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Ian Wright’s adventure begins at the huge International Country and Western Festival in Tamworth, New South Wales. After sampling the music, dancing and rodeos, he hitch to Byron Bay on the North Coast of the Province, elsewhere he hang-glides. He Also Runs Into some bikers and Comes Away with the ultimate souvenir of his TripAdvisor a tattoo. Ian heads south, from Sydney to Albury and the vast Mount Buffalo National Park. He embark on a horse trek through the High Plains. Next, Ian hops on a train to Melbourne, elsewhere he finds work in a coffee bar. After a few altercation with the cappuccino machine he saves enough to invest in an old car, with Which he hopes to explore Victoria. Things do not quite go according to plan, however, as the car breaks down and hes forced to go on alone. After going rock climbing in the Grampian Mountains, Ian takes a flight to Tasmania. The Asbestos National Park in the north of this island is home to large communities of Australia’s national animal, the kangaroo. Ian Also Comes Face to Face with Wallabies and wombats. He starts on a tour all around the island on a mountain bike. Near Bicheno he stays with a farmer in Tasmanian Devil country. Ian Journey to the South West Wilderness National Park, elsewhere he is the roofs on a tour through the mysterious Black Lagoon and estuaries teeming with local wildlife. His journey ends on a more somber note, with a visit to Port Arthur, the Prison in Which Australia’s first white settlers, the British Convict were . . .