Hi ya! Well the weather here in Sydney has been very changeable in the last couple of weeks but it looks like the sun has really come out now. Christmas eve was a little strange here on Bondi Beach not being anywhere near as lively as we thought it would be. It would seem everyone "saves themselves up" for the big Party on Christmas Day but due to a disappointing day weather wise on the 25th, the big boom never really happened. We kept hearing people s...

Hi to all, Well it's official, the weather is the worst it has been the week before Christmas for 10 years..............great! We've had non-stop rain for pretty much 7 days now but it's supposed to be getting better in the next couple of days. All the locals think the lack of sun is great. They have a massive water shortage out here so pretty much every Oz you bump into tells you how good it is that it's been raining............as you can imagine, we don't sh...

Hi Everyone. Managed to actually find a computer that allows us to upload some photos so we hope they come through ok. We have been in the campervan for nearly a fortnight now and it's given us a huge amount of freedom to see as much of Australia as we possibly can. From Cairns, we have traveled along the East Coast on the 'Bruce Highway' stopping at various places along the way including the Whitsundays just beyond Airlie Beach…(photo's of the reef ...

Hi ya!! Well if Sout Africa was slightly disappointing, Australia has more than made up for it already! Laura and I met up on Dec 1st at Cairns, picked up our little campervan and hit the road. I flew in from Perth, via Brisbane and Laura had just spent nearly 3 weeks at Kath and Ron's in Dingley Village, Melbourne, where she was treated to all the local (and not so local) sights. We've been travelling down the Bruce Highway and made a few stops so far. Air...

G'day,Am back from our three day trip along the Great Ocean Road and I must admit before the trip I thought it was 'bigging' it up a little with the whole GREAT thing but I can honestly say it blew me away. The scenery is unbelievable and turn after turn in the road produced another beautiful bay and stretch of unspoiled coastline. Anyway the trip starting by heading north west from Melbourne to an old gold mining town of Ballarat, they have a mock up of the old ...