G,day from the outback! Fuz and I set off for the next leg of our travels on Saturday the 6th January and came to a sudden halt on Saturday 6th of January! We only managed to get 600km away from Sydney when van completely seized up, made a bit of a racket and stopped dead at the side of the road. We had literally just passed the welcome sign for the town of Nyngan, which is on the southern edge of the middle of nowhere. I don't think we could have been any lu...

Hi folks! Hope everyone is well and truly recovered. I bet hogmanay is a distant memory now. We had an excellent time over the festive, especially as we were able to spend it with good mates. After our tour up the coast with Scott and Sus, it was back to Manly (and the torrential rain!) for the rest of the festive. It was a bit touch and go with the weather for Christmas day, but by the afternoon it was glorious and we were all baking in the sunshine. We all open...