Well hello hello everybody, a very much overdue blog coming up. Apologies for this but as most of you know both Iain and myself started work around three weeks ago and after returning to the world of work after our extended holiday and the happy hour drinks after work, we have been struggling to find the time! Anyway, this will probably be a fairly long update to compensate, so grab yourself a cup of tea and I hope that you're sitting comfortably! The weekend b...

Well hello, I thought it was about time for another update! Things have been a bit manic here since we arrived, the first week was spent rushing around trying to find somewhere to live, then we had a few chill out days - largely because it was too hot to do anything but! On arrival Adelaide started a heatwave, the longest on record for an Aus capital city in Australia, it was over 36 ever day! I can't tell you how strange it was to watch the weather forecast a...

Hello all - well this is it finally the moment(s) of truth - we arrived 21st February 2008, a date that's sure to be imprinted in our minds for years to come to Adelaide. We had heard a lot about it on the way down, the words 'interesting' and 'backwater' spring to mind but we had decided to form our own opinion. We arrived at the airport (me very excited) and as we came through arrivals were met by our meet and greet volunteers, Dennis and Rene, two fabulous p...

Hello all, well we arrived in Melbourne on 17th Feb and were there for 4 nights. The first thing to mention was where we were staying, it was absolutely lovely, oaks on collins with our own kitchen and right on the main street. We arrived in the afternoon and due to the heat headed down to the riverbank, Southbank where there was abudance of bars and restaurants and met up with Vanessa and her friend for a couple of drinks. Initial impressions of Melbourne wer...

Hello all, well I think this is long overdue! Sorry for that Sydney was so busy and Melbourne was a short four days and before we knew it we were in Adelaide and I'll come to that! So the last you heard we had done the Bondi to Coogee walk , well the following day it was a day of romance (aka Valentines Day!) and the morning of our seaplane ride. We set off and I have to say we were both really looking forward to it, it was only a 20 min flight up the East Coa...