'No worries' people, we managed to avoid both cyclones and are safe and sound. However, you are going to have to endure something even worse. An extra long blog because we haven't had Internet for 2 weeks and we have done lots in that time. Brace yourselves. After checking out of Gilligans on Saturday Steph and I headed to pick up our accommodation/kitchen/transport for the next two weeks. It's a Spaceship - a converted bright orange Toyota people carrier which ...

Thank you everyone for your messages, we are both very excited and look forward to celebrating with you all. After the excitement of the outback we found ourselves on a flight to Cairns in the North East of Oz. We were on the same flight as Lauren and Sam, who we met on the Rock Tour, so we agreed to share a 4 bed dorm together. They had been there before a few years previous so they knew where to stay etc. Coincidently we also shared the flight with another two...

We are now in our fourth time zone within one week as we have arrived in Byron Bay, New South Wales. (Sorry for the delayed blog, no McDonalds in Byron means no free WiFi!!) We had a busy couple of days in and around Brisbane - especially on the Friday when we went to Australia Zoo (the late, great Steve Irwin's former croc wrestling training ground). It's only an hour or so coach trip from where we were staying and we were shown Steve's televisual highlights th...

Singapore: sling your hook! Another day's worth of travelling, and we are now in the land of Oz! We actually had a great morning in Singapore before we went to the airport. Typically we stumbled across things that we wish we had seen on the first day. Like an all you can eat Asian buffet (we had nearly run out of Singaporean dollars so couldn't take advantage - gutted...), and a really interesting shopping centre (these are more Steph's words than mine). The att...