I took a short stroll up to the beach first thing this morning whilst Julia wrote her blog. We hadn't got up as early as we had liked but this didn't bother me as we probably needed our rest. We drove a short distance up the coast before stopping off to take in the sights at Bay of Islands. There was also another feature called London Bridge. Part of the feature at London Bridge had dramatically fallen down in 1990 leaving two tourists stranded on one of the rema...

As I write this it is the morning of Thursday 8th December. We are sitting having brekkie in the sunshine looking over the river we are camped next to. What a glorious start to a day. But I am procrastinating - I am meant to be reflecting on the previous day's experiences. We had another late start yesterday and as we got up told ourselves we really must get our act into gear or we'll be wasting half days of our trip. We left Lorne and drove further west along t...

Have you ever... ever felt like this?... when strange things happen when you're going round the twist. I am not referring to Ju driving me mad but an old Australian kids TV show from 1989. Tony Twist and his three children - thirteen year old twins Pete and Linda and nine year old Bronson - move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian Coast. They soon discover that the lighthouse, and the outhouse, are haunted. We took time out to visit the lighthouse. I wa...

Today was the day we were to pick up our campervan. I was excited at the prospect since we had splashed out for the next 8 day leg and booked an 'Apollo Hitop' which has all the amenities - fridge, stove, sink. microwave and electric hook up - a total luxury after the horrible poorly designed 'Wicked' van we'd hired in New Zealand which practically had none of the above amenities and smelt horrible - and was ridiculously small! We can actually stand up in the Apo...

Recharged, up and ready for another fun packed day down under. I had the theme tune from Men At Work floating around in my head... 'do you come from a land down under'? bla bla bla bla bla. We had a leisurely start to the day. Mark kindly dropped us off in the centre of town. We walked several streets taking in the sites of the city. Ju read her guide book as usual whilst I clicked away on the camera. There was plenty for us to feast our eyes on. We saw the usual...