Just a quickie - we're on Long Island in the Whitsundays but our 2 day sailing has been cancelled due to Cyclone Ellie (!), now downgraded to a tropical storm and a big low. Basically over 200mm of rain a day at the mo. Some woman ran over a crocodile on the road somewhere in the state! Cairns highway is cut off in a few places and essential supplies aren't getting through to areas so we've been told today that we're trying to make it to Townsville tomorrow. ...

Hello from Surfers Paradise. But what surfers.... we see no surfers!!! We think this is due to the fact that this place looks like the high rise building stretch of one of the Costas. We feel no credit crunch here... Our Contiki tour has started well. I don't have my notebook with me at the moment so will probably miss loads out. Our first night was spent at SHoal Bay, not far from Nelson Bay (last blog point). We had a fantastic 'suite' (huge!) and almost wa...

Just left Sydney this morning and are on our way up the East Coast. Have a long lunch stop off as some people are off doing some activities so have found this internet cafe in Nelson Bay to do a mega blog! We left Bondi and got a bus straight though to the city and a drop off close to our hotel. Asking for a high floor with a view we got a room of the top floor which looked out over the tops of some buildings. Not a great view, but proved great to watch the f...

its all truly amazing. taken erom the harbour bridge. glorious day but at 35 cel im off 4 a cold beer! x

BONDI BEACH, BABY!!! Actually, it's all a bit of a hype. It's a bit like Newquay but with great weather and more posy men. And no ice cream vans. The last 4 or so days have been another fantastic addition to this amazing honeymoon. Unfortunately I don't have my journal with me to remember everything we've done, but writing it all would just take sooooo long, so here's a gist.... From the photo I sent from my mobile, you can imagine how we met up with two 'fr...