After a long day of flights we finally arrived in Perth, Western Australia.We were welcomed with 40°C (104°F) heat, a change of about 30°C from Tassie the same morning.After chicking into our hostel we jumped straight into our urgent task of finding a suitable car to get us the 4040kms to Darwin.The following day was spent running around in the even hotter sun viewing cars, visiting used car dealerships and generally getting more confused as we had...

If ever there was a place that the weather dictates the kind of time you'd have in a place it would definitely be Tasmania.It started out well enough when we were expecting to pick up our tiny Hyundai Getz and when they didn't have any economy cars available (as they never do) we were upgraded to our familiar Toyota Camry 2008 edition.This is important to note because it would become our home in more ways than one.After buying a $40 tent and a $8 cooler in Hobart...

We have been in Melbourne for the last 2 and a half weeks where my brother, Bryan and his girlfriend Lani have kindly put a roof over our heads, this is the only advantage of having family spread all over the world. (Thanks guys) Their place is in the quirky beach town St Kilda, 15 minutes from the city, putting us at a great location. Bryan was quick to show us the sights, restaurants and hot spots. Our days during the week were spent exploring the city and v...

After dropping off our mobile home, it was back to being spoiled again by Jo's family. Matt was the first to extend his helping hand in Auckland where we had a night's layover. Door to door service with a few Coronas, some delicious banana cake (thanks Martinique), and a much needed comfortable bed, thanks guys. The next morning was as short flight to Sydney, Greg's old stomping grounds. Except this time, instead of staying in Chinatown like the first go arou...

The last week has been unreal.It seems that around every corner New Zealand offers something different.The van has been easier to live out of than we first thought. Once we got into the swing of things, and accustomed daily ritual of folding away our "living room" and folding out our "bedroom", we loved the fact that every night we could have a different 5 star view, for free.For the most part, that's what we have been doing, parking over ni...