hello! firstly we are all alive- (john nearly did die but he just has a cold- more on that later!) so we are in cairns, a gorgeous city which seems more like a friendly town. it is our final destination on the oz bus, sad times- its nearly all over before phase two of our travels takes us off to asia. so since we last blogged, we have mostly been chilling out in some pretty cool places. magnetic island is a short ferry ride from the mainland and the hostel was mo...

Hello again my darlings!Continuing from our previous blog, as I'm sure you are eager to find out what happened to darling Tors next... On arrival at the Cattle Ranch, despite the temptation, it took some serious pursuasion to convince Tors that horseback riding or quad biking for that matter, was not in her best intrest, and put her to bed for some well needed rest.Sam, Liz and I headed on over to the goat pen however, to take part in the goat rodeo and enjoyed ...

Hello Hello again, we still have much to tell you about since our departure from Frasers, it really has been the most eventful few days of our trip so far!Our next stop was the small town of 1770, the only town with a date for a name! We were staying only for a few days in a lovely little hostel called Cool Bananas and being the last place on the east coast it was safe to swim, we made the most of the beautiful beach. Apart from that there wasn't much else to do,...

Hello hello! Sorry for the blogging delay, we have had such a busy few days, which we will tell you all about now. Starting with Fraser Island, a truly mindblowing place, the only place in the world where rainforest grows on sand, and despite the big beautiful beaches, you are unable to swim anywhere due to the shark infested seas. However the island is filled with gorgeous freshwater lakes which make a fantastic alternative, especially when you don't shower for...

Darlings! its the international sweethearts once again to inform you of our adventures since Byron Bay. We arrived in Brisbane, a bit like Melbourne, a bit like Sydney, a bit like any other city! At least our hostel had a bar allwoing us to meet up with some old east coast pals for some drinks. We decided to make the most of our one full day and spent it visiting galleries, museums and clock towers! Tors and Liz even made an aboriginal friend, named Grace...and ...