Ladies and Gentleman... Greetings from the city of sails! We have had 2 days in Auckland getting ourselves prepared for a months whistlestop tour of New Zealand. This included sorting out hiring a car! Wow - a car! We will be mobile again and no longer relying on the lovely overnight Greyhound buses of Australia (actually a bit sad about that though to be honest!). Think we have picked up quite a bargain... pretty sure it wont quite be an Aston, but will...

Hello again! This postcard comes to you from a little further around the world - Auckland! First of all, I'll update my last few days in Australia, as they were pretty special to say the least! We went on a trip (Uncle Brians!) into the Tablelands south of Cairns. We walked through more stunning rainforest, and visited some fantastic waterfalls. There were times in the day when I stopped and looked around me and smiled, thinking 'I cant believe I...

I know that I keep saying "WOW" but I cant stop!! This trip is so incredible! I have just got back from some time in the middle of the Rainforest righ in the North of Queensland. The forest is soo dense and seems to go on forever. It was facinating to wind up the hills from sugar cane country, accross the Daintree River, where I went on a boat and saw crocodiles - one was 5m long! Over the river we started to climb into the rainforest. It was ama...

As I was in the water today a song triggered in my head - from Top Gun - "Take my Breath Away"! Today was AMAZING! Greetings from Mission Beach, a small spot we arrived at last night on the way up to Cairns. As we arrived they were doing a fantastic Fireshow at the hostel - Im going to learn a little bit tomorrow. Might be a pro in time for the wedding John and Manu, if your short on entertainment!! May also have burnt my hair off, but lets hope not! ...

Hola! Happy Easter! Thought I would sit down and write this on Easter Day so you would know I'm thinking of you all at home today! Aah! Well, first of all this postcard comes with a warning: May be hazardous to your health if prone to jealousy or sitting inside at work watching rain outside! There, have warned you, so can now lift all sensors and tell you exactly how PERFECT my Whitsunday sailing experience was! We arrived in Airlie Beach o...