Sat 22nd june Catrin, one of Lois' best friends joined us. She will be with us in the game then join us for the 1000km trip to Sydney in the campervan. We woke up in Surfers Paradise and you can see why it's been named so. The miles long sky scrapers hog the shore (bit tacky) and the turquoise waves crash almost against them. Nothing tacky with the beach though, probably a 30 mile stretch of white sand - with joggers, sun worshippers and surfers everywhere. T...

After the 11 hr flight, we were relieved to stretch our legs in Hong Kong! We had a short stop over, but even at the airport the scenery was breathtaking, We left HK knowing we'd be back in 3 weeks, how wrong were we.... 2 hrs into the flight, we'd just enjoyed a sub standard meal, when the captain said 'Ladies and gentlemen, I've got some bad news...' Bad news and 34,000 feet don't usually work out well, but fortunately he'd only gone and left the weather rad...

London to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Sydney, Sydney to Brisbane - 22 hrs flying - hope the entertainment's better than Ryanair's.