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We have had a lot of adventures since the last blog update and hope that I get all of them for you! I am also slowly updating pictures of our highlights from the trip! Thanks for the patience. I am partially lazy and low on the wifi access. In Cairns, we went up to Cape Tribulation where we walked along the beaches, camped out for the first time and we survived :) booya. We wanted to do an excursion (zip lining or horse back riding) but all of them were booked out the couple days we were there. When we went back to Cairns, we went out on a reef tour for the day. It was amazing - we even saw a sea turtle :) We then got our car checked out before leaving and took ... read more

So it has been a long time since I have updated anything. My bad - I have been enjoying the trip to much. I am probably going to forget something that we have done so I may do another post soon. Since I last posted - we were heading south to Wentworth (super small town inland). We went there for a week to pick oranges and grapes. It was pay for what you pick ($35 per orange bin - which were huge and $0.89 per grape bucket) which we got taxed on, super annoying. We were able to cover our expenses for the week and have a little bit left over. We were going to stay another week - but on the last day of picking I did not like it. I was miserable and the ... read more

Quick update! After 22 hours of time in the air we made it, well except for Scott's luggage (which is getting delivered today!). We flew Toronto - LA - Brisbane which was 19 hours of time in the air and 3 hours lay over in LA. We had an Amazing Race moment running through LAX as we had to change terminals. We ran one way then back again to make a shuttle to get to our gate. We made it with good time to spare :) The flights themselves were alright. We had some turbulence and were able to catch a couple ZZZ's along the way between viewing movies. We arrived safely in Brisbane with a warm welcome of hugs and smiles. We made the 2 hours drive south to Byron Bay to crash for a ... read more