Firstly, thanks to everybody for their feedback . . . both rude and otherwise! Much appreciated as we are feeling really isolated and lonely . . . yeah right! Day 19: Mount Tamborine to Brunswick Head . . . Gold Coast Monday 12th November Good site at Mt Tamborine with horse-riding and canopy walking (ladders take you to the top of the trees overlooking the forest below can be very scary if you are not keen on heights). Tamborine was a lovely area leaning towa...

Day 13: Agnes Water to Mon Repose Turtle Rookery Tuesday 6th November Well it rained all night and it rained all day today we stopped for lunch at Bargara where we again managed to blag an internet connection and uploaded the latest series of blogs along with more pics of the trip. We went to look at Coral Cove because we liked the sound of it . . . it is in fact a huge golf-inspired estate that is being built and put us in mind very much of an example of Spanis...

Day 8: Hicksville National Park, Thursday 1st November It was Halloween last night and Maureen was nostalgic as to how the monsters got on back home? We were awake at 6 this morning and away by 7.30, I had gone for a shower and there was a 2-3ft snake on the steps (black . . . don't ask me what sort, as neither of us introduced ourselves), the snake shot off and I checked out the shower cubicle very carefully in case his brother was in there. We did over 400k (p...

Day 3: Trinity Beach, Cairns, Saturday 27th October Awake at 4.30, but did get a few hours sleep! After a leisurely breakfast we had a stroll along the beach (no crocs today!) and the almost obligatory 30C, but it did rain during the night here . . . it warm and dry for the day thereafter. Mika gave us a lift to pick up the van, which is to be our new home for the next three months. We were a little apprehensive about what condition the van would be in, but need...

Oz Day 1: Trinity Beach, Cairns, Thursday 25th October We left Heathrow an hour late on Monday at 11.00 pm, after spending 3 hours getting to the airport through London's rush hour. As you are all probably aware neither of us was looking forward to the flight and we were among the last passengers to board the plane. I had "checked-in" on the internet the night before, which saved us getting to the airport too early and that worked out fine. Anyway flig...