Hi blog readers After the busy weekend we had a lazy day today. We went to Gateway Mall (it was rather large) and saw the last Harry Potter - our first 3D movie. We also stopped in at McD's just for you Kristin. Given that I don't have much to report on from today I thought I'd write some of my random observations from our weekend trip. We drove through Zulu land to get to the game reserve. The 'houses' are really quite different from NZ! They have round b...

After a fantastic night's sleep we felt a million times better than yesterday! It is supposedly winter here but we've spent the day in shorts and tee-shirts. We had a very nice lunch at the Mugg and Bean with Uncle Allan, Aunty Faye and Granny Beryl. The food was great but Brett was most excited about the bottomless cups of coffee with which he'd survived his Uni years. We spent the afternoon with our tour guide, Aunty Faye, taking us around. We went to the ...

Our overseas adventure has finally begun!!!! After a miniscule amount of sleep we were up bright and early at 3.30am. Honestly no flight should leave that early in the morning! Poor Dad beat the caretaker to work arriving at 4.30. A delightful Jetstar flight (which did take off and there was no ash cloud - yay!) over to Sydney and the first flight was done. As for the second flight - it took forever! It was my (Rebecca) first long distance flight and I now kn...