We've landed on our feet again. After our terrible experience in Tailem Bend we knew that nothing we found could be that bad... little did we know that we'd end up on one of the best projects so far!! Jason, Monika and Ruby live on an organic farm in Mount Barker, just 40 mins drive from Adelaide and as soon as we arrived we were welcomed into their lovely family with open arms. We have been here 3 weeks already and plan to stay another 2 weeks longer. We've don...

It was certainly a LOOOOONG week in Tailem Bend. What a nightmare project!!! We arranged this work project way back in New Zealand and were excited about the idea of working with animals again and meeting new people. The reviews on this farm were outstanding and we took their word for it, so we were delighted when we were accepted... but all was not as we dreamed. The lady we worked for was rude and barely spoke to us. The idea with these work trade projects is ...

G-Day!!!! It's our second to last stop on this world trip and it's all rushing by us so fast! Where did January go?? We left Ross' Aunt and Uncle's place in the New year and set off for a road trip around the South Island of New Zealand, armed with our little tent and 'shoestring' car. We had been warned by the family that the weather would be cold so we should have been prepared when at night the temperature plummetted and we found ourselves layering up in as m...

Gidday Mate!!! Well we're finally back in communication and have updated our blog! It has been a crazy month... I would say busy but 3 weeks laying in hammocks wasn't exactly that... however we had an amazing time in Fiji, after leaving Hawaii (and just in time for the winter rain and wind seemed headed our way) we flew into Nadi and settled ourselves into a 'backpackers' (2 swimming pools, 3 bars etc.) and made our arragements to visit the Yasawa Group Islands ...