24 Jan, Wednesday, Sydney, Big Hostel - Arrive in Syd with Berk peeps, eat jellyfish in chinatown 25 Jan, Thursday, Sydney, Big Hostel - Get phonecard ('mistake most people make, don't get to WA'), wander darling harbor (probably lose + find hat today) 26 Jan, Friday, Sydney + points south, Big Hostel - Australia day - follow rec of phone dude and australian of the year - take train to cronulla (teenagers sing happy birthday), ferry to bundeena, hike on rocks in royal national park. also see jibbon beach, aero engineer dude, bushwack. 27 Jan, Satuday, Sydney, Footprints - Drunken haze 28 Jan, Sunday, Sydney, The Maze - Botanical Gardens, Circular Quay, Opera House? 29 Jan, Monday, Sydney, Big Hostel - Go to Bondi Beach, 30 Jan, Tuesday, Sydney, Big Hostel - Bridge, Gardens 31 Jan, Wednesday, Sydney + points east, Big Hostel - Blue mountains, Katoomba, Steve (hungarian?), (I don't visit the bush for fun dude), Blackheath, closed, hitchhike, Unh peeps, black canadian thunder 01 Feb, Thursday, Perth, One World - First Bruce (farmer, mentions canadian girl), Katharine 02 Feb, Friday, Perth + points north, Chris's place - Meet up with Scott, learn about rebreathers, Indian Ocean Brewery 03 Feb, Saturday, Perth + points north, Chris's place - Wild Fig, Aquarium dive, BBQ 04 Feb, Sunday, Fremantle, Old Firehouse - Lazy day in freo, movies on in hostel 05 Feb, Monday, Freo + points east, Old Firehouse - Rotto 06 Feb, Tuesday, Freo, Old Firehouse - Sub tour, Maritime Museum (sun sets in wrong direction?) 07 Feb, Wednesday, Freo, Old Firehouse - Sail hunt, shipwreck museum, dinner w/ kat 08 Feb, Thursday, Freo, Old Firehouse - Shipwreck museum, motor museum, little shanghai 09 Feb, Friday, Perth, Katharine's - Kings Park, Clockhouse guy (turkish baths!), Walk (try mini cats someday), jacob's ladder, terry + brandi 10 Feb, Saturday, Perth, Katharine's - Sailing (race, foot tumor), watch Motorcycle Diaries 11 Feb, Sunday, Freo, Old Firehouse - Catch up with photo/email crap 12 Feb, Monday, Freo to Cervantes, Cervantes Lodge - Some park and pinnacles 13 Feb, Tuesday, Cervantes to Kalbarri, Kalbarri Backpackers - 14 Feb, Wednesday, Kalbarri to Monkey Mia, Nanga Bay Resort - 15 Feb, Thursday, Monkey Mia to some sheepstation, said sheepstation - 16 Feb, Friday, Sheepstation to Exmouth - Coral bay, Snorkling, (feedstorm), sharks, nursery, free ATV?, 17 Feb, Saturday, Exmouth - Scuba Dive, sea snake, octopus 18 Feb, Sunday, Exmouth to Northampton(?) - Sunrise in WA 19 Feb, Monday, Noho to Perth, Katharine's - Ride on bus, woo 20 Feb, Tuesday, Perth, Katharine's - Horrible, Horrible show (cool giant marble thing) 21 Feb, Wednesday, Perth, Katharine's - Sleep, Western Australia Museum 22 Feb, Thursday, Perth, Katharine's - Western Australia Museum, Cricket Thing (Gallups?), Sailing 23 Feb, Friday, South of Perth, Nornalup Chalet - Albany, Fire, Shark and chips, The Gap 24 Feb, Saturday, Perth + points south, Katharine's - Treetop walk, Swing Bridge, Mandalay Beach 25 Feb, Sunday, Perth to Kalgoorlie(?), Train - C'mon ride it, train 26 Feb, Monday, Kalgoorlie to SA, Train - Still ridin'. Cross Nullarbor, stop in Cook 27 Feb, Tuesday, SA to Adelaide, Olesnicky's - Meet Olesnicky's, walk into town + back, BBQ with Olesnickys 28 Feb, Wednesday, Adelaide, Olesnicky's - O-Bahn, Museums (Da Vinci), Harass Sara, BBQ w/ Olesnickys 01 Mar, Thursday, Adelaide, Olesnicky's - Central Market, Port Adelaide, Rail Museum, Maritime museum (immigration), Glenelg 02 Mar, Friday, Adelaide to Melbourne, Melbourne Traveller's Connection - Weasel train seat, San Diego teacher dude, 03 Mar, Saturday, St Kilda's, Coffee Palace - Meet up with Shab, wander Melbourne 04 Mar, Sunday, St Kilda's, Base Backpackers - Camera Museum(?), wander Melbourne, Fire Dancer Jill (NJ), vegetarian dinner place 05 Mar, Monday, St Kilda's to Hobart, Nararra Backpackers - Fly to Tassie, meet Galen (Appalachian Trail dude) 06 Mar, Tuesday, Hobart, Nararra - Errands 07 Mar, Wednesday, Hobart to Strathgordon/Mt Field NP, National Park Hotel - Rent car, name it Edna, Strathgordon, Clancy + owners, Gordon Dam, Meet Doug, Cal, Ruth + Pat ('doing it right') 08 Mar, Thursday, Mt Field NP to Queenstown, Royal Hotel - Climb Little Hugel (wet + slippery), See various waterfalls (and i think my note says "quiz 'em") 09 Mar, Friday, Queenstown to Wynyard, random hotel - Visit Strahan, (told: see platypus before i die, or go to hell), huon pines, drive western explorer, didn't die, fatman ferry, coast 10 Mar, Saturday, Wynyard to Devanport, random backpackers - Climb Cradle Mountain, meet Bec + Del, Diane + Mark(?), Road doesn't exist, (note says 'Wamba'. no clue.) 11 Mar, Sunday, Devanport to Bicheno, Bicheno Backpackers - Errands in Launceston, no penguins 12 Mar, Monday, Bicheno to Triabunna, Udda Backpackers - Freycinet Peninsula, Wineglass bay, motorcyclists, Afna 13 Mar, Tuesday, Triabunna to Hobart, Pickled Frog - Tasman Peninsula, Tesselated Pavelment, Devil's Arch, Waterfall Bay, Tasmanian Devil Park, Port Arthur, help out wallaby gene pool 14 Mar, Wednesday, Hobart, Pickled Frog - Cadbury tour, chill out 15 Mar, Thursday, Hobart to Melbourne, Flinders Station Hotel - Drunken haze 16 Mar, Friday, Melbourne, Flinders Station Hotel - 17 Mar, Saturday, Melbourne, Flinders Station Hotel - Footy! 18 Mar, Sunday, Melbourne to Apollo Bay, Surfside Backpackers - Drive Great Ocean Road, 12 apostles, arch, sunset, echidna, free hostel 19 Mar, Monday, Apollo Bay to Melbourne, Nomad Industry - Drive back to melbourne, hang out with Brandon, Pouge Mahoney(?) 20 Mar, Tuesday, Melbourne to Adelaide, My Place - Mail, net, bank, flight (shab goes to air show) 21 Mar, Wednesday, Adelaide, My Place - met Remco, Rose, Simone 22 Mar, Thursday, Adelaide to Kangaroo Island, Antechamber Bay - Met Spaniards 23 Mar, Friday, Kangaroo Island, Flinder's Chase Farm - Saw Echidna, other crap 24 Mar, Saturday, Kangaroo Island to Adelaide, My Place - 25 Mar, Sunday, Adelaide, My Place - Bought Car 26 Mar, Monday, Adelaide to Wilpena, Wilpena Pound NP - Broadsided by kangaroo 27 Mar, Tuesday, Wilpena to Coober Pedy, Riba's - Mine Tour 28 Mar, Wednesday, Coober Pedy to Alice, Toddy's - Rainy Day, Car Doesn't Start 29 Mar, Thursday, Alice, Annie's Place - Be angry at car 30 Mar, Friday, Alice to nigh-Yulara, Curtin Springs - Kings Canyon, Tour w/ Rory 31 Mar, Saturday, Yulara, random campsite - Kata Tjuta, Climbed Uluru, Sunset at Uluru 01 Apr, Sunday, Yulara to Alice, Annie's Place - Sunrise at Uluru, Lap of Uluru 02 Apr, Monday, Alice, Annie's Place - Lazy Bastardy 03 Apr, Tuesday, Alice, Annie's Place - Hike with locals in West McDonnell Ranges 04 Apr, Wednesday, Alice, Annie's Place - Rented 4WD, Road Crew, Beekeeper, Tnorala (crater), Valley of the Palms 05 Apr, Thursday, Alice to Daly Waters, Daly Waters Pub - Met Danbulance, Canadians 06 Apr, Friday, Daly Waters to Darwin, Frogshollow - Lost Journal 07 Apr, Saturday, Darwin to Kakadu, Could find campsite on map - Couple Waterfalls 08 Apr, Sunday, Kakadu, same campsite - Megahike 09 Apr, Monday, Kakadu to Darwin, Frogshollow - Crocodile tour 10 Apr, Tuesday, Darwin, Chilli's Backpackers - Nothing Memorable 11 Apr, Wednesday, Darwin to Litchfield, Wangi Falls - Late start + driving to litchfield 12 Apr, Thursday, Litchfield to Katherine, Katherine Gorge NP - Waterfalls galore, Short hike at Katherine 13 Apr, Friday, Katherine to Darwin, Gecko Lodge - Driving, Sleeping 14 Apr, Saturday, Darwin to Daly Waters, Daly Waters Pub - NT Wildlife Park 15 Apr, Sunday, Daly Waters to Cape Crawford, Heartbreak Hotel - Carpentaria Highlands, Bing Bong, Booraloola 16 Apr, Monday, Cape Crawford to Mount Isa, some caravan park - Cammoweal Caves NP, 17 Apr, Tuesday, Mount Isa to Karumba, Karumba Point something Caravan Park- 18 Apr, Wednesday, Karumba to Undarra, Undarra Volcanic NP - Drive, Kalkani Crater walk 19 Apr, Thursday, Undarra to Cairns, Global Palace - Tube Tour, Pioneer Walk, drive back down Gillies Highway 20 Apr, Friday, Cairns, Koala Bay - track down motorcycle rental, dive trip 21 Apr, Saturday, Milln Reef, GBR - ProDive liveaboard, met Amanda, Charlie, Leon, Dan (note: Remember Tristan's cadence). saw dolphins! 22 Apr, Sunday, Flynn Reef, GBR - More Diving, sharks, turtles, what have you 23 Apr, Monday, Cairns, Caravella 149 - three dives between 7am and noon, madness! 24 Apr, Tuesday, Cairns, Caravella 149 - half day with Amanda, half day post-dive comatoseness 25 Apr, Wednesday, Cairns, Caravella 149 - ANZAC day, errands, phone calls 26 Apr, Thursday, Cairns, Caravella 149 - Motorcycle Rental, Speeding Ticket, Dinner with Steve + wife 27 Apr, Friday, Port Douglas, Port O' Call - Errands, lunch w/ Bryce, catch up with Adam 28 Apr, Saturday, Port Douglas, Dougie's - Soul And Pepper, meet up with Woulter, hang out with Brits 29 Apr, Sunday, Cape Tribulation, PK's Jungle Something - Mocka's Pies, Sunday Market, Drive up to Daintree + Cape Trib, nightwalk 30 Apr, Monday, Port Douglas, Dougie's - Mt Sorrow Ridge Walk, gorgeous view, Mossman Gorge, cane toad racing 01 May, Tuesday, Port Douglas, Dougie's - Mocka's Pies, writing, Not Soul and Pepper's, Thai, 02 May, Wednesday, Cairns ,Asylum, - soul and pepper's, leave, go back for adam's "lost" camera, puncture tires, clean car [100]03 May, Thursday, Cairns, Tropic Days - Fix tire punctures (bike pump), oil change, plan east coast w/ carmen - tall brit 04 May, Friday, Townsville, Kerry's - No skyrail, gillies highway, fig trees, josephine falls, townsville 05 May, Saturday, Townsville, Kerry's - Dove the SS Yongala, cruise townsville, party with kerry's friends, guitar hero 06 May, Sunday, Townsville, Kerry's - Hang out with Kerry, meet henri, pick up Brandon 07 May, Monday, Airley Beach, Backpackers By the Bay, Drive around townsville, drive to airley beach 08 May, Tuesday, Whitsundays, Solway Lass, Hook Passage?, hang out with stef, board ship motor to 'hook passage?' 