How far?
Saw this in Kings Cross in Sydney - couldn't be any further away!read more
Queensland indeed
The place I am staying in Cairns - or Caans as the locals pronounce it - has no internet which is a pain so I am only picking up free internet around the city. Wifi now the priority for booking accomodation! But it's beautiful here. Was up at Cape Tribulation yesterday, which was named by Captain Cook in 1770. I imagine it looked exactly the same back then. I didn't realise that Northern Queensland was so tropical. It's basically permanent summer. It's about 30 degrees every day and it's hell on the hair.…read more
Easter in Australia
Well it's Holy Thursday and there is no evidence that the Australians are going mad buying drink for tomorrow. I can see the queues in the Spar in Clonsilla in my mind. A lot of places will be closed here tomorrow but I don't think the whole country is going to shut down. I hope not. I got the Ghan train down from Alice Springs to Adelaide last week and it was really cool. Slow, but cool. The train had 41 carriages and was 942 metres long - nearly a kilometre - so I suppose…read more
De fashion in de outback
With apologies to all my stylish friends from Athlone Towncentre - this is what the desert and millions of flies reduces you to. Move over Bride of Frankenstein.read more