The final blog entry! What pressure! These last two weeks have been spent cruising up the east coast of Australia, we've clocked up over 2000ks. The highlight was undoubtedly the lovely Fraser Island. It put me rather in mind of the Meerkat island in Life of Pi. We spent two days bashing through the sandy floored rainforest in a 4x4 bus, whizzing up and down the beach Dingo spotting, and swimming in some gorgeous fresh water lakes in the centre. The s...

Well 2014 has roared in and we are yet to see the thermometer drop below 28C (sorry UK). Our remaining days in Sydney were spent exploring more of the city and it's beaches as well as heading out to the gorgeous Blue Mountains. We also discovered the Sydney Fish Market and Mike & Pam's generosity backfired slightly when they sent us shopping alone for dinner with their wallet! 4 types of fish/seafood with dinner seemed a good idea at the time. Thoroughly fe...

We left you in Cairns and have now had 10 days in the South East corner of Aus. We hit the Great Ocean Road, had Christmas in Melbourne, watched the Poms getting smashed at the cricket, drove the scenic route to Sydney, and last night saw the New Year in Aussie Style. We'd heard much scare mongering of the incredible heat, the cockroaches, the huge overcrowding at New year, but are pleased to report all are (so far!) unfounded! Its been a lovely mid 20s (no Hi...

So we've whizzed up over to NE Australia from Perth and back in to the tropics, and had a week or so around Cairns and a 4 day sail around the Whitsundays. It's been a frenzy of surf, sun and snorkelling (and a little birthday too...) Mike and Pam are still with us and so far we all remain on talking terms. Quite how this could be the same country after all that flying is a mystery. We spent a day exploring the Daintree rainforest, though much to Dans dismay no...

So we made it over The Ditch problem free and picked up Mr and Mrs Edmunds en route. We spent 8 days staying with long lost friends Karen and Pete and their kids Kira (8) and Josh (2). I believe I was 7 when a 20 year old Karen lived with us for somehwere between 6 and 10 months, the jury is out... There were a few obligatory trips down to Margaret River for wine tasting, and even further to the south to walk amongst the giant Tingle Trees. Perhaps the most fu...