Sallie &Bruno Hey Guys, Thanks for Joe's birthday card, he had a great day and is a very cute 3 y.o. now. Hope you're enjoying the Sunshine Coast, it is one our favourite places in the world. Everything is great here, we're having our first Christmas at home this year. Charli is growing before our eyes and the year has just swept past. Have a great xmas.

Juanita Cotton Tree was the first place we lived at when we moved to Queensland for a few years. Mind you, it's changed alot since i lived there. We then built a house at Bli Bli. If you get the chance visit the Eumundi Market. An experience. Keep enjoying. Have you heard about the baby boom here? I'm sure you know Bin had a girl, and there are four more pregnancy's. By the way - I'm jealous your in my home town. Come home soon

sculley hey mick and loz how you been sounds like you having a blast are guys every going to make it up this way its starting to get hot up here so most of the backpacking p**** has left (dam it ) take care toot aloo :) ps . champ is a fairy lol

sculley hey mick and loz how you been sounds like you having a blast are guys every going to make it up this way its starting to get hot up here so most of the backpacking p**** has left (dam it ) take care toot aloo :) ps . champ is a fairy lol

Champ Hey Dudes, hope all is well. Must be tough living next to a beach! Camper looks heavy Michael, hows the bus drive with it on? Looks like good setup though, and easy to set-up, no photos of Loz helping though! Well take care, Cheers!

Clutters Hey guys, Sorry I havent written for ages, things have been very hectic at work. We've got a few new guys here so busy teaching them how to do stuff as well as running the show while Pete's been away. (excuses excuses!!) Sounds like you's are still having a ball. I cant believe you're a beer wench Lozza!!!! I reckon you'd be awesome at it! I hope you got a chance to watch the AFL Grand Final (no doubt you did). We had a party at home, which you probably heard clashed with Thomas' 1st birthday, but it wasnt far for people to pop into both. Had a great day....but was hungover to the max on Sunday!! Good to see the Cats have a win though! Well its almost knock off time so I better start packing up. Keep the photos coming!! Have fun, love Clutters

Dana & Fred (da koolest kiwiz!) hey guyz! thought that it bin an xtra long time since we touched base (SORRY!) so it would be rude not to write a wee note and say gday! just looked out the windown and itz a wee bit white...snow sux! that the only problem with living in this part of nz you neva know what da weather will do i mean itz october 4 gosh sake! not a lot has bin happening really we have both pulled pin on the shearing sheds we were both pretty ova it! fred also thought it would be a good idea to take his handpiece to his hand and got 7 stitches and a kool scar out of it plus a few weeks off, at least we both got a short day though! fred is now going to be a tractor driver direct drilling all the paddocks around paradise (central vegas!) and im gunna go pour sum beers at the st bathans vulcan pub, which is apparantly haunted so hopefully i will have sum scary stories 2 tell! o yea by the way im (dana) heading to korea! made the nz under 21 womans curling team so thatz pretty mean! a lot of it is paid for 2 so thats an xtra bonus, pretty good really since i've only ben doing it for a few months (fred is flippin jealous it hilarious!) we are both cruizin ova to your side of the ditch once i come back which is about february some time hoping to start off in melbourne go and annoy danz cousin for a while then go where eva the road takes us and who knows maybe we may bump into u 2 rascals! fred is dead keen on getting mick back he'll bring the rum this time! anyways best be off luv hearing and reading about your adventures promise u will hear from us more often from now on! hopefully we will see ya sum time next year look afta yourselvez lotza heartz dana & fred

Geordz Hey Guys, Sounds like you are having a great time, I can so see you working in a pub Lozza, you are good with people! So things here are as per usual, not much is happening, have Thomas' 1st Birthday Party tomorrow, will be a huuuuge event and lots of fun to be had due to it being GF Day, could be a big one I think. I am sure you have heard about the ever eventful Palm Tree removal and re-plant from the McMahons neighbours to the McMahons. Timmy John bought the Manatoe in and dug up the neighbours yard, after lots of deliberation and lots of input from the way to many Chiefs they finally put the palm over the fence, very entertaining, started at 7pm finished about 9.30pm once it was in and the hole filled. Lisa is as proud as punch so it was all worth it, and we all got a good laugh so again all worth it! The new job is going well, it is Rates time at the moment and today is the day to pay the 1st installment so we have had 2 lines out the door most of the day, keeping me busy and teaching me heaps, best move I have made. Anyway best be off and do a bit, camper looks great, bit of a Taj Mahal, it is almost the size of our house, let me tell you!! Be good, keep on having the time of your lives, Geordz & Matt

Terry Yo Lazza, we miss you terribly! when you coming back to work? I got all this really interesting dataworks stuff for you to do.......i still haven't figured it out and I need help! COME BACK........................... TC

Bree Hi guys, I missed your call last night sorry!! Andrew filled me in sounds like you guys are still having the best time!! I love your photos, the camper looks really good, fit for a Queen !!! Missing you guys heaps xxx take care love bree.

