Finishing Touches!

Hello All!

Just thought I'd update you on the final preparations for Operation Christina-and-Claire-do-Oz!

• I went on The Australian YHA site (www.yha.com.au) and drew up an itinerary on their interactive map of all the hostels on our bus route, which mostly work out at about a tenner a night, which is ace, and they all have internet access and look really nice. I also got contact numbers and directions to them, so the site was really helpful.
• Claire and I went to STA Travel yesterday to book our Oz Experience Bus Pass (www.ozexperience.com.au) which takes us on a round trip from Sydney through Byron Bay, Brisbane, and many more places up to Cairns, then gives us a flight to Darwin taking us back down through the outback towns of Katherine, Daly Waters, Alice Springs, Yulara, and through Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra on our way back to Sydney. STA have been the backbone of our planning so far, so if your thinking of travelling with adventure in mind check out their site (www.statravel.co.uk)

So everything's sorted now! We've got our flights, visas, coach tickets, VIP and YHA discount cards, travel insurance; so all that needs to be done now is the saving for spending money! Here comes the difficult bit eh! As some of you know already though I've taken on a second job to pay for this trip so we just gotta work hard now to reap the benefits in January!

ps. Claire has her own site, so check out her point of view at(www.clairesadventures.blogspot.com)

Also, check out what Martin 'Mofo' Scott is doing already on his round the world tour, at (www.marttimo.blogspot.com)

Cheerio!