The storm broke overnight and we woke to torrential rain on the windows and howling winds battering the trees beyond them. An excellent excuse to stay in bed and plan our onward adventures with bottomless cups of tea. After booking accommodation in Japan and Sri Lanka we headed out into the monsoon to start the postcards on their onward journey. We were soaked within seconds, despite of our waterproofs best efforts, but the cards were posted and we continued on ...

For some reason I woke at 2am with an epiphany of how to make the Bluetooth work in the car. This was followed by spending 5 minutes trying to train the curtains do their job better, blocking the light from outside spilling onto my pillow so I could get back to sleep. Tea in bed was a luxurious start to the day but the bacon was soon under the grill and the eggs scrambling. Bec and I experimented with the local coffee and we were all checked out by 11am, sad to ...

During the night I stubbed my toe on my way to the bathroom and it split right down to the base. With my sleepy logic in place I then set about removing said nail in its entirety rather than have it lingering as an ongoing issue. My makeshift bandage did an excellent job overnight but Bob did question why I was wearing one sock in bed... We started the day with breakfast smoothies and banana pancakes with maple syrup, setting us up perfectly for our drive out to...

With a slightly fuzzy head I set out early on a mission for milk and a bag of deep fried echidna toes, borrowing Luke's tye-dye vest to try and blend in. Returning with 50% of the groceries on my list we had a leisurely breakfast and planned our activities for our first overcast day in Sydney with Luke as our guide. We headed into town, Luke swinging a debonair umbrella as we boarded the train to the city. We headed straight to the 'Paramount Coffee Project' whi...

Another beautiful sunny start and the plan of an early morning run quickly fizzled when I realised that my legs were suffering following the previous evenings step challenge. Sadly Luke was still keen and I was soon struggling to get enough air into my lungs as I raced Luke up the Cooper Park steps for the third time in the morning sunshine. I managed to do a few circuits, but avoided the sit ups which were likely to further aggreive my sore bedonkadonk. We stag...