The Kangaroo Route

So my cousin has an apartment in Dubai, U.A.E., in the Middle East and one of my ex-girlfriends will soon be living in Singapore, and I'm at this moment in my life where the urge and the money and the motivation to take off on a big adventure for 6-12 months is reaching its apex ... so here's the plan: the Kangaroo Route. Starting in Europe (probably Spain), traveling overland through the Balkans to Istanbul, Turkey; taking a boat to Cairo, Egypt; flying across Saudi Arabia to Dubai; flying from Dubai to India; traveling overland through SE Asia to Singapore; checking out one island in the Indonesia island array; flying to Darwin, Australia; taking the Ghan train from Darwin to Adelaide; working at wineries in Australia's Shiraz wine region; ending in Sydney. Then, depending on my bank account (which should be at $-2,000 at this point) deciding whether to check out French Polynesia, New Zealand or Hawaii. Then flying home, where I'll take a lowly job while I write my great travel narrative. Who is with me? Who wants to sponsor me?