Hello everyone We're now in Cairns and enjoying the warm sunshine. It might be winter but we're wearing summer gear! Yesterday was amazing cruising to the Great Barrier Reef. Chris did his first scuba dive which he loved. Kate tried snorkeling for the first time which she found great once she had some 1 on 1 help from one of the crew - well they did the swimming while Kate was pulled behind! Got to see Nemo! And loads of great colourful fish and coral. Got to str...

Hi everyone Time for another blog as we're in another town. Spent the last 2 days in sunny Adelaide on the south coast of Australia. We enjoyed our time in Melbourne and loved the generous hospitality of the Henry family. We loved their spa!! Adelaide is a lovely town with many parks and church buildings. Our hotel is on Melbourne Street which has many kinds of great restaurants and cafes. It's a nice walk into town and the shops are good. Visited Glenelg bea...

Hey everyone we're now in Melbourne, home of Neighbours! Yes and we have been sad enough to visit Ramsey street - actually called Pin Oak Court! The security guard wasn't so impressed with us driving around taking photos! We enjoyed the rest of our stay in Sydney especially Saturday as we had beautiful sunshine! Visited the botanic gardens, went to the Rocks area and saw the markets and said goodbye to Richard. We stayed for one night in the same road as Russel...

Hello from rainy Australia! We've heard you guys have been having lots of rain - well we're joining you in Sydney! We see from the paper this morning they're having some of the worst weather in a very long time!! We're getting used to feeling slightly soggy most of the time. We arrived on Tuesday after surviving the long flight from South Africa. We enjoyed the rest of our time on the Garden Route in SA and had a nice last day in Cape Town - where it was beautifu...