hi all we are in argentina at the moment, been here 2 weeks. ill fill you in on the new zealand antics! we arrived in Aukland to be greated by rain and a temp of 10 degrees-bit of a change from fiji. 1st job was to get some warm clothes. Aukland is not the prettiest of cities especially in the rain. we had arranged to travel both the north and south island on the Magic Adventures tour bus. so after 2 days shopping we got picked up and headed for a place called Rotorua. on the way we stopped at (30 million year old) Waitomo glow worm caves-self explanitory realy- the tour through the caves was good especially compared to the man made glow worm caves we had been to in Oz. Rotorua is a big ... read more

hi all again ive not updated you for ages so here goes we left sydney and after getting very lost trying to get out of the city we finally made it onto the highway. we have discovered that tores (our van) does not like going faster then 80kph (about 50mph) and protests every time we try by flashing the "check engine" light so we have learnt that if you talk to him like a baby and dont exceed that speed he tends to be happy. with that in mind it has been a slow journey up to queensland. we have stopped at many places and some gorgeous beaches but ill just fill you in on the interesting bits. nelson bay which is a couple of hours from sydney( or 3 days in our case!) is beautiful ... read more

hi all just wanted to quickly say thank you to those who are keeping track of us and sorry if this blog is hard to use. i will try to put some more pictures on but it takes soooooo long. Also my phone has broken so can you email your numbers to leannewilby@hotmail.co.uk or you can tx on my oz number +61450084379 anyway, i last wrote when we were in melbourne and we are now in sydney and have been to tasmania in between. ill try and keep it brief. MELBOURNE- is a lovely city which consists of the cbd (central business district) and there is a stretch along the Yara river. Seen as our hostel there was poo (and thats being polite!) we tried to get out of it as much as possible. while we ... read more

hello all were currently in adelaide, south australia, before anybody worries were a long way from all the bush fires in melbourne (victoria) although we are heading to melbourne in two weeks , but its away from all the devastation that you may be hearing on the news. were heading there for a week ,then were flying out to tasmania (free flights ) we only have to pay the tax..bargain. any way we arrived in adelaide a week ago just at the end of one of the hottest heatwaves in a hundred years, it was 40 + for around ten days. so weve had some good weather, but at the minute its dropped down to around 20 to 25 so were freezing ,so god only knows how cold it must be feeling at home,yesterday we went ... read more

hi all, lots to report so ill try and keep it brief. we set off in the van wed 14th jan to meet a friend further north of perth, there we stayed at his mad aunts house who is way cool and me nick and steve got hammered at this cool club in Leaderville. then we gatecrashed steve and his step dad even further north at their beach house in guilderton. it was gorgeous and very hot- so hot 50ks down the road there was a bloody great bush fire. ive never seen smoke like it! so after a few days of doing very little we drove to a sea side town south of perth called Bussleton then a little way down the road stayed in the van at yallingup beach. we were woken up by ... read more