Wednesday 5th February 2014 Another night down, this time it was way to hot in the van so I struggled to sleep up in the roof! We decided to head towards Mackay for the night, we stopped at the tourist information centre also where the giant mango lives, which in recent news has been 'stolen' as part of an advertisement stunt! The guy in the information centre told us we had to go to Bowen, which was five minutes back from where we came from. It was ...

Tuesday 4th February 2014 After a very different sleeping arrangement, we decided where and how far we would go today, well it was really up to Dad considering he was the driver! We ended up heading towards Ayr. The drive wasn't anything special, we had done this route already to Airlie Beach. We did take a detour off to a winery, which specialized in fruit liquor also a coffee one too! We brought the coffee one to have in the van during our trip! ...

Wednesday 29th January 2014 We had been keeping a close eye on the news due to a cyclone that was heading to the Queensland coast which was getting worse as the hours went by. Our flight was still scheduled to go, so we grabbed a taxi and headed off. We got on went through security where Stu once again got stopped! He clearly gives off a bad vibe!! We were on Qantas today, so a little more class than Tiger or Jet Star! The flight was fine and we landed...

Friday 24th January 2014 After a long and antagonizing day at work, finally it was 3 pm and I raced home to finish off the packing before we had to head back out for the airport. We took Stu's big travel bag and a small suitcase we got in Perth with us and left my bag behind at Mark and Chelsea's. I cannot believe how much stuff we have even when I threw a fair amount out! How does one seem to collect so much stuff? I still blame the fact we have stay put in...

6th November 2013 - 23rd January 2014 Melbourne was cold when we returned! When I returned to work I had temp staff to help with my work load! Which was a nice surprise! My boss has been trying to get me sponsored but HR eventually came back saying it would be impossible and very risky. Which is a shame so I think we will be returning home after Australia. We have been doing some research and number crunching and we are going to apply for a visa for Canada...