We realised that the last update was far to detailed and lengthy, so we promise to keep this one brief. New Zealand = Awesome. I tried just to keep it as the above but could not help myself, so here is a little bit extra: New Zealand is a country overflowing with natural beauty. Vast National Parks with snowcapped mountain ranges overlooking small towns nestled by beautiful lakes (with the bluest waters we have ever seen). Also its been wonderful to experience...

Across the Bass Strait we sail, destination.........Tasmania. We arrive in Devonport in the evening and immediately begin heading west, which included driving through a cute little town called Penguin and staying overnight at a free camping spot in Sulphur Creek. We awoke in the morning (Neil looking rather blurry eyed) and found a beautiful place at Table Cape where we sat having our breakfast and admiring our first real view of Tasmania. We had a look around ...

Well its been a while........but we are back!We had been hiding away for a few months whilst working to earn money to fund further travelling. Neil got the short straw and whilst I was working with some great people in an air conditioned hospital, he was engaging in some physically demanding work often outside in a 30 degree heat. Initially at the time having a base, working and having some sort of routine seemed enjoyable although it was probably just novel and ...

Queenslands Tropical North The 3,000km road trip was not all boredom and barren roads, there were definitely some highlights.......the visit to the Kronosaurus Korner at Richmond which exhibits marine fossils recognised as some of the best in the world and if that's not enough, Richmond won the title of Australia's Tidy Town of the year in 2001! Although at times it seemed like we had been driving forever, we finally arrived at the sea side. We had reached our...

G'day all We arrived in the Northern Territory's capital, Darwin. I do believe that a wednesday night in Leyland is busier than a saturday night in Darwin. Its a strange place, difficult to describe, there is so much space and very little traffic and unfortunately there are a large number of aboriginal people which alcohol problems shouting abscenties around the place. But despite this the place does have an underlying charm, the people are indcrediably friendly...