Hey everyone & HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year! Spent too much money, had too much to eat and too much to drink!!I know exactly how you feel except this year I will be calculating the diet in kilos instead of pounds!! HOWEVER, it was so worth it!! I'll pick up from where I left of back in mid December... The last few weeks leading up to Christmas were very exciting in the Hutson household what with 2 little people eagerly a...

As you know I was due to start a new job on the 25th in Brisbane, therefore I had to leave Newcastle on Friday. I got to the point where I really didn't want to leave!! The hostel was great- not so big there are too many people and not too small- but small enough that you can get to know people! As I was working there as well, I got to know the other backpackers I worked with as well as the hotel staff, my room mates as well as all the others along the way! So i...