Well this is it - time to start out on our journey home with just a couple of days in Dubai between us and Romsey. All our packing was done last night so we were all ready and waiting for Ben at 8.00am when he took us to the airport for our flight to Perth. Goodbyes are so hard and we have had such a great two weeks with Ben and Lauren who have made us so welcome into their lovely home. It's been a really special time and we take very precious memories home with...

We have had five great days in Alice, Ben has got Dave out off-roading, they have been out twice together. Ben has his own motorbike and his friend Liam kindly lent them his motorbike, there are so many places where you can take the bikes. The picture shows one of the ridges the boys rode along. We are looking forward to picking up our hire car on Monday, it's only a ten minute walk from Ben and Lauren's house in to town but walking in temperatures of 40 degre...

Our flight into Alice Springs took three hours and we landed at 11.20am and saw Ben waiting for us at the gates - a wonderful moment. We hadn't seen him for about eighteen months so it was great to be with him again. We really didn't know what to expect of Alice and our first impression was of a small but modern airport and a good road into town. Ben and Lauren's house is lovely, very roomy and cool (so important as temperatures are in the high 30's). Ben took...