Oh, how I have missed Australia! After a fab month in New Zealand I arrived in Melbourne today, one day later than planned thanks to flight delays causing me to miss my connecting flight :( That's never fun! I have been a bit slack with my updates on here, so I will fill you in on what I have been doing...I absolutely loved NZ! Marina and I had two weeks driving around the South Island, we went tramping, skiing, touched a glacier, saw pancake rocks, seals, re...

Kia Ora from New Zealand! Well, it has taken me a little while to find time to get on a computer to update the blog! New Zealand is stunning and there is sooo much to do. So, after saying Bye to Andy at Sydney Airport, he flew home while I flew out to Christchurch to see my Uncle. I met Marina, a Brazilian student and we decided to rent a campervan and travel round the South Island together. We started our journey two weeks ago and we have driven around the ...

We have just finished the last leg of our mammoth East Coast road trip, and have had to return the much loved but very camp campervan :( After a short stay in Brisbane - which was a culture shock after weeks of not seeing anyone else on the roads and only passing through towns consisting of a road house and village shop - we headed on to Byron Bay and took a walk down the cliffs to the most easterly point of the mainland. Now we are both pretty comfortable with...

These rainbow lorikeets seem to be at every campsite that we stay at! They were happily feeding out of Andys hand one morning! On our drive down to Hervey Bay we were intrigued by a sign on the motorway for 'Snakes Downunder', so much so that we pulled off and went to investigate. We weren't dissapointed when we saw a snake show involving the worlds deadliest snakes (all of which are found in Oz!). After seeing a whole bus full of school kids rising to the ch...

This blog will be slightly out of date but anyway... It was my birthday last Sunday and we spent three fantastic days out at sea, sailing the Whitsunday Islands. It was amazing! We took an eco tour on an old handcrafted boat and learnt about the local bush craft, did some hands-on sailing, and went snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef to see lots of colourful fish. Definitely THE way to spend your birthday, and I would love to come back again next year and d...