Woohoo now we can finally boast about the weather... blue skies, sunshine, anything up to 38 degrees in the daytime... nice and cool at night! Yes, we are in Fiji! Have spent ten days here, and spent a week of that cruising and exploring the Yasawa islands. We went to 4 islands: Sunrise, Manta Ray, Kuata and Bounty Island. Some were really basic and no hot water or electric in the rooms, while M/ray and Bounty were more luxurious. Bounty Island was the island o...

AHHHHHHHH I just wrote an update and the computer crashed so this will b a shortened version... Since last update we've been busy travelling from south to north islands... successfully negotiating some scary roads in our campervan, as well as the inter island ferry. When we got to Wellington on north island the first stop was at Karen's cousin Nigel's place. We stayed with him for a few days, and visited various sights - including the Wellington cable car and...

Hello from Hanmer Springs! We've packed a lot into our two days here - we first visited the hot springs, where natural gases and minerals heat the water up... it was amazing being outside in any one of the ten (count em!) pools and having snowy mountains all around us and actually being hot! Today we went snowboarding on the Hanmer ski area. After a scary drive up the mountain on the shuttle bus (think the tightest and steepest corners you've ever driven aroun...

Hello everybody from very chilly South Island, New Zealand! We arrived here on Tuesday and picked up our campervan (named Elizabus... or Lizzie for short as she looks like a bus and has Lizards painted on her!) Since we've been here we've been doing some shopping for warm clothes (essential) and slippers, and Ugg boots and food to stock up Lizzie's cupboards. We've also been doing a bit too much sleeping - twelve hours a night, but I guess we need it... catch...

Wow we had a really busy time in Sydney catching up with people (and meeting new ones) and seeing all the sights of such a busy place. We spent time with Fleur's Aunt and Uncle, Nancy and Alan, and with Karen's cousin Karen (yes, just to confuse things - same name!) It was really great to see/meet them all and have some insider info on where to go and what to do in the city and surrounding areas. Also, it was a wonderful break from staying in hostels! We mana...