So from Fiji onto our last stop of Hawaii, touching down into Oahu we set off to our hotel in Honolulu at a scourching 90 degree farenheit! Our hotel was lovely compared with the huts we've been staying in- true luxury!! We planned on spending a relaxing time in Hawaii before our flight home, but started to get itchy feet not doing anything but lazing on crowded Waikiiki beach!! So booked in to do a few touristy things. Made a trip over to Hanauma Bay to do some snorkelling but unfortunately even though a beautiful place, the crowds set in here [View Full Entry]

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Bola! (Hello in Fijian) Wow, well we've had a truely amazing time since arriving in beautiful unspoilt Fiji 2 weeks ago!! The people are so friendly and helpful and we've met lots of fantastic people we've had great fun with & Sunshine!! We started off by staying on the main island of Nadi for 2 nights up in the mountains which was lovely. We then started our trip with Awesome Adventures which was a 12 day/ 11 night trip around the Yasawa Islands. The first Island the Ferry dropped us off at was called Bounty Island, it is the island where [View Full Entry]

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The last 2 weeks have been spent touring around the north island and unfortunately we haven't had the best weather but that hasn't stopped us! We started our trip in Wellington where for the first time in New Zealand we had to hunt for a room as everywhere was full. We got to take a walk around the steep streets and wooden victorian harbour before the rain set in and pushed us onto Napier. We stayed at a lovely little hostel at the little seaside town and discovered that Napier has alot of history as it was shaken to the ground [View Full Entry]

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We are writing this on the ferry over to the north island sitting on the back viewing deck watching the south island getting smaller and smaller, shame we didnt publish it at the same time!! sorry! We've had an amazing activity packed time since arriving kiwi land 2 weeks ago and hope that it will arrive through the North island. We arrived in Christchurch after our overnight flight from Perth to a cosy, funky hotel room where we monged out for a day. We then took to looking around chilly Christchurch (but not as cold as expected around 5 degrees) and [View Full Entry]

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When we arrived in Perth we headed straight to pick up our 'wicked' campervan. Which was a cool Spy Vs. Spy van which Jason was very happy about. We had a quick run over everything we needed to know e.g. where to put oil, water in e.t.c. (the engine was under the passenger seat!) It also had a kitchen in the boot. To start our adventure they had given us an empty petrol tank so we found ourselves driving around in a panic at peak rush hour time in Perth trying to find a petrol station. Once we had finally found [View Full Entry]

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We set off in the pouring rain (as thats all it seems to do in Pemberton is rain - good for the trees!) towards Albany. It was great to be in a city after being cut off in a tiny town and we stuffed our faces with take-aways and went to the cinema to see 'Iron Man'. Albany is a very sweet sea side town which had recently had a shark attack where a teacher was savaged only 70 meters out from the shore!! so no-one was allowed in the water and we cruised the beach hoping for a sighting as [View Full Entry]

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We flew over to perth, got to see a few sights such as the kings garden with spectacular views over the city and took a daytrip to freemantle where we strolled around the harbour and boutiques before doing some serious job hunting. We found the perfect job for both of us in a tiny town, 3hours drive south of Perth called Pemberton, where they were looking for a couple to help them out. 40hours+ a week with accomodation and evening meals included, So we packed our bags and caught the next bus. We were given a 2 bed apartment which was [View Full Entry]

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After the Great Ocean Road we decided to continue our drive along the coast towards Adelaide and into South Australia. We stopped on our way at Mount Gambier's mysterious blue lake, a mile deep lake that sits on a volcano's crater and shimmers with an intense shade of blue. We spent a night at the sleepy little town of beachport before moving onto Robe where I celebrated my birthday in a lovely apartment right on the beach. I was treated to lots of lovely pressies (thanks everyone) and Lobster and Champagne for dinner - Luxury!! Our next stop was at Victor [View Full Entry]

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We hired a 4wd Subaru Forrester (which was dad's Impreza) to begin our road trip on the Great Ocean Road. The first part of the road is called the 'surf coast' stretching from Torquay to Lorne where we watched some of the country's best surfing taking place on seemingly endless beaches. Our first 2 night stop was at the lovely Lorne where we were lucky enough to stay in a great log cabin in the middle of the eucalyptus tree forrest. we were surrounded by local wildlife including cockatoo's and Lorikeets which came to feed on our balcony and enjoyed biting [View Full Entry]

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We spent quite a bit of time in the cosmopolitan city of Melbourne waiting for sara's mum and dad to join us. We were lucky enough to spend Australia day there with lots of small parties taking place throughout the city. We ended the day watching bands perform at Federation square with a fantastic firework show. Jason got tickets for Australia vs Qatar football which we watched at the impressive Telstra Dome. It was an exciting game which Australia won 3-0, so there was plenty of partying after the game. We spent most of our time at the laid back, beach [View Full Entry]

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