Since I returned to the UK 6 weeks ago updates have been few and far between and for that I apologise. A lot has happened over the last few weeks and my circumstances are now entirely different.
When my Dad met me at Glasgow airport I was in a wheelchair. For the next few weeks I barely left my parent’s house. I hobbled around on crutches but generally found it easier to just stay seated. Over time it did get easier. I started walking short distances with one crutch and then …
After a very long bus journey from Byron Bay I finally reached Sydney, my last stop in Australia. I don’t usually like big cities, but I really enjoyed spending two days wandering around Sydney.
King’s Cross
Bars, clubs and strip clubs fill the streets of the sleazy King’s Cross.
The Rocks
The Rocks is the site of the first European settlement in Sydney. The narrow streets that once housed factories and warehouses are now filled with markets and pubs aimed at tourists.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
I had considered doing the bridge climb, but at almost $200 …
Today I turned 28 so to celebrate I decided that the best thing to do would be to throw myself out of a plane. Packed tightly into the tiny plane we climbed up to a height of 13,000 feet where the door was flung open and Scruffy (my instructor) slid us towards the exit. After a few seconds of posing for the camera on the wing Scruffy rolled us over the edge and we started to free fall. Unlike a bungee jump or a roller coaster you don’t get the …
Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand’s south island is one of the best places in the world to see dolphins and whales. Both visit the coast line year round which has led to Kaikoura becoming a popular place to go on whale and dolphin watching trips as well as swimming with the dolphins. At 6am it was pretty damn cold and still pitch black, but the three of us knew that it would be worth it. We set sail as the sun began to rise and we were …
Fraser Island on the east coast of Australia is the world’s largest sand island. Everyone that travels the east coast makes a trip to Fraser Island, either on a tour or with a self drive 4 wheel drive vehicle. Hervey Bay is the start point for tours, whilst the majority of self drives start from Rainbow Beach, just a little further down the coast. After hearing the horror stories of the self drive option (getting stuck in the sand, vehicles flipping, weekly helicopter rescues to name but a few) I …
I spent a day in Melaka before I left Malaysia to break up the journey between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Melaka is a world heritage listed town due to its importance as a port and because of the well preserved colonial buildings. Melaka has influences from India, China and Europe due to the origins of the people that once lived there. It is certainly a very nice town to wander around.
The Whitsunday Islands are an island group off the main coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between Bowen and Mackay. The island group is centred around Whitsunday Island. The name comes from Captain Cook’s naming of the Whitsunday Passage. The Whitsunday Islands are a popular destination for everyone travelling the east coast of Australia with an entire industry set up to take people there.
Airlie Beach is the gateway to the Whitsundays. Despite the name, Airlie Beach no longer has a beach. The beach has been filled in and a lagoon has …
In Kuala Lumpur and Singapore I picked up a couple of new toys. A Panasonic TZ7 camera and a marine housing for it. Since then I’ve had a lot of fun playing with them underwater. On each dive I have taken maybe a hundred pictures and only a handful turn out well. Getting a nice picture underwater requires you to keep several things in mind. You need to get close to your subject without scaring it away, you need to remain steady in order to focus without touching the coral, …
After getting hooked on diving in Asia, my plans for Australia rapidly transformed to the point that the majority of my time in Australia would be spent underwater in the Great Barrier Reef. As the only living thing visible from space, and longer than the Great Wall of China, the Great Barrier Reef is massive. It is possible to visit parts of the reef from almost every coastal town in Queensland.
There are several options for visiting the Great Barrier Reef, depending on how much of it you want to see …
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Dan's Adventure is an around the world travel blog, which follows Dan as he travels around the world. The adventure begins in August when Dan leaves the UK to travel to Africa, Asia, Oceania, South America and North America. Dan will endevour to share his experiences and photos here on Dan's Adventure.
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