Oops, I've been a bit sloppy with my blog entries lately so for completeness, a word or two about what I got up to in Australia... which wasn't a lot!
Doron met me from Melbourne airport and we went straight to the pub for a catch up on whats been happening since we last saw each other (4 months). Next day, we were up at the crack of dawn for an 8 hour drive into New South Wales to meet a mutual friend from Iquitos who was searching for a certain species of tree in the forest. We tagged along for the opportunity to camp under the stars for a couple of nights. It was really beautiful, the forests were very uniform as they were in a logging area, but so peaceful and quiet. We spent most of the day roaming around, and the evenings huddled around a blazing fire, as it was freezing believe it or not!
So 3 days out in the bush, then another week and a half just hanging out at Dorons new place in Melbourne. It was a welcome break after so long moving from hostal to hostal. One day we hired a car and drove to the Great Ocean Road and saw the most amazing sunset over the Twelve Apostles (photos to come later). We did a fair bit of walking around Melbourne, and managed to squeeze in a pub crawl to the busy schedule.
Then all too soon, it started to feel like time to leave while I still had the motivation to do so. Due to a serious diminishing of funds in New Zealand, and a realisation that Australia is even more expensive, I changed my flights and decided to go from Melbourne straight to Bangkok. So I didn't see much more of Australia, other than the amazing sight of flying over the great red interior which goes on FOREVER! We flew right over Ayres Rock which was a bit of a bonus, except I had a seat over the wing so I only saw it for a split second. Still never mind!
And that was it - Australia ticked off the list (kind of!)
