Hi Everyone, This is just a quick note to apologise for the lack of updates recently. We've just been so busy, and on the move so often for so long that we haven't had time! We promise to get round to writing properly soon, especially since we havent even finished telling you all about Australia (it was last year afterall :) ). Our last blog was about Fraser Island, so just in Australia we still have to tell you about Clare's birthday in Byron Bay, Coffs Harbou...

Hello Everyone! After Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands, we headed down to a cattle ranch called Kroombit - this was part of our Oz Experience pass, and somewhere we had to stay on-route to the rest of Australias coast. When we were about 10 minutes outside of the ranch, our bus decided to break - beeping that the engine was majorly over heating! As its Australia though, the bus driver didnt seem to care that it was nearly at 100 degrees, and contiuned dr...

Hi Everyone! We arrived in Airlie beach on Sunday 6th December, excited for the 2 day 2 night Whisundays sailing trip we we're to start on the Monday. Our boat was called 'New Horizon' - a traditional sailing boat for 32 people as opposed to the fancy catamarans alot of people travel on - which Clare definitely preferred as it had shade to hide in! We left the harbour late in the afternoon and set sail for the bay we we're stopping at that night which was abo...

Hi All!! This is the first blog for our east coast trip (sorry its late!!). We arrived into Cairns on the 28th November 2009, and got to our hostel which was slightly out of the main town. When we first arrived we were shocked at how muggy it was up there - not as hot as Alice Springs, but had humidity of around 70%! Our first couple of days were spent relaxing and exploring the town itself. As you cant swim in the sea (due to Stinger season - sooooo many jell...

When we arrived at surf camp, which was located somewhere north of Coffs Harbour in a place Ox Experience referred to as 'Spot X' we were treated to a very tasty buffet lunch, after which we were told we would be heading into the water for our surf lesson straight away. After a quick briefing we were given our surf boards, which were really heavy and 8 foot long - apparently it's easier for beginners to use longer boards, we're not so sure! We had the less...