Maverick Hi, this is Maverick, Ro's dog, also known as Mav & Snoop Dog! I am looking forward to meeting you both when you return to Australia tomorrow!!! I am now a big boy and weigh 25kg! I'm black and white like Ro's car.Can't wait to meet you both, Rowie has told me so much about you guys. Mav

Gill Short Hi you two, blog great, what a fantastic experience you are having, I am not sure about all that diving, sounds amazing though, Look forward to next blog. You are both looking so fit and brown. Miss u 2 love GG

Pep, Sjouke, Gabi & Wil Wil Hey guys, photos are fantastic, looking forward to the next lot from South America. All well back in Oz,no hot goss to report. Take care over there, love Pep x

Gizmoro Hey Travellers! Love the new galleries, and seeing Mr Squiggle in action with his paints and riding on top of tuk tuks! hahaclassic. keep them coming!By the way, I bought a new GIZMO! http://www.vio-pov.com/products/pov_15.phpIt's a helmet video camera that is also water proof (for snowboarding, MTB and car racing etc). You'll see it in action next year!Ro

Mischa Hey Guys! It's great to get an update - especially one Sam's birthday surprise - between the cake, how happy you guys look, all the drinking, and the beautiful looking water (that you can actually swim in!)...we want to just come over and join you! Counting down (7 weeks and one day) until we set off on holidays and hopefully to catch up with you guys as well... Love Mischa PS - Our letterbox was frozen closed this morning...yes, frozen closed - the frost on the grass was solid white, and everything was so sparkly with ice!

Adrian hey hey kids....the photos are AMAZING, the stories are fab....looks like your having a really s*** time ;-P

GG Good to see you are updating your blog, I guess it is hard to find internet acces, I have been hanging for an email. Lots of Love GG

Gizmo Hey Sammy! I took Gizmo to the new Morewell Hill Climb track, it's called Haunted Hills. An awesome tight little 1 minute circuit.I got bumper cam footage of some drifting action in the MR2. Check it out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=100404637108&comments BTW - how come you guys haven't updated for ages? ePC still working?

Rowie Happy Birthday Mulebags!Dirty 30s!!! Look out! I think that means you don't have to wash your clothes now for 8 days instead of 4!! haha... or actually you probably don't even bother washing clothes these days, you can just buy another t-shirt with Cheese on it for a dollar or something!!! haha... Congrats to your loving family who managed to surprise the daylights out of you! Sounds like the mission was very successful.Anyway, crack a beer for me, today, yesterday and tomorrow! (One time for each decade!!!)Take care, and give Nikki a hug from the Melbourne crew.Ro

Pep HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMMY! Hope you had a great birthday, Bet it was quite a surprise seeing Mum, Dad Ben and Moshi there when you got off the boat! Can'tbeleive the secret was kept for so long without you knowing!! Sounds like you are in a beautiful placde now and I am sure it's nice for Mum and Dad to have some warmth after the chilly weather back here. Anyway, must run now before Wil Wil wakes up...love Pep, Sjouke, Gabs and Wil Wil xxx

Mischa Happy Birthday Sam! Hope you're having a great day - big milestone to celebrate!! We've spent the weekend at Ben Lomond at a ski lodge celebrating Ben's...would have been great to have a drink with you guys also but a little far to come at the moment... Hope you're both having a great time...Love Mischa and Ben

Gizmo Hi Guys,Excellent work yet again.By the way, if you haven't done so already, your blog can be directly linked to your Facebook profile so it tells people when you update it and stuff. Check it out!http://www.offexploring.com/info/facebook Giz