You will see by the extended time between blogs we am not very regular with our entries. Well going back to where we left off, Australia Day has come and gone and many other things have happened. But Australia Day first. We decided to entertain the few friends we had encountered so far in Canada to an Australia Day bar-be-que, all be it, in the evening to accomodate our guests work, school etc (no Aussie Day holiday here!). Attendees were Larry and Marlene, Cath...

Hi all, Our arrival in Ottawa was one of mixed feelings; one of excitment and a touch of sadness. We had had a great time in both San Francisco and Fort McMurray and this was now behind us but we were excited to be starting the next phase of our adventure and the reason we came here in the first place. We were met at the airport by Larry, Marlene and Rowena. Larry and Marlene are friends of Catherine, Donna's exchange partner, and have been wonderful to us ev...

Hi everyone, Well we have finally got organised enough to start a travel blog. We will be uploading photos and updates to keep all our Aussie relatives and friends informed of our adventure in Canada and the USA. A lot has happened in the last seven weeks or so since we left Bendigo. It started with a chill out weekend in Phillip Island before boarding a plane for San Francisco. We had a great week in San Fran sightseeing, acclimatising ourselves to colder weat...