Our first full day in Brisbane didn't exactly get off to the best start as we awoke to find that the tent had flooded during the night, and the bed and anything else that was left on the floor was now soaked! So the first thing that we had to do was try to get everything out of the tent and find somewhere for it all to dry off - not the easiest task when it's still drizzling and there's nowhere dry to put anything!? After we had finally dried off most of the insi...

We now have a week off from the joys of the harvesting season and have come to Brisbane to catch up with civilization after picking and packing zucchini's for 33 days straight! While we have been on the farm we have got to know the group a lot more than on our previous visit, so much so that we have now moved our big tent from the campsite in Texas, to just over the road from the farm - next to where we were first introduced to the mighty 'cottage' some four mont...

Today was our first day back on the farm and now at four o'clock in the afternoon, we are already ready to go to bed and if it wasn't so damn hot we would have been asleep a long time ago! We arrived on Saturday towards the evening after having stopped in Warwick for the weekly shop, and set about trying to construct our massive tent before it got too dark and we got eaten alive by all the mosquitoes. Billy (the old boy at the caravan park) did his best to help ...

In just a few minutes we will be leaving behind the sun, sea and sand of Surfer’s Paradise and heading back out to Texas to work on the farm again – about as far removed from this social hub of the Gold Coast as you could possibly imagine!! After gaining an hour from crossing back into Queensland, we arrived in Surfer’s fairly early on Thursday morning and made our way to Elaine’s place to prepare for the day ahead and after the meeting ...

We’re currently having a quick break on our way up to Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast to meet up with Elaine and celebrate Australia Day in true Aussie fashion - on the beach with many, many beers! And so we will soon be back in the Sunshine State of Queensland after almost two months in New South Wales. Our shopping trip to Coffs Harbour had proved very successful (more later) and we arrived in Bundjalung National Park a couple of evenings a...