Day 51 (Wednesday 6th December 2006)Today we pretty much spent the whole time uploading our photos on to the website. Something went wrong with one of our memory cards and the latest disc of snaps have come out distorted (as you can see above)...only some of the best pics we've taken then, such as holding koalas and the Adelaide Oval!!On top of that, a whole underwater disc of us scuba diving in the Gili Islands has got scratched up so bad the computer won...

Day 49 (Monday 4th December 2006)Sarah was given the best surprise ever when Keith came in to our bedroom to give up his ticket to the Ashes so we could go together...what has Marc done to her...she's excited about going to the cricket!!So we hopped in 'Fran' for our first little adventure down to the city, dropping Liam off at school along the way. After a couple of hours drive we found the ground pretty easily (no we didn't get lost), but having...

Day 47 (Saturday 2nd December 2006)It was up early on the hunt for cars. Keith took us back in towards the city and after test driving a rather sorry looking Holden Commodore, we finally made a bargain purchase on a Ford Festiva through an old friend of Keith's.'Fran', as she's now known as, is a delightful little car, similar to what our Ford Fiesta would be back home. She has power steering and air con, luxeries we certaintly weren't used to...

Day 45 (Thursday 30th November 2006)Our flight landed in Melbourne at 07:20 local time...Sarah's face pressed up against the window desperately trying to spot kangaroos...and then displaying real horror when the captain announced the temperature outside as 9*C!!We had plenty of time (or so we thought) to make it to our connecting flight which departed at 09:10, but we were in for a rude awakening. No one quite does customs like Melbourne and after dodging 50,...

Day 42 (Monday 27th November 2006) It was hard work getting up early for the boat, but I just about managed it and arrived in Bangsal around 09:00. It was the dreaded return and barely had the boat touched shore when the locals flocked towards us in their hoards. I grabbed a horse cart to where my bus would pick me up and told all the jewellery sellers to 'beat it' while we waited. About an hour or so later, me and my bags were being dumped by the side of the...