Well G'day! Why I am sitting here inside when the sun is a scorching 30 degrees and then some outside, I'll never know.Firstly I want to say a big thank you for all the text messages and emails sent to remind me that yet another year has passed! Seriously, great to hear from so many of you. Thanks for remembering my birthday when I'm so far from home (this should do it to make those others who didn't feel guilty!).I spent my birthday in glorious s...

Now I know there have been a couple of you out there concerned about my whereabouts, but rest assured, I am alive and very well! Happy New Year to you all. Hope that you all had a great time over the festive period. So, since I was last in touch... we arrived in Sydney on December 23rd to be greeted by the most scummy hostel, infected with cochroaches (not what one expects from a civilised country) still, we battle on. Christmas Eve was spent getting and forge...