G'day mates! So we have made it out bush into the outback in Queensland. We are staying with a friend that we met in Fiji (emily from Penicuik), in a place called Charleville. The town is small, quiet and probably just how you would imagine a bush town to look! The roads are really wide (built to allow horse and carriages) and a lot of the buildings in town have the old saloon look. It's not quite as we had imagined it would be - more populated and houses clos...

Hello everyone! We are now in Brisbane after an amazing 3 weeks in Fiji; relaxing, sunbathing, swimming, snorkelling and fishing! The trip began with an absolutely awful flight from LA with Air Pacific. Probably the oldest plane I have ever been on! We were so squished up and the TV screen was about 3cmX3cm with the worst films and the very worst food...but after 11 and a half hours, we got there! To begin with, we booked some accommodation at the airport and ...

Hello everyone!! some of you may have read this already, not that we're getting lazy you understand, but Jess had already sent an e-mail with what we have done in the south, so here it is: I am typing this on the evening of Saturday 30th April. The plan had been to send this as an email tonight which meant going down to the wifi at the Marina down the road and tping and sending. I began the first part of the plan but started to get attacked by little flying th...

After over 500 miles of driving, 2 states, a trip to Hoover dam and the west rim of the grand canyon ( Crap! ) we have arrived in the Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, deep in Bear, Elk and Snakes country amongst other things according to all the road signs! Our trusty automatic Mazda 2 steed did very well, if not a little dusty from all this desert! The automatic took a little getting used to, along with the driving on the wrong side of the road. We tri...

The states so far..... Well, we are currently sitting in a nice Hilton just off the main strip in Vegas, and no doubt what is probably the nicest hotel we will be staying in through out our whole stay! The trip started with our flight with air newzealand, managed to get extra leg room (thankfully!) only down side was that coffee was split everywhere on the floor, resulting in Jess's white superdry hoodie being ruined (her only warm item of clothing!) but this g...