Well after 2 days here we are excited to be getting on the ship. Our sleeping patterns have been shot, so for the last 2 days felt like hell. Bought a bottle of gin $58 and its local rot gut. Charge $28 to put on my credit card. Flat fee. What do you do? Sjuck it up and shell out. Last night, i thought i needed to nail it, so lots of drugs, prescribed, then 1/4 BOTTLE gin . Done. Tahiti is like Bali in 80's except no open sewers. I imagined to be like Hawaii...

Managed to get a nice car to the airport instead of the rattling bus. Somehow in booking extra luggage i lost our exit row seats. Lucky we didn't have a third-party in the seat beside me as i sat on aisle and Brad sat sideways in his seat. His legs don't fit. Ensconced in Rydges at sydney airport, very posh. Had 4.00am wakeup call. Lucky as we managed to get exit row from Sydney to Aukland. 2 hr layover but alas no exit row next leg. Poor Brad had someone bangi...

After a fantastic week at exmouth and Yardie Station we moved onto Coral Bay. It is a tiny place and we spent most days driving around checking out 4 wd tracks and fantastic snorkeling beaches. I decided to bite the bit and snorkelled in croc's. Easier entering the water and feet float so all in all everyone happy. Fantastic snorkels 3 steps off the beach. Great place to bee. Moved south to Cararvon, nothing of note there so moved on and stayed in Hamelin. Did ...

After feelings of devastation and tears of frustration. We went on a tour to swimn with whale sharks. It cost a gold bar but well worth it. I actually asked for help which for me is a significant thing. I swam with whale sharks, minkie whales, manta rays and saw lots of hum,pies. Even heard them singing. What a day fantastic but I returned absolutely knackerded. Could not eat tea so had a bite of Brad's toasted sandwich and fell into a drugged sleep. Don't men...

Have just realised all the blogs done in the past week and odd ones during the trip are all sitting in draft. Something like gremlins been not posting them. Faulty range service or the like. Left Broome and stayed at 80 mile beach. Love that spot. Stunning beach all 80 mile of ot but we only drove 5km up the beach. Had a drive around Pt Hedland on the way into Karijini. Still the same mining town. Stopped at a station called Indee Station. They took us on a tou...