09 May, Wednesday, Whitsundays, Solway Lass, Blue Pearl? - motor to Tongue Bay, walk over to Whitehaven beach, soldier crabs, ray 10 May, Thursday, Whitsundays, Solway Lass, Cyd's Harbor - snorkeling, rope, diving off bowsprit, sailing, slept on deck 11 May, Friday, Airley Beach, Beaches - Walk from Dugong to Sawmill beach, goannas, sail/motor to Abel Point Marina 12 May, Saturday, Airley Beach, Beaches - wasted morning, breakfast with liz, aborted trip to eungella 13 May, Sunday, Rockhampton, Rockhampton YHA - Mt Rooper/swamp bay hike, Eungalla, steak in Rockvegas, run into anne marie again 14 May, Monday, 1770, Campground - slow morning in rockhampton, cruise 1770, hang out with irish 15 May, Tuesday, Hervey Bay, Beaches - slow morning in 1770, Bundaberg Tour 16 May, Wednesday, Hervey Bay, Beaches - Fishing, awesome fish n' chips 17 May, Thursday, Fraser Island, Cathedral Beach - Ferry to Fraser (Harry, Misty), Walk to Wabby Lake, Eli Creek, Wreck of the Maheno, Pinnacles, set up camp 18 May, Friday, Fraser Island, Cathedral Beach - 2WD, Champagne Pools, Indian Head (dolphins), Champagne Pools (whale, swede), tractor pull, bullbar removal, triple train + ranger, stars in sand 19 May, Saturday, Hervey Bay, Beaches - Jim being a jerk, lakes boomanjin (shallow), birrabeen, mckenzie, ferry back 20 May, Sunday, Brisbane, Helen's - noosa, big pineapple, ginger factory, glasshouse mountains 21 May, Monday, Brisbane, Helen's - adam does visa, koala sanctuary, mt coot-tha, dinner at tukka (!) 22 May, Tuesday, Surfer's Paradise, Cheer's Backpackers - australia zoo, tibrogrogan/gargan 23 May, Wednesday, Byron Bay, Aquarius - Errands, Jabs, hooters 24 May, Thursday, Coff's Harbor, YHA - Bedbugs?, Sunrise at the lighthouse, Surf Lesson, Sunset, Italian dinner 25 May, Friday, Coff's Harbor, YHA - Fog on the water, fish rock cave dive, motorcycle weekend, 'dick scratcher', darts 26 May, Saturday, Newcastle, YHA - motorcycle parade, big banana, add coolant, add more coolant, add some more coolant. famous pies, night out at the brewery 27 May, Sunday, Newcastle, YHA - hunter valley trip 28 May, Monday, Katoomba, Flying Fox - pie run, adam got jabs, walk around newcastle, drive putty's road, 29 May, Tuesday, Manly, that serviced apartment place - ruined castle hike in blues, lunch at cafe zuppa, blackheath, drive bell's line of road, cross harbridge, ferry into city, the rocks, ferry back 30 May, Wednesday, Manly, that serviced apartment place - laundry, interweb, drive into town, have dreams of car sales crushed, interesting lady at police station, car inspection, random guy (gavin) with car advice 31 May, Thursday, through now: sow chaos, discord. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, anne marie - adelaide, alice, alice bushwalk, darwin, mossman, cairns tropic days, rockhampton, byron bay, big banana