He’s landed, our very own STA Explorer Chris (aka Hang Ten and Party) is in Oz, but that wasn’t before dodging an excess baggage charge, apparently a cheeky Devon smile is all you need, and a stint circling Hong Kong airport. Only on the second leg of his journey did the excitement and reality kick in,

“Loving the map of the flight though…I’m actually going to Oz…Years of dreaming and planning and I land in freaking Oz today… Just thinking about it gives me butterflies.”

But that was all before, Chris is now in Australia doing his thing – I give you Cairns Carnage… The post follows his usual bullet point formatting, a sort of stream of consciousness from a surfer in Australia, it certainly does the job.

More coherent though is the following entry on his diving course, which is a great read for anyone thinking of doing similar, and by Chris’ accounts why wouldn’t you, it sounds awesome,

“Just finshed my PADI Open Water and Advanced diver certification! It’s pretty sweet being able to roll up, hire some kit and hit the water with Linzi….it’s my new yoga I think!”

As a pro photographer Chris has been busy capturing all that has been going on and uploads are imminent… Stay tuned.