after arving late to our hostel, we werent in the best of moods and they got worse at the sight of the hostel, we werent impressed to say the least, we werent all even in a room together after bookin it injanuary, we expect better, but the mood was lifted as we went out for tea with pene and greg who also happened to be in darwin as they were doin a trip there, so we had a drink which turned into tea, whcih was nice, then we sadi our final fairwell, in darwin we...

Day 1 on fraser island Well Well Well, it has been a while! apologies to all for the lack of bloggage! but we have a very good excuse! we have been stranded on a desert island! fending for our lives, with while dingoes, killer spiders and killer snakes and as if that isnt bad enough the isalnd was surounded bu sharks about 10 different species!! so we just didnt have access to a computer!! we couldnt even get phone signal! and we had to wee in a hole! which mi...

Hello everyone, Sorry it has been a while since the last blog, we have been none stop since we got to Australia! We started our australian adventure in sydney a few days ago now and we all really enjoyed it. We had 2 days there altogether which really doesnt sound much but we got quite abit done. Jen and steph did the bridge climb which they both thought was awsome fun but think there little legs hurt a little after it, while me and Laura had a wander round the...

Hello, steph here! now then anyone that knows me really well, will know that i have not yet typed a blog yet, i have been present adding a few comments but the correct spelling and the use of big words and the fact that most the blogs make sense will indicate i did not type them!! so here goes for my first proper entry! before i dive straight into the fact that we are having an amazing time i would like to bring up the point that people may not recognise me wh...

Hiya All, latest update, before laeving queenstown to head over to Te Anau we went up a mountain and tobogganed (sledge with wheels) down- lots of fun and wacky races! at thre bottom of the chair lift there was a bird and wildlife centre and we are well impressed as seen a proper live kiwi and introduced to a Tuatara- a three eyed dinosaur-we kid you not! saw some other wildlife too, and also some Mauri culture dancing and singing, real life Haika thigh slappin...