It’s a really short flight to Christchurch so we’re here is no time, the views over really remind us of home. We grab our bags, use the free phone to call a hostel and get the bus into town and check into the lovely hostel. We waste no time and set off into town to have a look around, it’s drizzling but strangely it feels comforting,, it’s been a long time since we’ve had this kind of weather and we’d better get used to it! The realisation that in ju...

We get up ridiculously early to get a taxi to the bus station and are kicking ourselves for all the stupidly early mornings whilst we could've been enjoying the luxury of a bed these past few days, never mind! So we get to Rainbow Beach at 7:30am and luckily enough right across the road is a caravan park, we pay for our site which is really nice, pitch the tent and then we head straight for the beach where we have breakfast (hot dog rolls, banana and nutella...

We're back travelling……………Wahoo. And in a sense we are starting the long journey home. We manage to throw a lot of stuff out and squeeze a lot of stuff into our backpacks, somehow?! We have a farewell meal with Orla and Cathal and a quick trip to the casino (practice for Vegas) and Maggie wins $20 from $1 not bad for her first time! We will miss Brisbane and our apartment very much, it was hard to say good bye. Our first stop is Cairns. We arrived ...

Soooo after finally updating the blog we did something at the weekend, we went to visit my Granddads cousin Kath and her husband Bryan, they live in Tewantin which is North of Brisbane and super close to the Sunshine Coast and Noosa. The area is national park and it's very pleasant on the eye. We have a tour of the area and take in the sights. We go kayaking and fishing, Bryan and I pump some Yabbies out of the sand to use as live bait. They look like prawns bu...

Mattie starts work on Monday but he doesn't really like it, at least he has a job though because I am still looking and it will pay for our room at the hostel. I keep looking for work and on Tuesday go to an interview for a door knocking job, not ideal but it's something, I get the job and start the training on Wednesday and by Friday I am out knocking on doors, by this time Mattie has quit the terrible sales job and is now looking for a new job. By Tuesday I h...