As the amount of knowledge and the number of users connected to the Internet rapidly expands so the need to understand how users conceptualize this giant network becomes more important. Through the medium of sophisticated software interfaces users must navigate through cyberspace and access relevant information. Access to the userÕs mental model of the Internet will enable designers and information technologists to better understand and structure the knowledge deposits of the future. This study explores the use of drawings to access usersÕ mental models of the Internet from a group of South AfricanÕs with varying experience with the Internet and computers. Mental models from 51 University respondents were categorized by three independent raters. The mental models were arranged into six categories. Analyses on these categories suggest that the mental model categories may be hierarchically ordered according to respondentsÕ experience with the Internet. These results are discussed in terms of the organization of knowledge on the Internet and in terms of designing Internet interfaces.