After talking to you all last we headed off on the Whitsunday Magic for 3 nights sailing round the Whitsunday Islands. The boat we went on was an old fashioned schooner (to non sailing people - like me! it was a big boat with large sails and was very pretty! Not one of these flash, yacht type things). We went snorkelling in a place called Blue Pearl Bay which is on Hayman Island as well as the Giant Footsteps on the Great Barrier Reef. Saw some amazing fish an...

Hi everyone, just to fill you in on our latest moves. After leaving the cafe in the national park, we headed to a bat sanctuary in Cape Trib. We got to meet a very cute fruit bat whose name escapes us. He was very friendly and inquisitive and we made him very excited at one point where he proceeded to show off his equipment!! We then headed back down to Cairns where we planned to go diving but enroute we had over 300mm of rain so we had second thoughts. We'r...

Arrived in Oz on Saturday. The 34 degree temp and humidity hit us like a sledgehammer the minute we stepped off the plane in Cairns. We stayed at a dodgy hostel the first two nights. Our room was like a prison cell - not that either of us would know what they look like - and hope not to find out! On the first day we walked down to the beach front only to confirm what we had already heard, that going into the sea up here could result in instant death, by a num...

Thanks to everyone for your messages we really love receiving them and hearing about what's going on at home. Headed towards Golden Bay (top of the South Island) for New Years and stayed in a place called Takaka which is a chilled out place with lots of artsy shops, etc. While we were up in Golden Bay we checked out Farewell Spit - where a lot of whales getting stranded (there were over 100 just before Xmas). Went to a tiny wee town called Collingwood and also...

Well we got back from Kaikoura on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately we couldn't do the seal swim due to rough seas but we're on a waiting list to try and do a dolphin swim before we go to Oz - fingers crossed! Christmas day was a fairly relaxed affair and a game of Trivial Pursuit - Girls (Linda, Kate and Mel) vs Boys (Zak and Pete). You'll be pleased to know the girls won! Ha, ha!! Rematch on the way. The day after Boxing Day we went out on a jet boat. One of P...