Mark and Bex

One of the things you get from traveling, is every now and then things start happening and you know the day isnt going to pan out the way it should have, and today was one of those days. Waiting for the bus to take us back to Cairns, with bucket loads of time, we noticed it was late, and then really late, and then it drove past us. We were going to miss the flight. Luckily the bus company was okay about it all and sent us a taxi which was cool and we arrived with enough time at the airport. We got on the plane and taxi'd for take off, the plane powered up and started roaring down the runway. Then the pilot put the brakes of and turned off the runway. Apparently some warning ... read more

After a short flight we arrived in Wellington on the north island and caught a taxi to pick up our third and final campervan! The campervan place was a bit random as it was in a holiday park miles away from the airport. Our driver was a nice scouse man who even offered to take us to the local social club for lunch as he didn't have another job on for a few hours, we politely declined but thanked him for the offer. As we drove through Wellington we both thought that it had a very Mediterranean feel about it, with little houses on the hills. It also felt very small seeing as it is the capital and the taxi driver explained that it is only the capital due to its central location. We soon realised ... read more

So our sydney adventure was over after 7 months and unfortunately we joined the hoards of english backpackers at the airport as we make our long journey home........although we were heading off somewhere other than the gold coast for a couple of months on the lash......we were heading out into the middle of nowhere to hopefully get a better perspective of Australia. Our journey on the way to the airport was comical......as we went on a shuttle bus....picking up such a strange bunch of people. We picked up a old woman who kept reminding the driver she was not going to the airport to catch a passenger jet....but a private jet..........yes thats right........a private jet and 'im jetsetting all round australia on a private jet'....(but couldnt stretch further than a $12 bus to the airport), and ... read more

Well the last few weeks has seen the best weather weve had since weve been here........ nearly 4 1/2 months now.....and we thought it was time we went up to the wine growing region to sample some of the local vino's! After booking the weekend....we found that there was a wine tasting weekend going on in the city and so we spent most of the sunday in Hyde park sampling wine in the sun, preparing ourselves for the real thing! The Hunter Valley is 2 1/2 hours north of Sydney and after a long week we drove up to our accomodation which was situated on the Thalgara Vineyard.......a small family run boutique wine producer. An early start the next day saw us head round the corner to the Lindemans Vineyards to start our wine sampling...... unfortunately ... read more

Well 2007 has been quite a weird year......both quitting our jobs...... and heading off overseas with vague plans of what the next year or two holds! To get to the end of December seems very strange as the last 6 months has flown by at an incredible pace........and soon we will be back on the road with only a few months of travelling left!! I know the number of blog entries has fallen to Zero this month...... but we havent really been up to much that is worthy of telling you via our blog. When you actually look back at the the things you can see and achieve in a month traveling, it just shows you how good it was to take a break from what is drilled into you as being normality. New Years was ... read more