After our stay in Bowral for a couple of nights we headed back to Ann's place in Sydney .That night we had arranged to meet Will and Chloe (the couple we had met in Cambodia a few months ago)We went for a pub meal at the Orient Hotel and then for drinks on Darling Harbour. It was good fun to catch up with them.The next day was Mothers Day in Australia and Nada had come up for the day to take Ann out for a meal. Rich and Monty also came up and the four of us went ...

On Thursday we caught the train to Bowral which was around 2 and 1/2 hours away from Sydeny (only an hour away in car).Rich picked us up from the train station and gave us a little tour of the town before heading to their house.Their house is huge.... All the houses are bungalows as they have so much space they don't need to build second floors.There is the living room, kitchen/dinning/chill room and a playroom for Monty and his brother (due in June)There are 4 b...

When we arrived in Sydney, Richard kindly picked us up from the airport which was a nice change from having to mess about with taxis, trams, buses.... He took us back to Ann's- Nadas mum's house off Oxford Street which is a very nice area. Nada made us a proper cup of tea which is the first in almost six months.... We sat and told them all about our travels so far and ate the worlds nicest pizza !!! The rain was bad outside (Dom and Richard figured t...

Next stop in Australia: Melbourne and as quoted by a local.... 'If you don't like Melbournes weather, wait 5 minutes and it will change' Our flight from Darwin only took around 4 hours, and it was one of Richard Branson's finest Virgin flights. We had our own private screen in the headrest in front of us, and complimentary satellite TV. Dom watched Hull City v Liverpool and some Australian Rugby League and Beth watched Sex and the City. Easy life. We landed ...

Well, were finally here, Australia - the last country of our trip :-( Where has the time gone?After a 5 hour plane journey from Singapore we arrived at Darwin airport at 5am. It took another hour to get passed the sniffer dogs, immigration, police questioning (how long you staying? what are your plans? etc) and quarintine.....They even check if you have mud on your shoes!!!We'd heard that theyre strict here, but didn't realise it was to that scale!!But we got thr...