Piddle, Kell & Thomas Hi Guys, Satuday night and Piddle is at work Thomas is snoring, thought I would get on and check out what you guys are up to, looks like you are having a great time, love checking out the pics!!! Alls well here we are preparing for Thomas' 1st party in a few weeks which will be great fun. Just wanted to say a gday and hope you are both well. Love Kell

Lee & Lea What a spin-out!!! We'd just finished updating our website, looked at the Off Exploring homepage, when who else should turn up in the "recently updated photos" but our fellow 3 Dog owners! Your rig looks awesome! Cool idea folding out to the back. Don't worry about the rain, its good for the canvas, as we learnt on our first nights in it, camping in a torrential downpour. Glad you guys are on the road again, you'll have a ball up at Cape York, especially now you don't have to sleep in a tent or a swag. Make sure you put some photos of your set-up on your site, we're dying to see what the inside is like. We're in Darwin at the moment, getting ready to do Kakadu, Litchfield etc and then its off to WA and the Gibb River Road, we're missing the dirt roads and corrugations... Take care, and stay in touch. Most importantly, HAVE FUN IN YOUR NEW CAMPER! Lea & Lea xx

Geordz Hi Mick & Lozza, Great to finally get back on and have a look at the adventures of the Dalys. Looks like things are going great guns and that you are having a great time which is good to see and hear. Of course things here are same old same old, Matt and I are hoping to start our house reno's soon, but as per usual nothing happens as quick as you want so it seems to be taking a lifetime to get started. Footy and Netty have finally finished for us which is good, didn't think the old body would have been able to handle many more games, I have been playing A Grade for Stratty town so you can imagine I have been feeling it a bit!! Matt just won B & F for the Stratty 2nds so that was good, he seemed happy about it all. New job is going well, have been at the Shire for a month now and am loving it, no stress which is nice, haven't been able to come to work and go home and not think about it for quite some time so I am loving it. It is a 12 month job but I am hoping theywill be able to keep me at the end but if not I guess I will just have to look again. Best be off and do some work, keep having the time of your lives Love Geordz & Matt

Dimo What up Lozza & Micky D! Awsome pictures of your travels guys, I never knew living out there would be soo much hard work....I didnt see any pics of the local shopping centre or public pool - whats with that??? Glad to see you still have 2 peepers Lozza, that must have been pretty damn scary, I thought you said Mick doesnt drink Wild Turkey after last time....haha. As the old cheese said in her last email, Illy, Powelly and I have just got back to Oz this week from our month in Canada and the USA. We had an awsome time, and one of the highlights was definatley the Calgarry Stampede. We caught the last 2 days of the stampede so got to watch the finals in Bull riding, bare back, steer wrestling etc. Bloody unreal atomosphere with ACDC blarring out while the bull riders come out of the gates - everyone gets really pumped and starts clicking their spurs together! There was a couple of Aussies competing but it was the locals who took the honours in most of the events. The bloke who won the bull riding was an 18 yr old who was about 5 ft nothing! And spoke like a jockey! Won $100,000 for his troubles! The food in the USA is soo s***e! Everything is deep fried and comes with chips! I have nearly had to invest in a gurtle just to get back in my work pants. Also went to the baseball in Seattle and watched Lauren Jackson play for the Seatlle Sonics. She scored her 4,000th career point when we were watching so everyone was going nuts! The Aussie chant was rampant! Also rampant was her Lesbian following....the chick supporters had bigger biceps than me! Also went to San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Santa Monica and Hawaii. Went to Alcatraz in San Fran which was unreal - saw cells Al Capone stayed in and did a guided tour of where all the bad arses took holidays. San Diego was cool. They have a massive Navy base there see we expected to see some Village People action... But it had really nice beaches. Spent a day in Tijuna (Mexico) too. That was really good and bloody scary at the same tme!! Felt like we were auditioning for the 3 Amigos sequel. Alot of dodgy folk over that border! Vegas is a bit of a blur really - probably got about 3 hours sleep in 3 days there! Also left most of my money there!! Was thinking at one stage i would have to start busking for cash just to get home. Although, I had Powelly with me so I knew he would have a stash of cash in his sock or something!! He really struggled with the tipping thing....I think every tip he gave was coins which came to about 75 cents.... He still doesnt leek in the bath the tight arse! Caught up with Sarah Bennetts in Santa Monica. That was really good - her accent is soo strong. She is waiting for her VISA to go through b4 she can start working. We also stayed right next to the beach where Baywatch was filmed!! I looked really hard for the Hoff running down the beach sucking his guts in but to no avail. Lastly, we had 5 nights in Hawaii on the way home - mostly just chilled out and did beachy stuff b4 coming back to sunny VIC... Im in Sale for the old boys 60th B'day this weekend - got the Gippy booked for a feed tonight. Have just got back from your Mum and Dad's place. They are looking forward to taking the new caravan away - it looks really good. Uncle Brucey showed me all its features. I wont mention the comments he said about the suspension...sorry Mrs Melly! Well I better go. Keep having fun you guys and keep those pig numbers to a minimum! Hey, Im thinking since Malcolm Douglas and Alby Mangels arnt doing their outback shows anymore you 2 could start one up??? I'll be the producer and we can call it Dust, Dingoes and the Dalys?? Let me know what you think. Take care yall, Dimo.

Lee, Mick, Molly, Avah and Harvey Hi Loz and Mick!!!! Wow, what a great idea this is!!!! Loved all the photos, but the eye one was the best! you poor little thing loz...... It was great to hear from you the other night, it sounds like your having a ball, were very jealous!! Were all good back here, the kids are growing up so quickly though.. Harvey is sitting here squirming around on my knee. he hates being held, loves crawling around the floor exploring.. But sometimes hes safer on my knee, without his big sisters picking him up trying to carry him round like a doll.... Molly is obsessed with those bratz dolls now and she is forever getting changed throughout the day parading around, posing, to try look like them.. She even tries to change avah into dresses, which always ends in tears!! Micks back working now, did the stay at home dad thing for about six months, i dont think hes ever been so eager to get back to work!! No, he did a really good job but I think were both really happy to switch back roles again.. Hes working at the APM which hes really enjoying. Well I better go now, Avah has just jammed her fingers in the fridge door (Always eating that one) I'll keep checking in on your travels.. Take care, lee Mick, Molly, Avah and Harvey.