Category: Australia

I know you’re all wondering what we’re up to in Japan but we have a few loose ends to fix up for Australia first. Here goes then: GOOD THINGS Wildlife. It was worth going to Australia to experience the wildlife, even if we did have to endure some other things we didn’t like. Here’s a…

We got bored with Australia and booked some tickets to go and see Keith early. We’re off on Saturday! John’s researched the best airport sleeping spots in Hong Kong so we might look vaugely human by the time we arrive there on Sunday. (Mums: Keith will be in charge of us for the duration of…

We have just got back from a pleasant couple of days sailing the Whitsunday Islands aboard the ‘Ron of Argyll’. Unfortunately the weather was not with us and we ended up with 3 overcast days which meant that snorkelling could either not be attempted or was not the best. However we did have one excellent…

A mystery prize is available for the most inventive and amusing caption for a currently untitiled photograph on my flickr site. The photo shows John making a phonecall under the supervision of an amphibious friend. What shall I call it? Get those imaginations to work! See you all after our boat trip! Viv xxx (No…

As Viv said in the last post the caving was really great, felt proper adventurous and jeez those holes were tight! I’m just glad that I had lost a bit of weight since leaving the UK else I’m not sure I could have got through, fortunately we didn’t attempt the hole named ‘rebirth’ – those…

I was amused to read John’s last post. He so rarely gets frustrated, it’s usually me jumping up and down with steam coming out of my ears. I feel a little better now. Yesterday was indeed very frustrating but today has been great. We managed to go out caving. There was only us two and…

Since leaving Rainbow beach we had a longer than expected stay at Maryborough, a picturesque city/town littered with beautiful colonial buildings and blessed with the friendliest people we have met in Australia. We stayed at a great little campsite and spent a bit of time getting to know a few Aussies staying there and generally…

I’ve been here almost two weeks and I still can’t decide whether I like it or not. There’s amazing and unique wildlife but the people here are simply not our kind of folk. Don’t get me wrong, on an individual basis we’ve met some really great people. We went out drinking with a really cool…

Easy Folks! We have made it to Australia where we have now been for almost a week. We have spent a few days in Brisbane finding our feet and looking on aghast at the food prices and in reaction to that trying to live off budget cheese sandwiches and budget beans on budget toast for…