One of Sheffield's long standing folkies Pete Smith is travelling to Australia from the UK and is then continuing via Australia and New Zealand to the USA and back to the UK taking around nine months.

Did I mention the first part of the trip to Australia is by bus overland from the UK? And they are through the dangerous part. Beware it is a little bit out-of-date. Internet connections are not of the best where he is!!

You can read his diaries and his motivation here.