Sorry for long absensefrom blog - not lways easy to get intrnet connections.... or keyboards thattype whatyou tell em to!

Clare writes:

So, we're in Australia and after a few days with friends in Perth - who looked after us soooooo nicely -we have hit the open road in a campervan and arworking our way north from Perth andseeing howfar we get in two weeks!

We love our little home fromhome and we have already stayed in some fantastic places, but tonight takesthe biscuit... fab beach, complete with resident pelicans, manta rays and we just saw someturtes swimming around at dusk... tomorrow morningwe get to hand-feed the local dolphins. Life is sweet!!!The landscapes are amazing - wideopen spaces with alsorts of habitats.... it would be nice to see a live kangaroo,but only seen roadkill ones so far.

anyway... will add more when we can... ifyou feel stressed out oranything, just imaginethe wide open spaces... not a soul aroundfor miles, 150kmtothe next petrolstation and...er...i thought YOU werechecking the petrol gauge!

g'day all