas Dinners with the flatmates. Our first on the 24th (European Christmas ) with myself, and two Dutch flatmates each cooking a course and it turned out my

Travel Journal: Koala Cuddles and Christmas Countdown

Christmas has arrived in our Auchenflower flat. Having introduced my flatmates to the wonder that is Freecycle we can now celebrate Christmas in beautifully decorated surroundings. Our flat bonding seems to be going pretty well

Travel Journal: Brisbane Living and Lone Pine

So I’ve now been over a week in my flat and its the end of my first week volunteering at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and so far I’m loving Brisbane. My flat is pretty cheap

Travel Journal: Brisbane

Having really struggled to get a place to sleep in Brisbane, with hostels refusing to let me book in advance or even at all unless I was there in person, I finally got a bed

Discovering Byron Bay

After five nights in Byron Bay, I can safely say this is a hippie town, evident by the number of bead, tie-dye and alternative food shops there are, as well as the many dreadlock maintenance

Travel Journal: Byron Bay

Having left Bellingen, a kayak trip, second road trip this time to Dangar Falls in Dirongo National Park and a float down the river in an inner tyre later, I travelled further north to Byron

Travel Journal: Returning to the coast

After returning from Leconfield, most of us spent the night in Tamworth before moving on. A few people had travel plans the same day and some had managed to get jobs either at Leconfield or