As soon as the roads opened and we could leave Cairns we wanted to get as far south as possible because we had wasted 6 days already. We got the bus for 11 hours on one day and then 7 hours on the next day. We got into Rockhampton, the redneck capital of Australia, at 2am. We were picked up at 6am the next day by the Myella Farm bus after sleeping for 3 hours in a hostel dorm room. We had to change into Farm Clothes when we got there. That's why we look so tren...

As soon as we arrived in Cairns, we heard on the radio in our taxi that Tropical Cyclone Larry was intensifying in the Coral Sea and might become a category 2 storm in the next few hours. At that time though Cairns was sunny and hot, unlike Darwin. We can't afford to pay much for food in Australia. For lunch everyday we have bread and cheese and we get a free meal at a pub every night. We are meant to drink something with our meal but we just eat quickly and lea...

We arrived in Darwin at 4.30 in the morning. Because Australia is expensive and we don't have much money we decided to sleep for the rest of the night in the airport. At customs, they took Katie's banana leaf photo album away to be destroyed. I accidentally smuggled in some fruit though! Darwin has a wet and a dry season. We were there during their wettest month. It rained for most of the week. We wanted to hire a car or a camper van in australia but we found ...

Aidan was a very lucky boy. For his birthday I decided to treat him to a stay in a very nice resort on the island of Nusa Lembongan. We stayed at the Coconut Beach Resort which was absolutely amazing. Our pool was probably the best bit. It was an infinity pool with spectacular views across the sea to Bali (we could even see the volcano we'd climbed). We stayed in a little bungalow which had a four poster bed and yet more fantastic views. On Aidan's birthday ...

We felt like treating ourselves during our last few days in Asia before we had to slum it in Australia. So when we were given a choice of 4 rooms in our poolside hotel, we chose the most expensive at 7 pounds. It had loads of things we didn't need like 2 double beds, an extra large bathroom, a porch with a table and chairs, and a balcony with another table and chairs. We found a very large spider on the side of our wardrobe. We didn't know whether or not it was ...