Day 190 - Mon 14th Sept: Ryōgoku Kokugikan Arena, Tokyo

Sumo! Sumo! Sumo! One of this year's six tournaments is taking place in Tokyo in September. The guys in the photo may look big, but they're two of the smaller amateur wrestlers - the pros are even bigger.

Day 189 - Sun 13th Sept: Mori Tower, Tokyo

Here's the view of Tokyo 52 stories up. The Mori Tower has 360 degree views of the city via their massive floor to ceiling windows.

Day 185 - Weds 9th Sept: The Shinkansen, en route to Kyoto

Another great day for pics, highlights included: the bullet train zooming past, the architecture of Kyoto's rail station, the general hustle and bustle of the station, a dragon fountain and quite possibly the world's shortest pedestrian crossing (it had only three zebra stripes. Three!) But here's a good symmetrical one of the Shinkansen from the inside.

As today is 09/09/09 I thought about putting together nine pics...but these computers don't have any good software.

Day 180 - Fri 4th Sept: The Sydney Harbour Bridge

It's the last day in Australia! I realised this morning that I still hadn't walked across the Harbour Bridge. I have now.

Day 178 - Weds 2nd Sept: Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

Here's some shoppers going shopping down at the QVB

Day 176 - Mon 31st Aug: Yamba Golf Club

They have a load of kangaroos milling around at the local golf club (before anyone gets in there with the question....no....they don't play golf. They just eat the grass there).

Day 175 - Sun 30th Aug: Yamba

Here's a crashing wave and therefore another coastline picture (well, I am travelling down the east coast) from the little town of Yamba. They have a lighthouse here too, but I thought I'd spare you a pic of that.

Day 173 - Fri 28th Aug: Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay

I'm gonna give this picture description the 'Ronseal treatment': it's some guy surfing.

Day 171 - Weds 26th Aug: Brisbane River

Not much happening today, so went for a cruise around the Brisbane River on a CityCat Ferry. Here's some hard working folk heading home for the day.

Day 166 - Fri 21st Aug: Lake Birrabeen, Fraser Island

Got the 'artsy' photographer's hat on today: some seed thing on the beach at Lake Birrabeen.

Did you know that Fraser Island is considered to be the world's largest all sand island? FACT!

Day 156 - Tues 11th Aug: Bungalow Bay Koala Park, Magnetic Island

Koala bears are all the rage on Magnetic Island. The Koala Park on the island allows you to get up close and personal with them - cliched touristy picture of me holding koala bear has been taken.

Day 152 - Fri 7th Aug: Mission Beach

Overcast day and not up to much today...but here's a view of Dunk Island. I'll be heading over there tomorrow.

Day 148 - Mon 3rd Aug: Cape Tribulation Beach

Cape Tribulation is meant to be one of the most picturesque places in the world. Bright blue skies, great beaches, crystal clear waters, etc, etc. But for the whole time we were there it was cloudy with spots of rain. The weather was so bad today that they cancelled our boat trip out to the reef. Rubbish! Here's two random guys coming back to the (grey and slighly miserable) beach.

Day 139 - Sat 25th July: Top Didj & Art Gallery

This is Manual, he's an artist that paints in a traditional aboriginal way. He taught us how to use grass paintbrushes and a patterned line style to create our own mini-masterpieces.

Day 131 - Fri 17th July: The Tour Group, Coober Pedy

Saw a salt flat and visited the opal mining town of Coober Pedy today, but I thought I'd share some pics of people in my tour group. It's a cracking little group, with 10 of us (plus the driver, Jules) on the bus. I'll be putting a photo montage up on here when I get access to a computer with suitable software.

Day 129 - Weds 15th July: Dutchmans Stern, Flinders Ranges

Today was the start of a 14 day Adelaide-to-Darwin outback tour and we hiked up a big hill called Dutchmans Stern (so named, because the hill looks like the stern of a dutchmans boat), where you can get some great views of the Flinders Ranges. Bit of a cloudy day though.

Day 128 - Tues 14th July: South Australian Museum

After a couple of weeks offline, the blog is back!

Adelaide isn't the most happening of places, so went down to the museum to check out some history on aboriginal culture. The museum has a t-rex skeleton too. Raaaaargh!

Day 122 - Weds 8th July: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

Ned Kelly: bush ranger, folk hero, bank robber, outlaw and bushy beard grower. At the State Library of Victoria they have his famous bullet proof armour on show, which weighs in at 44kg.

Day 120 - Mon 6th July: Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne

The Scienceworks Museum has a special exhibition on at the moment which shows how some of the science fiction in Star Wars could becoming a reality in the near future (hover cars, robot limbs, etc). It also gives them an excuse to show off some props and costumes.

But the best fact I learnt today though was: Lance Armstrong has a heart 33% larger than the average man for his height. What a FACT!

Day 117 - Fri 3rd July: NGV Ian Potter Centre, Melbourne

Look! It's me! In another reflection! In another gallery! (Well, they are free to go to)