Hey guys happy new year! Its good to read your still having a good time. I have been back about 3 weeks now and omg is it freeezing. Kirsty your comment about the perfume and the straighteners made me laugh, i felt like such a grubby boy when we were away especially with no straightners to sort my hair out!

Have fun living the life in sydney lots of love xxxx

Hey Guys!

Happy New Year! Loving the photo's and the blogs, i'm starting to plan my trip so its great to have some idea of what these places are like!

Well done on the diving Jonny! Good to hear you're all set up in Oz, if you could send some of the warm weather back to Europe that would be lovely, Burgess road has turned into an ice rink!

Tom's back from Austria now, it feels very odd to be in soton without Jonny and Liz now! Missing your strange antics :)

Hope you both continue to have an amazing time! Love Millie xxx

Good day!!!! Liking updated piccys - byron bay not changed!! We stopped at mum and dads for weekend - daniel liking your room! says his now!!! - not keen on posters though - wants to swap for thomas tank! Emma trouble into everything..... We got sooooooooo much snow..... its freezing....soooooooo cold!!! Enjoy the sun!!!! love us, Vikki xxx

Wow your photos look amazing :) hope you're having a lovely time!! Bea and I are off in about 6 weeks so am getting very excited!! Met Ruth in London the other day which was fun!

Lotsa love and take care from Belly xxxxx

hi to both, happy new year, hope you enjoy your stay down under, luv grace and tony

Happy New Year to you both. Hope you had a good Xmas and that the turkey was cooked!!! We had a good time at Vikki and Tims and pleased to tell you that your Dad came last at a game of cards!!!! He couldn't believe it and blamed it on his cold!!!!!!!!!! Pity about Andrew leaving Rio, so no free accomodation, so you'll have to go to Dallas!!!!

Take care and enjoy.

Hello! Just a quick message to wish you both the happy-iest new year ever - we hope 2010 is all you want it to be and more! Enjoy your time in Oz and speak to you again soon... we have got a webcam now so just need to get sorted and will be able to talk to you next week on skype - yeah!!!! Lovely hearing from you over christmas - we all missed you lots. Take care, love and hugs from Vikki, Tim, Daniel and Emma xxx

Wishing you both A very Happy Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR it's very cold and icy but we are nice and cosy and enjoying all the fesivities We had a nice time with all the family. Hope you are enjoying your adventures take care and our love and best wishes for 2010 love Auntie Barbara and Uncle Gordon xxxx

A very happy Xmas to you both from a snowy Mirfield.

Hope you have a lovely day and that you avoid sunburn just as we are trying to avoid frostbite.

Our friends are just arriving for our usual Xmas eve get together and Chinese take away. Thanks to your music collection Jonathan I have been able to prepare a music quiz.

Going to Vikki's for Xmas day tomorrow and will miss you.

Take care

Lots of love

Mum and Dad

We have been following your exploits not only with interest but awe, how do you manage to cram in so much? We are worn out merely reading about all the places and interesting events that you are feeding back to us and the pictures and video's are first class. Glad to see you are both enjoying yourselves, that's what you are there for, make the best of it (particularly at this time when UK shivers with the weather and financial depression). I have read your Dad's piece following our intrepid travels. I don't want you to think that it was all danger and excitement, sometimes it was much more relaxed and mundane although I notice that he didn't mention that he was "nearly" attacked by a turtle on a beach in Curacao, a close shave. Will be calling in to see them tomorrow to wish them merry christmas and we would like to wish both you and Kirsty a very merry christmas and a bonzo new year (will we see you celebrating 2010 at the bridge in Sydney, hope so). All the best "uncle" Howard and "auntie" Linda xxx

Hey fellow travellers, have just returned from our exhausting trek to Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and various Caribean Islands. It was particularly difficult getting from our cabin to the dining room (via the bar) each night. Mum and Aunty Linda had great difficulty as well in passsing the bargains on view each night in the Atrium. The Panama Canal was incredible but hard work trying to get a good vantage point and walking from the front to the back of the ship to get the best views. The meals were even cheaper than yours, in fact they were free and it became increasing difficult to fit into our clothes for some reason!!. The cliff divers at Acapulco were tremendous, mum even had a photo taken with them but it was another draining session watching them from the bar as they dived 100 ft into the water below. It was a tortuous journey there from town in an old VW Beetle taxi that I flagged down, about 40 years old, no air conditioning, yet another hardship. After all that we had to put up with the constant sun and warm weather of the Caribean. In fact it got so hot we had to swim in the sea which was a little bit warm at times. Snorkelling was yet another hardship but the fish were tremendous. What a hard life we travellers have. Just posting this before mum put a prohibition notice on it. Love mum and dad.

Just been catching up on your travels, All loks goodfun. Envious of he sun, we haven't seen any here for weeks it seems!!! Chrsitmas fast approaching, wonder where you will be? Certainly not in Eyam with us on Boxing Day. Take Care Love R@D