Day 61 I had a strange dream this morning, I was looking down a road but I could not see anything as the sun was too bright, I then awoke when I heard Andy adjusting the inner fly screen panel, he said that when he woke up he saw the sun was beating directly onto my face so put the panel up so that I could be shaded from the sun. It was hot already, however still not as humid as the Sunshine Coast. The weatherman said that it would be 31 degrees today. Waking up in the trailer again was brilliant! We were supposed to be moving on today, with an en route visit to Byron Bay, we had been there before with our friends Gary and karen, it was a place that we all ... read more

Day 59 We thanked Derek and Karen for putting us up, and they thanked us for doggy sitting Moffy and Charlie. We left their place in Caloundra at around 08.30 am, hooked up with the trailer on route to Australia Zoo, today was NAUGHTY WOMBAT DAY. We checked in through the group bookings aisle as we had been told and then went across to information to book in for the Naughty Wombats, really just to tell them we were there, we saw uncle Alan, who we were out having dinner with last night, and managed to pull his leg a little. We walked around the zoo and with our past knowledge of working there we had a better perspective of the layout and saw some animals we had not seen before, like the komodo dragons, the ... read more

DAY 57 - 3rd January 2009 Today is Saturday, Derek and Karen are due back from their New Year excursion to Sydney. They were due back at around 4.00pm. We had a 10.30 appointment with the Chris and Michelle, Franki’s mother and stepfather. We know Franki from Starbucks in Mooloolaba, in our discussions a long time before Christmas, Frankie said her parents may want their house sitting for a period whilst the family are away in the UK, for her sisters wedding. We arrived at their house in the wooded suburbs of Caloundra, and were greeted by Franki’s mum, Michelle. Michelle is originally from Malvern, in Worcestershire and Chris from Gods own fair County of Warwickshire, he said he came from Selly Oak, and had worked on a Sainsbury’s that I did some of the electrical ... read more

DAY 55 - 1st January 2009 - New Years Day! Well Happy New Year bloggers! I stumbled out of bed this morning, feeling very tired from our late night (early morning), that had to be the latest we have been to bed since being in Australia so we are not used to it. Andy and I had a great time at Ruth and Dave’s last night, it was great opportunity to relax and enjoy the company of and get to know other people too! Each person we meet along the way on our momentous journey, makes it that much more colourful. New Years day brings with it the enthusiasm to get back on the road. I had arranged a Skype session with one of my closest friends, Babs, as I knew she was having a small ... read more

DAY 53 30th December 2008 We surfaced just in time for breakfast, and with all that rain I thought It may have extinguished the sun forever, but thank the lord the sun had risen again today and was breaking in to the bedroom. It was so warm and muggy last night I slept on top of the bed all night whilst Caroline went for the sausage role effect. Breakfast at our choice was a fruit breakfast, toast and tea, ever since we stayed at the Sebel Pier in Sydney I just love a mixed fruit breakfast, with Vanilla Yogurt. Don’t misunderstand me if “Jenny” had asked me once more If I would like a full English I would have cracked, and told her my name rank and serial number. I could never have been a spy, ... read more