So here we are again, on the eve of embarking on our next adventure, looking back onto our experiences over the last 2 months. Last time you heard from us we had just arrived with the Humble family on Salisbury Plains, 30km outside of the beautiful town of Bowen, North Queensland and we were optimistic our time here would be good. We were certainly not disappointed! Staying with the family of 6 has opened our eyes to what a big family is like and all the joys of ...

We said bye bye to the Bananas and miss you to the mango's and after a few days helping Trina (the farm owner) at her house with all sorts of jobs - from weeding her garden in the boiling heat, to washing her dogs, to packing (and eating) choc coated bananas, we headed up the coast to the trickily named Mooloolaba (think Tallulah-ba with an M). We stayed at a working hostel there, lured with the promise of strawberry planting work for 7 to 10 days. Unfortunately,...

Just a quick note to say we have arrived safe and sound in Bowen and are settling in with our new family. We have had a slight photo/memory card malfunction so have uploaded all our photos from the last month, so apologies in advance for lots of duplicates and dodgy pics. We are hoping to stay with the Humble family for a while, so will make sure we uload a decent blog with our latest adventures asap. Until then, enjoy the snaps and we will see ya later alligator!

And here we are... After a 3 hour flight from Christchurch we arrive in Sydney. We were sad to leave the plane really, as the Emirates flight had been amazing with a fantastic choice of films, own screens, brilliant seats with plenty of leg room and a 3 course meal - it was, as Borat would say: 'Very nice!' In Sydney we stayed in a hostel a short walk from the central train station, which turned out to be a good choice, as there were loads of activities and free...

So we didn't quite manage to keep up to date with our blog towards the end of our stay in NZ so here is a brief overview of the last week or so in the land of the long white cloud. Lake Tekapo was absolutely stunning and although we only spent one night there, we managed to go for a nice long walk and go for a swim in the freezing lake water... Well Sophie went for a swim - Marie just dipped her toe in and then decided against it. In Christchurch we were lucky ...