We are now home. THE END. (for now)

Hello there!! An update from our Journey Home (the long way). We spent a fab fortnight in beautiful New Zealand, touring both the North and South islands. A lot of driving, a lot of sightseeing - we really enjoyed it. The people were so friendly and their accents made us laugh, Australian but with the vowels all mangled! We arrived in Wellington, headed South and drove a hirecar round via Queenstown,lakes, Haast pass, glaciers, Arthurs pass, mountains, lord ...

Well, it's with some regret and much anticipation that we announce that we are leaving Australia. Oh, you already knew? Never mind my grand introduction then. We have been in Australia since October 4th 2008, which in calendar terms is about 1 year and 3 months. However, seeing as technically we have experienced three years in Australia (2008, 2009 and 2010), I'm going to say that we have spent three years here! Sounds impressive, eh? Every good TV series has a...

Hello! It's me again, Stephen has stopped writing blogs as he doesn't get replies! I however don't care and just like a record of what I've been doing cause I have a bad memory! We have only one more week of school now, which is "Activities week" basically the kids come in to play games, watch movies and do sports...no real work. I am taking a group to the shopping centre tomorrow and to see "A Christmas Carol"- looking forward to it! A...

Hello everybody! A wee blog to let you know the latest... We are now in our last school term of the year and summer has begun (I think), it's Spring Carnival time in Melbourne and it's all dresses and horse races. Next Tuesday we all get a day off for the big race "Melbourne Cup", basically just the Grand National but they make more fuss. Need to get shopping for my outfit. We have a new flatmate again, Hannah from England (the Frenchy moved up to ...