We haven't written this for quite a while so here's an update of our time in New Zealand and the East coast of Oz. We set off from Melbourne in Mitzi who was to be our home and transport for the next few months. Mitzi is not a luxury campervan, really just a van with a double bed in the back. We hadn't really appreciated how dark it gets in winter, even in Australia. This isn't usually a problem when you have a living room or electricity but when you have t...

It's been a while since we wrote anything on here so thought we should do a quick update. We both found work quickly in Melbourne. Kate was in the dental hospital working hard with lots of other dentists from the UK (or pommes if you like). I was in a comfortable government job drinking tea and eating cakes, which is something I have considerable experience of and seems to be my niche in the job market. We worked away for about six months in Melbourne saving...

After leaving Santiago we caught a night bus south to the lake district of Chile.We stayed for three nights in a place called pucon from where you can do lots of walking and hill climbing.There are obviously lots of lakes around and also an active volcano called Cerro Villarica which looms over the town smoking away.Unfortunately it rained really heavily for the first three days which limited the amount of walking we could do.We were staying in a nice hostel wi...