So we flew from Melbourne with heavy hearts, both very sad to be leaving Australia behind, but at the same time very excited to see what New Zealand had in store for us!! The first thing to hit us on arrival was the cold! The place was flippin freezing! And the rain, it was that really miserable gray rain that you just knew was down for hours! First impressions mean a lot and ours were not good!! The following day the sun had come out (but it was still freezing...we thought it was supposed to be summer??) and we boarded the Tranzalpine train to Greymouth, one of the worlds most reknowned beautiful train journeys! And it was really breathtaking; we were already starting to see the beauty people spoke about when they spoke of NZ. Greymouth ... read more

Flies. So with Sydney finished we were off to be Backpackers again, well flashpackers really. We had no problems with our flights and ended up in Darwin the following day. Flies. The HEAT!! It was nothing like we've felt before, getting up to over 40 degrees, like we have had some really hot days in Sydney, but the humidity was a killer! Darwin is tiny , with very little to do, which was good, flies, because we had to be up half five the fillowing day for our 2 days, 1 night camp out in Kakadu National Park.. We had a boring crew with us for tgis part if the trip, and the tour guide was a bit of a tool, so there wasn't much laughs on the bus, but we made our own fun. We ... read more

Well, well, well, how better to begin this blog than with a belated Happy Christmas and New Year to you all. It’s the 15th of January and we’re only slowing down on the drinking now! It’s been a crazy few weeks. In December we got our new roommates, Hazel and Damo, friends of ours from home. They’ll be staying with us over Christmas till they head to Melbourne on the rest of their travels! Suppose it all kicked off with the” 12 Pubs of Christmas”. The idea of which is that you start in your first pub at 6 o clock in the evening and each half hour you leave to the next pub, until 6 hours and 12 pubs later you’re in a heap somewhere in Sydney! It was a great night , Dave organized ... read more

Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot of stories to tell you all since we last left off! We've been having a ball though, basically just been working and drinking away, and chillin on the beach on the sunny days! We have had some really fun parties, and nights out though! Plenty of BBQs in our house and sure ya cant have a BBQ without a tipple or two! There have been fancy dress parties, nights out on the town and even Sarah’s surprise (Pirate Themed) Birthday Party, expertly organized by Dave….she didn’t have a bloody clue, already slightly tipsy she nearly fell out of her standing when all of a sudden 20-odd people were shouting and singing Happy Birthday to her when she walked in the front door!!!! On the work front, every day is a ... read more

So as we said, we were very excited about our next stop and we hit the road early in the morning from Byron to go straight to Warner Brothers theme park on the Gold Coast- Movie World!! And what a day we had- it didn't start out brilliant with McDonalds refusing to serve us regular food until 10.30 am....it was 10.30 by Dave's watch but that didn't matter to them!!! But luckily we got fed in the end and hit the theme park in record time! The sun was splitting the stones and we had a brilliant day, mainly because it's still technically winter over here so the park was relatively empty and we didn't have to queue for longer then 10 mins for any ride...and even a 10 min queue only happened once! Every ride ... read more