And so we are about to board an A380 so huge it is hard to believe it can fly, hopefully qantas have repaired any wing cracks, after a relaxing week in Melbourne, some beach days hot and sunny, even warm enough to swim in the sea though a nippy shock after Thailand. They say Melbourne can see four seasons in a day, one minute you hang your towel on the sunny balcony, the next it's drenched in a downpour out of nowhere. It was lovely to spend time with family, di...

It seems that the email notifications do not go out if the blog is updated from the iphone app which I have used, and not the website, so if anyone wishes to see what we got up to in Thailand it is on the site via this link or on www.offexploring.com/katepowell We are relaxing in the Melbourne suburbs with my brother and his family, my mother is here and sister and nephew due tomorrow when Qantas fix the plane. Luckily it has been hot and sunny but about to brea...