Sorry it's been so long since I have added a blog post but the last few weeks have been pretty hectic. After leaving Magnetic Island me and Steve made our way to Airlie beach where we spent 2 nights on a racing boat called Broomstick and sailed around the Witsunday Islands. We had a really good group of 25 people on the boat and 3 crew members, which made the trip even better. The skipper was even from Portsmouth! We were even allowed to help sail the boat, windi...

I am now well and truly into Australia and have begun making my way?down the East Coast with Steve in our campervan. My last week with Libby and Gerald was brilliant. I spend 3 more nights?at their farm in the Tablelands and helped them to round up some of their cattle so i could go to the butchers. This was great fun but bloody scary. It involved me and Libby being on the quad bike and Gerald being on the scrambler and having to move them through a couple of fie...

Hello from OZ! I have been here a week already and am enjoying the brilliant hospitality of family friends Libby and Gerald (they even picked me up from the airport!). At the beginning of the week they showed me the real Australia and they took me north to Cooktown, funny enough the place where Captain Cook first landed. It was great fun as we drove much of the way on dirt roads and Gerald got a chance to really test his 4wd. On the way we stopped at Cape Tribula...