Australia..

Well my 'post phd, southern hemisphere tour' has commenced and I'm enjoying it! ;)
Just been to Australia so far, but its all been really great - seeing and doing loads.. Cairns was my first stop, then wandered down the east coast to Brisbane, Sydney, on to Adelaide and am now in Melbourne..
Went out to the great barrier reef (and its not called the 'great barrier reef for nothing - really is 'great'), stayed a few nights in the oldest rain forest in the world - at cape Tribulation, been to surfers paradise, the gold coast.. Harbour bridge and the Sydney Opera house really is something special - was just amazed to see it in real life! The wine valleys of Adelaide and touring sporting Melbourne was great (went to an AFL footie game in the MCG - was just brill! ;)
Will post photos of my travels in time.. but for now am signing off and heading for a latte! ;)

And off i go..

Heading to the southern hemisphere tomorrow – but rather than the usual southern trip to the banks of the Shannon, its a bit further this time - Oz, NZ and Asia here I come! ;)
Keep the texts and emails coming, will stay in touch as much as is possible... and will hopefully stay up-to-date with the GAA games too ;)