Ok, I know a few of you know what's been going on re my hip but I will recap for those that don't! The specialist basically said that an op wasn't necessary and it will heal with rest and time. So - no tennis for at least 6 weeks, no running, no walking up steep hills and no going up steps with my right foot first. That is harder said than done, although I always remember when I do it wrong as it hurts!! That was a week ago and it has improved in that week - I ca...

A quick update as our plans are not quite going to plan! We are now having to stay a lot longer than planned in Sydney as I have injured my hip. It was about 3 weeks ago and we had just finished a round of crazy golf, or putt putt as the Aussies call it (best not to ask Bob who won!) and then the heavens opened. We legged it towards the nearest dry place, which just happened to be a bar! As we ran I felt a sharp pain in my hip and almost stopped then hobbled on. ...

Well, I am a bit behind on this blog because we have been so busy and done SO much so this is a mega edition, sorry! Time for writing has been at a minimum, partly because we are now in Sydney, near a trainline, and so can stay out in the evenings, whohoo!! I must admit that we have extended our stay here as the campsite is in a National Park, so beautiful and peaceful apart from the odd aeroplane overhead, but is only 2 minutes from the motorway (useful when we ...

Well, Nov 5th has come and gone and we haven't seen, or heard, a single firework. It was very weird - quite logical seeing as the Houses of Parliament are in London but, to be honest, it hadn't occurred to us that we would miss the fireworks!! This led us to consider the other differences that we have noticed the most, such as the Melbourne Cup. What a build-up to a horse race, very different to the Grand National. The whole country seems to get involved with mos...

I wasn't going to do a blog so soon after setting off from Bill's but our New South Wales (NSW) curse has struck again, this state doesn't seem to like us! For those of you who don't know, Bob and I were last in NSW in January 2011. This was the year that they had devastating floods and we were travelling around in Bill's motorhome for a few weeks. We ended up staying on flooded campsites and negotiating the odd flooded road so decided to play safe and return ear...