Fraser Island was really quite incredible. it is huge! one hunge pile of sand. there are rainforests growing on it, which we had to hear alooooot about. we were only there for the day and our 4x4 bus tour guide knew everything there was to know about every single tree we drove past and was kind enough (!!) to tell us. we stopped every now and again to look at bark even, luckily we didnt have much time so couldnt stop at all (which i think he may have). the 4x4 bu...

Before I start on Australia, i have to mention the burgers we had in queenstown NZ for my own benefit (i am going to print this off for myself when im home). I realised id forgotten to mention the furgburgers and julie was so shocked i could have failed to tell u all that we have found the best burger in the world. after julie's first furgburger she said she wanted to only eat furgburgers for the rest of her life. we bought 3 on ourlast night to take with us and ...

We are now in Queenstown which is a tiny bit bigger than all the other hamlets we've stropped in so far and has loads of bars aimed at tourists so we may have got a bit over excited about the fact there was a night life and over did it night before last. a bar called the world does cocktails in a teapot which sounded very civilised and english but that tea was very strong and made me fall over a lot! managed to just about recover for my horse ride through lord of...

The glacier hike was amazing! Im not sure what i expected hiking on a glacier to be like, but it wasnt walking on top of a big bit of ice, it was walking (and a little bit swimming!) through the ice. we hiked for hours through cravasses that were about the width of my hips and as tall as a 2 storey houses, infact the first one was so narrow we had to go sideways and take our backpacks off, when i tried to turn my hips got wedged. im not sure how the guide knew th...

Hello! we are in New Zealand! and it is non stop here, so no time to stop and update the journal very often, and more importantly, there aren't that many internet places!? We stopped one night on the north island in Auckland friday before last and thought it was a very nice clean small city. turns out it is the biggest city in NZ and home to a quarter of the population! this country is rather deserted! in Auckland we took a city tour and jumped off at the sealife...