Dave Cathy

In the past 224 days of travelling, we have.... Flown, zorbed, shopped, walked, relaxed, lazed, dived, skydived, cycled, bussed, mountain climbed, sampled 200 beers, tubed, bungeed, driven, slept, eaten, drunk, swam, snorkelled, motorbiked, sailed, gazed in awe, culture vultured, learnt some history, read about 75 books, photographed, blogged, visited 6 wine regions, kayaked, big tree'd, sunbathed, tanned, burnt, had 2 haircuts (both Dave's), shaved, camper vanned, camped, BBQ'd, spear fished, tramped, trekked, hiked, glacier walked, visited temples, towers, animal sanctuaries, towns, villages, cities, countries, zoos, bridges, islands, mountains, rivers, beaches.... We have also mud bathed, sulphur pooled, bridge climbed, hostelled, surfed, body boarded, sand boarded, 4x4'd, road tripped, thai boxed, Aussie ruled, baseballed (in a non participatory way), ci... read more

Howdy folks, First up, a little note about the blog site. It has been down for a few days due to some kind of server-crash-jiggery-pokery. Bad news is that we lost 35 blogs. I could have cried. Thankfully (due to the magic of internet) I have since found 31 of them and I'm currently looking for the other 4. I'll let you know when I find them and restore them all. Anyway, you don't want to be bored with all that nonsense - you just want your 2 minutes of mild amusement to break up the working day. We're in The Big Apple taking it easy and relaxing. It's our final stop (boo hoo) on our trip as we head home on Friday. I can't believe it has all gone so quick. New York is great. ... read more

After our time in Vegas we set off in search of a little slice of Americana in the desert. We were following hot on the heels of some personal heroes of mine - Calum, Fran & Dangerous Danan. Yes, we were taking a little trip down 50's memory lane with a cruise down good ol' route 66. It's a fair treck out of Vegas into the desert and if you don't make it out of bed very early then it can be fairly late before you get anywhere. We only got to the start of our stretch of Route 66 at about lunchtime. We were beginning in Kingman and travelling as far as Williams. This is part of the longest intact section of the original still left and is a little like a timewarp. There are ... read more

You wait ages for a blog and two come along at once. As Mrs Deane mentioned the internet access over here is poor. Very poor. Not much of it and very expensive. The American wilderness on the other hand is absolutely beautiful. Over the last few days we've meandered through or past Yosemite, Mono Lake, Sequoia and Death Valley national parks on our way to some rest and relaxation in Vegas. We've both been mildly ill - the evidence of this will be in the dearth of beer reviews. Our first day out into the interior of the US was mainly a driving day as we covered about 4 hours over to Yosemite. The temp gradually rose from about 70 to about 90 before dipping again as we started to head up into Yosemite. The tent ... read more

Afternoon everyone. Sorry about the delay in blogging but we have been on Fiji time. 1 day kind of melted into 12 as we relaxed. And relaxed. And lazed... Fiji is a wonderful place. From the moment we landed we were told constantly that everything was on Fiji time and that we needed to slow down. So we did. We spent our first 9 days island hopping through the Yasawa and Mamanuca islands and then our last few days around Nadi with a bit of diving and sight seeing. So then, back to the beginning. We loaded our bags onto the Yasawa Flyer boat (a big catamaran full of backpackers) and set off. We headed to the far end of the Yasawas to Tavewa to begin our hopping at Coral View Resort. We turned up at ... read more