A day of two halves. This morning it was overcast but very warm. We started the day at 7.00am straight from bed into the pool followed by a good breakfast outside. Later we were taken to the Glasshouse Mountains which are actually lava plugs but they stand very tall and quite isolated in an otherwise flat plain.We viewed them from two different areas and you could see that they were in a circle. There were several of these large outcrops and they all had aborigi...

So that’s it - 2 weeks and 2000km done and lots of great memories of Tassie. Lots of trees both Eucalyptus and Pine, large herds of cattle and sheep that looked mucky. (Must be the breed but they looked as if they needed a good scrub) Beaches with sand fit for an egg timer, blue/turquoise waters and lots of very twisty roads in the West. We saw all varieties of weather from snow to hot sunshine and our last few days in Hobart we enjoyed very much. The people...

We arrived in Brisbane after a 14 hr flight and no sleep. Got through the airport quickly and within an hour we were sitting in the garden at Bill and Sue’s house and it was 9am local time. All very confusing when we had eaten breakfast at 1 pm Dubai time. We had a lazy day and by 2pm we both had to have a couple of hours sleep. This set us up and we are now fully acclimatised to Ozzie time. Today we woke up and before breakfast went in the pool which was a g...

So we are currently sitting on the plane waiting to depart for Brisbane. Yesterday was another busy day. We started by visiting The Palm and the famous Atlantis hotel. This is the one all the ads. show when promoting Dubai. The main reception was a huge circle and it was more like a railway station than an hotel. It was rammed full of people, kids and luggage. Catherine then took us to see the aquarium in the basement which was amazing and a quick glimpse of t...