Hey Loooser! so Kimbers put your quizz out for your b`day its on this months news letter, I dont like the questions they make me jealous "what luxury island am i going to spend 2 week" "what dare devil antics will I get up 2" ladidadadida guess which luxury island im spending my time on GB.

Didn't do anything on Valentines itsely but we went to malmaison on Thursday for our night out. Chris had a special offer so we got 3 courses & a bottle of wine & 2 coffees for £40. Bargain! x

I hope this money keeps coming in every month, would be a great help!!

$40 (dont have a pound sign at the min) is def a bargain!!!

As for time difference, now we are in NZ we are 13 hours in front, and im not happy cos its bloody freezing here!!!!

Hope you have fun reading my bday blog!!!! xx

Happy Birthday Honey!!

Sorry I was late with my text. I have no idea of the time difference so hope I dind't wake you both up. Hope you had a fanstasic day. We are doing your quiz at work. I am so jealous of all the stuff you have planned.

You got another wage slip, another £100 tax rebate. Lucky you.

Hope you are bpth well xxx

Dear David and Carina, After reading your blog news, I think you are both great. Sorry about the floods, fires, tornados etc. I hope things go better for you in the next few months. Take care of each other. Lots of love.xxxx Nan

Hi Nan, from what I hear you need to be more careful than us! climbing ladders and having your own trips..We had brilliant sunshine 38 degrees and 96% humidity for the 2 weeks in Cairns so ended on good weather. Hope your well soon. x x

Hi Guys,
I've been teaching your mum the intricacies of copying and pasting from your blog onto a word document, David. She's going to be a complete computer wizard when you come home - you won't recognise her! Actually you wouldn't recognise either of us tonight cos we're going out to the theatre with our wigs on! There will be photos! I'll check you out on facebook and I'll post them on my profile so you can see them. You seem to be having fun - I hope the weather improves for you soon!! xx

Hi, I can imagine the wig situation seems to happen a lot around you lot!!! Yes Mum ca do much more with computer but still seems to hate it, however I am sure its just because it is taking time for hr to learn and things to gt set up prperly. Have fun x

so... i woke up this morning and remembered that i owned a grey cardigan, which strangely enough i havent seen since two people left to go around the world for a year, so i would appreciate you fed -exing back to me, thanks x x p.s. send my shoes along with it to!

I havent actualy got you grey cardigan however it would be very useful at the moment as it is freezing in NZ, as for your shoes you have another pair of jellies and its too cold for u to wear them at the moment!!!! x

hey! wendy and graham say happy birthday carina and they look forward to seeing you both at christmas!!
muchos love x x

Love your blogs I wish I was out there with you and lyndsey too, not sure where she is at the moment other than picking lemons if you send me and email I will forward on her Oz number so maybe you can text.

Have fun

Hi, we have now left Oz and are in New Zealand so not much hope of seeing her unfortunately. Hope she is nt near all the problems as its still not sorted out there. x

Best get a 'post' in while it's still your birthday there (C). Interesting drive to Cairns - reminded me of a car/riverbed drive in Cyprus with Daddy C but without the crocs.

It's a bit risky letting your exhaust fill up with water then foot-down booting it out - crocs tune in to bouncing valves! However, it was a good little 'wagon train' type procession of campers and you guys seem to have found some new friends.

Anyway, happy 21st Carina and hope you had a good day. Also a belated Happy Birthday to Dave for Jan. I had intended to do posts more often and on significant dates but that does not happen on dial up from home. And what of AC? she's supposed to be out there dancing with a big spider!

Just in NZ now, heading up to Cape Reinga this morning from Bay of Islands.

Exhaust was fine we had it all unde contrl, or at least we like to think so. There was definately a good group of us, it was wierd to slowly see most of them drift off when we got to Cairns to either go home or somewhere else!

Hope all is well and you get chance to keep upto date more xx

happy 21 st birthday my sweet heart. hope your having a wonderful day speak soon love mum

Hi Daringdo and Tinkerbell. Yes, I did mean Sea World. That spider was enormous, I think I might have a problem catching them in a glass and putting them outside. Are they some of the dangerous ones, apart from the danger of them frightening people to death I mean? es, the folder is for people without internet access. I am doing a copy for mum, cos she gets a but aching sitting here looking at computer. I [promised Linda and Peter a copy because they always ask how you are both getting on and are interested in what you are doing but neither of them are technically minded so haven't got round to buying a laptop yet, even though they have talked about it. Mum's friend Millie is interested in your adventures and she has family in Australia so she will be particularly interested in all that's been going on. Mel and Chris between them are going to instruct me in the intricacies of Face Book and putting pictures on there. Chris is coming for tea on Sat before we go to the theatre and she is going to show me an easier way of recording your adventure without all this typing. I enjoy tying anyway but it will be quicker, my typing speed is improving though!!! Hope you enjoy the last days in Oz. Lotsaluv and hugs as usual please.XX

Hi again, you would have no chance of getting that one in any glass it was huge. As far as we know it can give a nasty bite but is not deadly, we think it is called a 'huntsman' but never the less dont fancy testing the theory. As for facebook our blog is already attached to it so anyone who is on our friends list or who adds us can see it so no need to worry about that just tell them to add us as a friend, or simpler just go on the blog. Think you will be a whizz on computer by the time you have finished tracking this adventure. x x

Hi. Daringdo and Tinkerbell, I have to say, guys. Your blogs are amazing. So much detail we can almost imagine we are there with you. I am glad you got to dive at the Great Barrier Reef but sorry it didn't live up to the Maldives. Never mind that is another box ticked and a lot more exciting than the stuff we are doing back here. The photos are amazing, it is good to see your little faces too. The water park reminded be a little of the one we went to in Spain. The vans parked in a circle made me think of the wagon trains in the Wild West. The spider was horrific, it made Cindy yell and shudder. Glad you got pics of the tigers, I willo be getting some of them when I've got some more ink. I'm running out with all this typing. The folder is being passed around, so your adventures will be known far and wide by the time you come home. Lotsaluv and hugs as usual. Take good care of yourselves and each other. Love you and miss you both.xx

Glad its realistic enough for you, we try and get as much in as we can. The pics take some doing sometimes bt are worth it when we look back on them and give you some idea of what stuff is like. You will be keeping ink shop going if you are typing all this up!!! I take it the folder you mentioned is a copy of the blogs? Is that for people without the internet? Did you mean sea world when you said water park? Love to you x x