Hi allJust a short note to tell you that I arrived safely in Sydney on Friday 12th Jan. The weather was 30 degrees and sunny ( I know it's awful to hear - sorry).My good friends Kristy and Adam got married on Saturday the 13th and a reception was held on a beautiful cliff top location at Whale Beach for about 100 people. I received a special mention in the speeches as the person who had travelled the furthest for the wedding!I will post some photos when I get a c...

Thanks to everyone who came to the (slightly debauched) leaving drinks. I deny everything. I leave London 10th Jan and Phil leaves 16th Jan. We are back on 5th April - yeah!

Hi all The tour started in Perth and took in the Wave Rock (as in the photo), Esperance, Albany, Pemberton and back to Perth via a quick visit to Margaret River. Will finish the update when I'm back on the UK on 2nd April.

Hiya Just to let you know that I am now in Perth and it is HOT HOT HOT. 37 degrees today. I'm hiding in internet cafe with aircon. Perth is odd, bigger than most Oz cities and given over to large tracts of freeway which are annoying to cross. I'm staying in a brand new YHA which is in an old St John Ambulence building. Unfortunately it's right beside a rail track so not much of a lie in as trains screech past from early on! Will update you o...

OR How I Became a Step Daddy... I booked myself onto a 6 day tour of Tasmania - "Taste of Tasmania". I was nervous about joining the group, but they were really nice and very mixed. The oldest were in the 60's and the youngest was 18. There was only one other person from the UK in the initial 14 people. The rest were a mixture of Asia and Europe and one mad Canadian (why are they always mad?) I had a fantastic time. I was back to being active Ron. ...