We are so glad to be in Oz! People really do say "G'day", "no worries" and call everyone mate (or matey) I love it! We have been staying with my godparents Myra and Tony and have been truly spoilt, roast dinners and the like. We are right by the ocean and the weather is sunny but not humid like it has been in SE Asia. We went to Perth Mint and saw a gold pour, we have been to the museum, and the beautiful Kings Park. For Stephens birt...

We are still in Kuching, Borneo as we have found an amazing hostel and there is lots to do around here. First stop was the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, the centre is not actually rehabilitating any orangutans anymore but the ones that have been released occasionally come back to the centre to feed. After a little creeping through the forest on our tiptoes (they are very shy apparantly) we heard the trees crashing around and they swung into view, it was fantas...

After spending 4 days eating our fill of Cornettos and Magnums we decided to get up off our backsides and do something. Having acquired our Open Water qualification less than 1 month ago we decided to put it to good use and sauntered off to the nearest dive school (100yds down the beach). We wanted to do a couple of 'fun dives' but were persuaded to sign up for an 'Adventure Divers Course', this consisted of a Deep Dive (18m +), a Boat Dive (just jumping out of t...

Cameron Highlands...........Tea, strawberries, rain, just like home really. Our 1st day saw us chill out eating cream teas and relaxing. We booked a trip to the tea plantation for 8.45am the following day. When we returned to our hostel we met up with Andie, Charlie and Alan who had just arrived and we decided to meet up with them later in the hostel bar. We finally crawled out at 2am the following morning after consuming numerous beers and bottles of wine (I thi...

After slightly overspending our budget last month (due to Scuba Diving and a visa run to Singapore) we decided to curb our "jet set" lifestyle and try hostelling while we are in Malaysia. Our hostel room reminds me of when i was at university, with the added bonus of a toilet and shower, but it's clean, quiet and cheap so who's complaining. 1st stop was the National Museum and Planetarium quite an interesting morning, in the afternoon we headed for the Lake Garde...