We had an early start on Tuesday morning - the taxi fetched us at 4.30am and we headed to the airport - Matt bound for Perth and I was heading to Adelaide to see family. I arrived in Adelaide and was met by my Uncle, Phil and Aunt, Jenny. They took me on a tour of the city on the way back from the airport. The city is really pretty and there are lots of historical buildings. In the afternoon, we headed to a wildlife sanctuary, where I finally got to feed Kanga...

We had a good 6 hour drive from Mallacoota to Melbourne, so we headed off early on Friday morning. We had been so good with our speed the entire way, knowing that the Aussie Traffic Cops are strict, but ended up getting caught by a camera when overtaking....we await the damage!! We arrived into the city at about 3.30pm, and after dropping the car off, waiting to meet Irene. She picked us up in the city - in the luxury of a cab - think the taxi driver got a shock...

Downunder....Our first week or so was spent in Sydney. We checked into our hotel (the Jolly Swagman), along with a couple of the dodgiest people on earth, and spent a few days organising our itinerary for our time in Australia. We visited the Opera House and saw the bridge and the Rocks area and also went to Bondi Beach. We were lucky as it was the middle of the week, so we had the beach pretty much to ourselves, with a surfer or two thrown in! Matt braved the wa...

We arrived in Fiji at 5am, having crossed the dateline and missed Monday 17 September 2007! We were picked up and later dropped off at the harbour where we boarded for our transfer to the Manta Ray Island Resort. The transfer took a good 3 hours but the scenery was beautiful along the way, and we knew that we were in for something special! Landing on the beach, we were greeted by singing and a loud 'bula' (greeting) from the staff. We were literally in paradise....