We are just getting ready to head into Melbourne city centre this afternoon for some drinks, then back here to Epsom so the boys can watch some Aussie rules - some things dont change, whereever you are in the world ;-) Found out that Tasmania is only a 45 mins flight and only about 50 dollars, so we are planning to do that soon. Last night our friends Paul and Marita came over (I havent seen Marita in over 8 years!) and met their two little ones Jack and Liam, w...

Hi all, We have arrived! The flight was delayed by about 2 hours, but was actually not bad at all - either we slept a lot or the movie selection was good! We were not at Singapore airport very long at all in the end. It took a fair while getting off the plane (the airbus is HUGE) getting our bags, going through immigration etc, but was fairly smooth. The sniffer dog didnt show much interest in our bags thankfully. The weather here is really hot now, have had to...

We booked our flights today! So it's all feeling very real. We will be leaving blighty on the 15th February around 10pm, and will arrive in Melbourne on the 17th Feb at 6.40am, which may help the old jet lag! (wishful thinking). On the map you will see our itinerary, you just need to click on the destinations for the dates. We will update this as we will be organising a lot of the trip whilst out there, depending on where takes our fancy. Look out world! V&R