Good to hear that you have arrived in Carins safetly, looking forawrd to chatting to you both on Sunday.

The trips you have booked sailing and snorkleing for 3 days and 2 nights on the whitsunday islands and great barrier reef and the other trip on an island called fraser island for 3 days sounds brill.

Take care Love & miss you

Mum, Dad & Joshua XXXX

Glad to see all has gone well and you both have arrived in Australia, hopefully will be able to chat at some point. Trust the weather is glorious, and will make up for all the rain that you had in Thailand. Don't forget to alter your map on the blog. Love Mum

Great chatting to you over the weekend, have looked at the new Photos there look good, I am sure there is one or two tales to some of them. Saw the stall with all the different sweets on very colourful. Hope you have a save journey to Aussie. Catch up with you again soon.

Love Mum & Dad XXXX

Happy new year to you both. It looks like you are having such a wonderful time. I just want to say thanks to you both for giving me the incentive to book my trip. It makes it more exciting to know what I expect to find when I go.

Looking forward to seeing your Australia pictures.

Take care and keep having fun. Enjoy it all while it lasts.

xx

Hello you two, I can see you are enjoying yourselves, especially on New Years Eve althought the weather hasn't been kind to you in Thailand, but at least you haven't woken up to sleet, a little snow and icy rain this morning!! One other thing I would like to point out to you is that buckets on a beach are for making sand castles NOT for drinking lol Chat soon take care Love Mum, Dad, Rachel and of course BellaXXXX

Hi Steven and Rachel

Love reading your blog - sounds amazing. Happy 2009 to you both!

Love Teresa David and the Peachees xx

Have just been looking at your recent photos downloaded today. Some great pictures and you both look like you have a good tan despite all the rain you've had over the Christmas period. You look relaxed and certainly are enjoying yourselves.

I must say your Christmas dinner (Red Snapper fish) looked very nice and health.

Hopefully talk and be able to see you on the web cam soon.

Lots of love Mum, Dad, Joshua & Heidi xxxxx

Hello well Christmas is all done and dustered for another year, and it was strange without you here, first time in 23 years Steven you haven't had your Christmas Dinner!!!!!!!!!!!! Today we have had Nanna and Grandma for lunch so they have both read your blog up to date. Hope you are both OK and not getting to wet. Talk to you again soon Lots of Love Mum & Dad

It was good to chat with you both on Christmas day and catch up on the sort of Christmas day you are experiencing.

Its turned colder here, we had a sharp frost this morning but no rain as yet.

Have a great New Years Eve what ever you are doing and looking forward to chatting with you both again on New Years Day.

Love Mum xxx

Rachel & Steven its now 1 hour & 30 minutes to Christmas day and the wine is flowing well (well mine is not sure about the others).

Rachel I am really finding it hard getting my head round the first christmas with you not at home, however I know youre having a brill time so that makes me very happy.

I have been going throught all your blog photos this afternoon (could,nt believe seeing you shaving Stevens head, do you ever think Jill will ever forgive you!!

Looking forward to seeing what you have for Christmas dinner I'm sure you will be taking photos and down load them soon.

Happy Christmas to you both, will chat tomorrow and hopefully see you on the web cam

Love and miss you so

Mum & Dad

Well Steven & Rachel it's Christmas Eve, and not a snow flake in sight not that this should be bothering you two. I dragged Dad around for the last bit of shopping mainly for Bella, who is still doing ok at present. Fingers crossed all goes well to chat to you tomorrow. Christmas wishes come to you both from everyone. Have a good and different day and lots of fun. Take Care Lots of Love Mum, Dad & Rachel

Hello Rachel and Steve, it's David (Rachels cousin) here.

Was good to see everyone at the Moss family do and to huddle round Alison's computer looking at your blog and pictures.

What a trip of a lifetime !!

Your (Rachel's) Mum and Dad were rather worried about you being in a cage with a load of tigers (did you realise that they bite when in a bad mood ?)

Regards the Norwich v Ipswich game I was there and it was just awful ..... as are most of our other games to be fair. Steve - you have picked the right season to be on the other side of the world !!

Best wishes to both of you for a good christmas and enjoy the rest of your trip

David