OK, so it's been a while again since I wrote on here. I'm not great with the whole blogging thing. I generally speak through my photos and if you look you'll see since last time I've been back to the Outback to spend some time with Nick; been to Kangaroo Island to see Kate and then headed to Auckland to catch up with Linda. It has been amazing spending so much time with her and she's gone to so much effort to show me all around the North Island. I've seen some i...

Okay folks, so as it turns out, I'm pretty crap at keeping this blog up to date. I think the main reason is because I'm too busy doing stuff! I didn't realise I needed to factor in blog and internet time into my travelling schedule. As it turns out, I've just missed my flight to Alice Springs this morning...groan...so I have a day with nothing planned - whoo-hoo. SO what have I been doing since Perth, well, what I haven't I been doing! From Perth I caught the I...

Ok, so I'm writing this blog after the fact, but it is really hard to get near a pc long enough when you're having so much fun! Perth was great. It's a really beautiful city set on the estuary of the Swan river. Amazing beaches, interesting buildings, lots of culture but still has that sleepy town quality - not the crazy hecticness of European Cities. I stayed with Gail and Tommy (old family friends) in the Swan Valley which is a gorgeous spot - full of vineyar...

My darling friend Richard and his mom popped over to JBurg for a visit and I was determined to show them a good time! We only had a week so had to cram things in! Soweto and Jburg tour, Cat's Life Tour, Westcliffe for Colonial Splendour, The Pilansberg for Wildlife and gorgeous scenery, Sun City for tack in the bush like only we can do, The Cradle of Humankind (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and where we all began) and last but not least the cats and dogs of Sp...

I know I know, more beautiful bloody scenery! Maybe it will make you feel better to hear that it rained constantly; that it took us (me) SEVEN hours to walk 8kms (I'm blaming the slippery terrain and steep gradient - ahem); I nearly got eaten alive by vermin in the wood cottage and my legs seized up to such an extent I couldn't actually walk on the Monday! That all aside. The scenery was bloody beautiful. The indigenous forest in that area is awe inspiring and I...