Australia - what a whirlwind! Sorry for the lack of blogs lately, time has definitely escaped us. So we arrived in 1770 after a few hours on the road. It's a small seaside town that is said to be the birthplace of Australia as it was the first place that Captain Cook landed from his vessel on 24 May 1770. From there, Captain Cook sailed up the east coast to plot Aus on the map. We visited the Captain Cook monument and hiked up to the famous look out point....

Time for our first special Aussie trip! Loaded up with our boxes of beers and ciders, and a few clothes shoved into the bags that had been provided, we walked from Airlie Beach around the coast to South Marina, Abel Point. There we met Elliott, the deck hand on our boat, Silent Night, along with the rest of the group. Elliot was a typical Aussie, very laid back and a good laugh. When people say they went on holiday, quit their jobs and just didn't go back - h...

Sunday 22nd March 2015 marked 7 years together for us. What better way to spend it than diving on the Great Barrier Reef? We were up and down to the harbour by 7am ready for our dives. It took two hours to arrive at Moore Reef, our first diving spot. Unfortunately, the dive wasn't as great as we anticipated. As Cyclone Nathan hadn't long passed, the visibility was no more than 5 metres and it had disturbed the sea life. We were definitely spoilt with our di...

Hey once again from the Land Down Under. We arrived in Cairns a few days ago and headed to pick up our campervan from Spaceships. Our home for three weeks, he's called Otis and is an attractive bright orange. He's a Toyota seven seater that has been converted with a double bed in the back, some storage space underneath the bed, and a little fridge. He also came with a few portable gas hobs and utensils so that Max can 'cook up a storm' (one of his fav phrases...