Sorry that it has been almost 2 weeks since my last confession .... but the weather has been glorious and I have been having way too much fun. In my last few days in Oz I went to the Blue Mountains, which was just as beautiful as I remembered, although much colder than I had packed for (only 7 degrees that night). It was so lovely to catch up with Pete and his wife, who are expecting their first baby any day now. They took me to Pulpit Rock which is a very...

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Well, I can't believe I am now over 1/2 way through my trip, the time has just flown by. I arrived in the Whitsundays (on east coast of Australia) last Saturday and I was looking forward to a week of sun, sea, sailing, snorkelling etc etc.  For the first 2 days we had tropical downpours and very high winds, which meant some of the activities were cancelled, or you had to have a good stomach to take the chopiness of the seas! On Monday, I braved the...

The weather has definitely been of the tropical nature since we arrived at Proserpine on Saturday - it has been glorious sunshine and 27 degrees followed by torrential downpours. The winds have also made it difficult for us to do some of the sailing trips. We did do a 3 island cruise yesterday - to Daydream Island, Hamilton Island and then Whitehaven beach. The cruise was extremely choppy, a bit like a white knuckle ride, but I loved it! I am ho...

Thank you for all your emails, sorry if I haven't repled to them yet, but the internet cafes cost an arm and a leg .... but do keep them coming, as it is lovely to hear from you. From a hot, hazy and sticky Hong Kong, my next port of call is bright and sunny Sydney.  You would never know it was Autumn here as the sun shines every day and I don\'t think it has been less than 25 C since I got here (I just thought I\'d get that in, as I hear it has been fre...