Sounds like your having a great time in Australia. It's true, I do check your travelog everyday, mainly so that I can keep all the Van Hagers up to date with your exploits.

Thanks for the postcard from Ayers Rock (even though you missed me of the mailing list!).

Look forward to hearing what you get up to next and seeing some pics.

Jeannette xx

Barn,RE: Brotherly adviceAre you in Byron bay yet, tell me you have been or thinking of going. Speak to a man call lee he runs a travel shop. He runs snorkelling trips for around $45-the man is a legend (say my bro came last year and give you his snorkelling gear, he might do you a deal, however $45 is cheap). He has 20 years of experience, you will see dolphins, sharks, turtles, whales and loads of fish.Go to the light house in Byron it?s one of the best places I?ve been and it?s the most eastern point on mainland Australia.Have you hired a camper yet? The Bruce highway on the way to cairns is cool, but the old bill are all over it! In cairns there is a good hostel called ?tropic days?-which has a free barbeque on Tuesday and Thursday (free food!). It?s run by Loretta and Gabriel, they built the place and are really nice. The hostel has a free shuttle into town. They give you meal vouchers to get cheap food at the woodshed (local backpackers club/restaurant/hangout)-cool place.Any road you don?t have to do any of the above, I thought it might help a bit. Don?t want to sound like a tit, they were some of the best things I did.I?m on skype so bloody ring me and I?ll get on line and it?s free. Miss you bro-speak soon.LoveBradley

Hey Barn,

You are probably back home already but i've only just caught up with your blog! I'm as useless as you! I've read the odd thing round Nan and Grandads but i get confused with the order etc etc...

Sounds like you are having an awesome time. Keep up the good work... What happened to the small, shy,tee total cousin I used to have??!

Puking up again? Well I suppose not that much has changed ...!

 I've been snow boarding/skiing in France which was friggin awesome. I reccomend to a friend.

 If you are in Melbourne at any point you should go pop in on Gay Steve.

Your travels are inspiring and who knows one day i might get off my a*se and go! Thailand looks amazing.

 Take care chicken.xx

 Love Sam (your cousin incase you didn't know)

 P.S Like the hair but liked the big hair batter. BIG HAIR RULES!

P.P.S Send me the pics of the ped accident I wanna see the blood!

geez ur in aussie now nice1wiv unbreakable spider webbs2. u dnt mention ur wife much' u dumped her already?..dnt blame ya dnt need the baggage m8. knowing ur lovely mum reads these messages sent 2u..i wont mention or discuss our last private email . u av fun fun fun m8 x

sorry pushed the wrong button he got thrown out of the country larger bum mind you he was only 19yrs old so be carefull any way you all look after your selfs love you loads  xxxxxxxxx god bless xx

 only auntie alison again phoned your mum she noticed the changed message board we sorted it out to geather so we no it works ok so i hope assey is ok geth hated

hi your message has changed dont know if the message board will get to you love alison @ geth

Barnaby can you let us see some photo`s of Bens sisters wedding xx

Barn!! As your in Australia can you tell me what happens in Neighbours, they are 6 months ahead of us with the programmes so if i send you loads of video tapes........can you record them for me! haha! na im not that sad. Athough i have actualy changed my name to Lou Carpenter, his real name is Tom something, so its quite handy!

hi barnaby hope your all ok and still having a great time my friend vicky is off around the world by train with a friend at the end of march i think it is the in thing at the moment .are you home sick yet ? take care lots love oh everyone here is fine bye for now alison geth xxxxxxxxxx

reply to brads, they might be 2 foot tall but they are foxes mate, on the bus when i put my bag in the holder they picked the locks!! i have to sort my self out tho as i may have left it im not too sure, i losing everything, im just too relaxed!! in Aus now so cant check out that place, i will have to head north soon! at Bens at the moment.

Brother, How’s things? I can see the travel laziness has kicked in (mum checks your journal every day- it’s like she has OCD or something), please up date weekly. You have a public to please-the journal is becoming that of legends. How could you get you mp3 nicked by a thai, there about 2 foot tall! Mum requested I put the record straight, re: Paul’s birthday. She was drunk/really drunk. She poured champagne on her head Barn!!! Found a wife yet!!! A guy at Uni says you have to go to Langkawi it’s an island in Malsaya, so might be worth a try. Miss ya old boy. Brads