Day Twenty - July 26th, 2013 Noosa We were up and showered early this morning to drive the 60km south to Australia Zoo. Unfortunately, as is becoming a reoccurring theme with the Landy, we didn't make it that far. Even after all the work and the full service, it was clear the original problem had not been properly addressed. We were a bit miffed to say the least; we have been looking forward to getting to the zoo for a while, but had no choice to pull off the ...

Day Nineteen: July 25th, 2013 Noosa We have a car again! After yet another morning of waiting, we finally got the phone call to say the Landy was ready for pick up. We cycled the 5.5km to Jay's Garage and jumped in the car. We had decided to give some sort of order to our lives by packing everything into plastic containers - hence rendering our backpacks, and all the rummaging they require, futile. We stopped off and got what we needed, plus picked up some food...

Tash, Andy, Elliot and I all had breakfast together in the sun, and decided to have a morning of fishing before they had to set off. Andy was very successful (with prawns as bait this time) and caught four fish and two unwitting puffer fish - his first ever catch! However, they weren't biting for Elly and he didn't manage to reel anything in. We did see a much more experienced fisherman pull in a big one - putting our tiddlers to shame. With the boys occupied, it...

Day Seventeen - July 23rd, 2013 Noosa Two very special birthdays have occurred since my last blog: the birth of Baby Cambridge - a son for Will and Kate (22nd UK time) and my beloved granddad, known as Duke, turns 80 today. I wish I was with him. We had a lazy morning around the campsite - with the car out of action we are a bit stuck but don't mind in the slightest. We have the river right here and our bikes to get around. We need a few days to recharge. Afte...

Day Sixteen - July 22nd, 2013 Noosa Ok, so the air bed, not so amazing. We woke up with our legs and heads in the air but our bums firmly touching the ground in the middle of the night, and quickly let the air out. There's a leak in it somewhere, and it makes sleeping rather uncomfortable. Back to the floor we go. We tried to get an early start this morning so that we could take the car into a garage Elly had found, but everything seems to take a long time whe...