Team Brady

Day 87 Our final few hours in the campervan so we had a big tidy up and packed our bags before heading towards Auckland along our second motorway of the trip! Before dropping the van off we wanted to head up to Mount Eden but driving in a major city is a bit different to all the country roads (and there was no signs!)...so it took us a while to find our way. It was worth the steep drive to the top though as we had panoramic views over the city and were stood on the edge of a crater of an extinct volcano!!! We then headed for a bite to eat in Mount Eden village before giving our van back and giving up our home of the past two weeks...we were told that we had ... read more

Day 75 An early start and a day off driving for Brett as we hopped on board the Milford Explorer for our tour to Milford Sound. Apparently it's the wettest place in the world but we were lucky enough to have bright sunshine! After a couple of hours journey, with commentary from our young comedian driver, we reached Fiordland National Park and stopped off at various waterfalls, rivers and mountains...all spectacular scenery. Not long to our cruise part of the tour when we went past a "no stopping area", due to it being an avalanche zone, we were just going through a tunnel when drama occured...someone had broken down in the tunnel (the worst possible place!) meaning no one could get past either way...our driver reversed back out and past the avalanche area. We waited outside ... read more

Day 58 We woke early ready and excited for our two day tour of Fraser Island, although Brett was very itchy...since arriving in Australia we havent had to use much insect repellant and it has been nice both being bite free, however last night it was like The Empire Strikes Back as Brett was bitten half a dozen times! Ouch! We were collected from our hostel to the ferry crossing at River Heads. Due to having to pay for our tour we ended up getting on the ferry last and were unable to get past the cars, buses, etc to the paasenger level and had to stand in between all of the cars for the 40 minute journey! We did get VIP treatment at the other side though and were the first to exit along with ... read more

Day 42 After a Starbucks hot chocolate we checked out of our Hotel and got the bus down to Melaka. We stayed at a place called Cyclamen Cottage, which is classed as a heritage house and has actually been in the newspapers in England apparently. The building was really nice and the couple who owned it were really really friendly the whole time we stayed there. The only down side was that it was either a taxi or a 30 minute walk into the centre. We thought we would give the walk ago (killer in the sun!) and we found the now classic Chinatown as well as the other shops and restaurants etc. It's a really small town and a lot of the markets only opened at the weekend which was a shame. The town is ... read more

Day 35 We were leaving Thailand today in order to head into Malaysia but Brett still wasn't feeling very well so we weren't expecting a fun journey. Also in the high season you can travel straight from Lipe to Langgkawi in a couple of hours but with it being the low season this wasn't possible and we had to head back towards Pakbara first and as we had only booked the first boat we knew it was going to be a long day! The journey began with our hotel kindly giving us a lift across the island by a bike and side car (we have no idea how many forms of transport we have used on this trip!) followed by a speed boat back to Pakbara. Simple start. As soon as we arrvied we had a ... read more