AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 15 Dec 2007 | Views [820] | Comments [2]
I’m having a strange moment and it’s nothing to do with the less than fantastic oriental flavoured noodles I’ve just consumed as an alleged meal. It’s because I don’t actually want to write about where I’ve been the past couple of days. This isn’t anything ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [3327]
Airlie Beach, a cross between a backpacker ghetto and a playground for the wealthy and good-looking. I have a theory that, in Australia, the further away from the coast you get, the uglier people are. Of course this is a very general theory and it’s ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 9 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 9 Dec 2007 | Views [1166]
I wake up, on my first
full day as an ambassador, sweating like an Eskimo in a sauna. I
stumble out of the van, desperate for fresh air, and instantly feel
bad about thinking that Innisfail might be a bit of a hillbilly spot.
I’m confronted by ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 6 Dec 2007 | Views [1215]
When the day comes when I
eventually have to go to one of those group therapy meetings for people with
addictions, it is unfortunately fairly inevitable in my case, I’ll be forced to
stand up and admit, “Hi, my name’s Stuart and…I’m…well…addicted ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
FRANCE | Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 | Views [1456]
Popping your hitch-hiking cherry is, in my opinion, a moment in a travellers life that should be mentally framed and hung in the part of your brain entitled “The Gallery of Momentous Moments.” The fact that such a simple act as standing at the ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 16 Feb 2006 | Views [1645] | Comments [6]
Australia is a part of the world where insects are not to be taken lightly. This is a land where a tiny spider can put you in intensive care for a week, trying to breath through your ears, and a land where most insects will have a nibble at any bodily ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
