Got to Christchurch a couple of days ago....enjoy the heat back home, its snowing here and bloomin freezing! We're not complaining though, its going to be an amazing month...we'll try to keep the photos coming!

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Hey everybody!! Pat and I just reached Mission Beach south of Cairns!...its raining!!and theres jellyfish in the sea so no swimming! Cairns was great, despite the weather - had a good day snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef .....we even managed to see a shark...a vegetarian one and only a metre long though. My sort of shark! Staying here for a couple of days and then heading to Airlie Beach for a sailing trip around the Whitsundays. Matt and Em...sorry we ...

Hi everyone...not quite in Oz yet...we'll be in the sky just as your tucking into your Sunday lunch, overnight from Singapore to Cairns. Malaysia was great - KL was a great laugh but the highlight was probably the Cameron Highlands with the te a plantations and a bit of a trek...but Rach and my emails will fill you in on all that in the next few days. Apparently there's been tropical storms in Cairns recently...all I've got is shorts and t-shirts, ah well...off t...