The last day of my travels, my flight home is at 3.50 this pm and the sun and warmth of a lovely Sydney winters day has greeted me, a great way to remember this wonderful city which has been my base and comfort, (thanks Russ and Ann) for the last months. I have plenty of time for reflection, 23 hours on the plane. I have a warm, gentle, calm feeling right now that stems from knowing how lucky and blessed I have been to have had the opportunity to see, do and fee...

Up super early, bit of a shock for the boys and a three hour flight from Sydney to Cairns and Queensland Australia. Should be sunny and hotter here than Sydney and whilst there are clouds it is for sure a few degrees warmer. The east coast is the home of many sights and beautiful beachy coastlines including the Fraser coast, the sunshine coast and the gold coast, to get a chance of the better weather we have flown up to cairns to work our way down to Brisbane t...

Welcome to Australia Jake and Freddie. So pleased to see them after so long, met them from the airport after their long long journey from London. Jet lag hit them quickly so took it easy at first. We had a great evening with Russ and Ann's friends and a trip out to sea on their boat which started in bright sunshine and finished in a dark rainy storm making it a bit chilli, unfortunately no sight of Whales this time. Also a walk and lunch in Manly watching the...

I need to explain, NZ is the most beautiful place I have visited and I am so pleased that I have had the opportunity to spend a good length of time here. Me and my Diahatsu Sirion had a brilliant couple of weeks travelling around the South Island, over 2000km of driving around windy mountain roads and sun drenched valleys. I decided to go alone after booking a coach trip, one day on the coach was enough for me to realise that this is an island where the best i...

The other side of the world and eleven hours ahead. Early flight from Sydney and arrived in Aukland at lunch time, lost a few hours along the way. Luxury, met at the airport by Joan, an old work colleague and then after lunch and a cup of tea a great first evening out in a few bars in Aukland, the All Blacks beating France on the tv and pallets of NZ beer! Then a complete washout day with gale force winds with the most wonderful rainbow! This looked to be the ...