Blogs from Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Today was a very interesting day. After another cold start, -4.4 degrees C according to the weather bureau, we set of on the final leg of our journey north. Once the sun came up, the day warmed up quickly. We were wearing short sleeves and had the air conditioner on not far into our journey. We got lost in Toowoomba following the directions from our GPS. Eventually we gave up on Simon (he's a bit on the simple side) and found our own way. All was progressing nicely until I heard a noise sounding like a bang followed by a tinkling sound. We were lucky that we were in a position that we could pull over safely and investigate. First Frank checked inside the van. All was well. An inspection underneath found disaster. On of the ... read more

Ok, so I (or rather we...no definately I) thought we should start to blog on this site Paul ever so kindly started up for us, and it was looking rather sad because our was blank! Ok, so I'm ready to leave for Vietnam now and would love to just pack everything up and go ASAP......But work (what a bummer) if not letting is us (something about not enough holiday hours...blah, blah, blah!!). We have have our brand new Kathmandu 75L backpack, which came with travel day packs as well. Now what else do we need....oh crap....lots of stuff!! Shoes, what shoes do I take? Paul has his all sorted and now I'm left wondering what I should put on my feet! Waterproof sounds like the way to go but where do you find such things in ... read more

After sending off my visa application for Brazil I finally thought that was the last big paperwork thing that I had to do before leaving. How wrong was I. I received my application back and thinking everyone else got their visa, why wouldn't I? Well 2 days later Maja informs me that our applications were rejected and we now have 6 working days to get our visa's and more importantly our passport back in a time frame that usually takes at least 7 working days... The good news is that it should be here Monday (tomorrow) and then I can fly out Monday night. Hooray Let the adventure begin! The Basic Itinerary is fly into Argentina, head to Chile. Get to Peru before New Years, see how well those resolutions hold up while trekking Machu Picchu. ... read more