So here we are in Brisbane, beautiful, barmy, blissful Brisbane.Its halfway through our trip, we cant believe how long it is since we left Teignmouth and how many fabulous sights weve seen and the superb memories we've captured along the way.I guess major highlights have been swimming and a bar b que on Christmas day. Walking The Sydney Harbour bridge was memorable, going 'to the races' at Meydan, Dubai will always now be the horse racing yard stick ...

Peter and I arrived into Cairns airport from Hamilton Island and it was raining, warm rain, 30 degrees C but rain, the cab driver said it was the Wet season a bit early, it rained all day, we visited the Esplanade, the pier, the sea, It Rained! But with brollies and Cagoules we coped. On Monday we headed off up to see Kuranda by rail, its a railway built in late 1800's up a mountain range - it rained - after a very interesting hour and a half journey we walke...

 I not sure if all these early mornings are good for me! After a tropical storm yesterday that lasted 18 hours. We wake today to a beautiful Queesland morning. Yes its 7am as we wait for a minibus to collect us to catch a boat to take us to visit some of the spectacular snorkelling sites of the inner Great Barrier Reef. Its a diving boat mainly, 36 of us, a total mixture of nationalities, divers and snorkellers of all ages. We spend our day at the table of a co...

Hello world! We are in the Whitsundays. We arrived on wednesday by plane from Sydney and landed at Hamilton Island where the airstrip runs along the water! The ferry, another fab Catamaran, was waiting for us. We then had a transfer of 1 hour through the beautiful islands to Airlie beach and Summit apartments, our home for the next 4 nights. The view from our huge place is rain forest all around us and the islands to the front. We have Cockatoos visit the balcon...