Adelaide - Friday 18 Drove 400km to Adelaide, luckily with a few picturesque spots on the way and a pink lake (caused by minerals released by algae) to break up an otherwise very straight road.Suz's cousin Kim came to meet us and then we arrived at Cliff and Sandra's where we were also greeted by Cousin Shane's two adorable kids Cassidy and Hunter.We had a BBQ in the evening and Uncle Cliff showed us his 1941 Jeep that he has recently completed renovated and c...

Camper van days: PhillipIsland and the Great Ocean Road towards South Australia - Friday 11 September Took the train out to where we were collecting our campervan.As we had left the map at Kelly's we got lost a few times before a kind postman took pity on us and dropped us at the door.After taking forever to go through all the workings of the gas, water, grey water, how to dump the bathroom water etc, we made our way back to Kelly's to pick up our bags.Apart f...

Melbourne - Saturday 29 Another silly o'clock flight, so up at 4am.We were met at the airport in Melbourne by Andrew (good friend from Dubai) and took the one hour drive through the city and out to the countryside south of Melbourne to Emerald, in the Dandenong National Park region.It was great to see Kelly and the boys at their gorgeous new home. Despite only just receiving their shipment from Dubai and being up to their eyes unpacking boxes, our guest suite ...

New Zeland, South Ialand Christchurch - Saturday 15th Managed to get up on time for the three hour flight to Christchurch where we landed in a real pea-souper and drizzling rain.Checked in to our hostel and then went in to town to explore.Christchurch is not quite the quaint pretty place we had imagined. There is a cathedral in the middle of a pleasant square and a few notable scattered Victorian buildings, but not much else worthy of comment and much muddled a...

Sydney 7th August Dave dropped us off at the bus stop to catch the Greyhound bus to Sydney where we were met by Lisa, a friend who we know from the UK.Her partner, James and their two girls are living in the leafy, hilly northern suburbs in Roseville, with some really charming houses.We went to the local marina to have some lunch and much to Stephen's disappointment, it was BYO and as we hadn't BOO, the idea of a crisp dry glass of wine overlooking the marina ...