Dear All, We are now half way through our tour on day 60 and for your information we have also topped just over a thousand photos. If anybody wants to see them all, you'd better book a week off work. Flew to Cairns from Sydney on Wednesday. We did enjoy Sydney and especially Darling Harbour at night. It was a magic place to be. The flight took about 3 hours and we landed in rain. It's the height of their wet season as it's very tropical. It's very hot and humid...

Dear All, No prizes for guessing where we are now. Arrived in Sydney last Saturday morning after a 12 hour overnight train from Melbourne. This overnight train lark doesn't get any easier and I'm not doing it again. The flights were all booked as were most hotels in Sydney. The World Power boat Championships and other sporting events were going on plus a Bank Holiday, so, everyone was out and away. The weather continues to be in the 90's every day and this mo...

Hi Everyone, We have arrived in Melbourne, after a few days with friends in Perth. It's amazing that we have flown 1500 miles and a 4 hour flight and we're still in the same country. Can you imagine taking a jumbo jet to fly to Aberdeen? Bit like flying to Moscow, same flight time and a two hour time difference. Staying with friends from Southgate until Friday and while we're here we will see Capt. James Cook's original house which was transported brick by bric...

DEAR ALL, I'M TYPING IN CAPITALS BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND MY GLASSES! WE'RE NOW IN PERTH HAVING FLOWN FROM SINGAPORE (5 HOURS) OUR FRIENDS MICK AND JULIE WERE THERE TO MEET US WITH THEIR NEW ARRIVAL CALLED BLAZE, WHICH IS A 14 WEEK OLD HUSKEY b****. WEATHER IS STILL VERY HOT BUT DIFFERENT SORT OF HEAT. IT WAS 102 DEGREES TODAY. SINGAPORE WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN FIRST THOUGHT BUT MAYBE WE'RE STILL COMPARING THINGS WITH THAILAND AND MALAYSIA. SINGAPORE WAS AN IDEAL 3...

Dear All, We can't remember the last blog or where we sent it from. Anyway, we flew from Krabi to Kuala Lumur where we were met at the airport by a friend called Sue. She and her husband Mel have been living there for the last 6 years. The following day, Sue took us around the city and we were amazed how big, ultra modern and clean it was. We managed a trip on to the Petronas Tower skybridge on the 42 nd floor. It is the tallest twin tower in the world at 459 me...