G'day We are sorry to say this is our last day in Melbourne (until our return visit in feb) so we thought we had better update our blog and photos whilst we have access to a computer. These may be the last photos you see of us until we get back here so hope you like them! We are so grateful to James and Renee for their generous hospitality over the christmas period - they have taken us sightseeing, fed us yummy breakfasts, BBQ's and puddings and best of all, g...

Dear All, Just a very quick note to say Merry Christmas to everyone reading the blog. We've added 3 photos today just to show you that it really is hot and sunny in Melbourne on Christmas day! To prove this we ventured to the beach, after a cracking lunch by James, to play bat and ball and take a walk. Hope you all have a great Christmas day and holiday. Love Phil and Liz

Dear All Phil here this time and writing from the comfort and affordability of my brother James's house so there are no time pressures attached to this blog entry and also BEHOLD photos! Sorry its taken so long but this really is the first time we've had a computer capable of uploading more than one photo per hour! So we left off in Pretoria where we were staying for just one night. Saturday - Headed to Jo'burg airport in the worlds fastest taxi! Slightly...

Hi All, Well we've reached the end of our south african adventure and are packed up in Pretoria waiting to go to Johannesburg (sp?) airport to fly to Perth overnight tonight. We have driven 3,500 km from Cape Town in a now-filthy 1.2 Corsa, slept in 12 different places and polished off countless strawberry milkshakes (Liz). Durban Thurs & Fri We last updated the blog in Durban, which was fairly uneventful, apart from maybe when we took our lives into our o...

Hi all, Just a very quick hi as writing is fairly torturous on this computer due to sticky keys - Phil and I can't even spell our surnams correctly (see?)... To summarize, we spent 2 nights in Durban, 2 nights in the central Drakensberg area and the last 4 nights here. We spent Tues and Weds in the Kruger National Park - seeing the Big 5 plus more! We spent a night there Tuesday and really enjoyed ourselves. Will write a more detailed account asap and post pic...