Having arrived in Nha Trang I was surpised to see so many Dive Schools, I had never had Vietnam down as somewhere to dive.  Anyway we chose a ...

After spending a day at the Pad Thai Cookery school in Chang Mai, I can thoroughly recommend this school, all the teachers speak excellent english,...

Chilled morning, breakfast then fell back to sleep, Reflexology really did the trick, I was picked up for my surf lesson @ 12.30, Chevone and Elain...

Well I arrived in Bali late last night, I came through customs and a guy who worked at the airport even carried my bag from the carousel....how f...

3rd July Sat around all morning, got on a ferry to Oarsmans bay at 11am, Oarsman have a time change for daylight saving, strange, 1 hour ahea...

June 29th Bus to ferry port then onto ferry heading to Mantaray Island, arrived by luchtime, not what expected - 40 Bed Dorm, but not so bad as pa...

Got to get out of here today and also got to sort getting to the islands, the travel desk is really not that informative, but took a guess and book...

Breakfast with Louise and then made the most of the beauticians and went for a Pedicure.  Checked emails, Kieran should be back on mainland to...

Today I fly to Fiji, I doubt I will have much access to Internet for the next couple of weeks so will update this side as soon as possible.

Up early and out of Waitomo by 7...had to miss the England game!  dropped car off at 10 in Auckland then straight to the airport to fly t...

Oh my lord I think I have just done the most extreme thing since I got here, I went caving and did a tour that was called the Black Abyss, wanted t...

Well started this morning with another adrenalin kick, took a trip to the Agrodome in Rotorua and onto the Xtreme Freefall, which is a simulated fr...

Well I had a really mixed day today, I was meant to go on a Sky dive this morning but the weather wasnt so good and really windy so no way was that...

Well did the touristy thing again this morning, took a trip to the Botanical Gardens with Gemma who had been in Methven at the same time as me, com...

Mmm didnt I feel great this morning! well after a leisurly morning headed back to Christchurch for my final night there, booked into the hostel and...

Well up at 6.40 this morning, the luxury of having stayed in a camper for a couple of weeks, no early mornings, the bus for the slopes leaves at 8a...

Picked Mark up from Dunedin, then went to visit the Worlds Steepest Street and yes managed to get up it in the campervan, how I dont know we were d...

Hey we have blue skies again, thank god, but it really is bitterly cold....I dropped Kieran at the airport as he is flying to Auckland today and he...

What a rubbish day, torrential rain, postponed Fly by Wire to tomorrow......had to book out of hostel at 10, so homeless for the day till Keir...

Woke up this morning to the car park attendants shaking the van, scared the living daylights out of me....anyway after a leisurely morning we heade...

Oh my lord, oh my lord, I did the Shotover Canyon Swing today....twice, basically this invovles going off a platform at the top of the Canyon, in a...

Woke up to a stunning view.  Me & Kieran had a chat and decided that we were getting a bit bored of scenary and small towns so have decide...

At last managed to download all the photo's onto CD's so we have memory cards again, we took a trip out to ????Lake and did the couple of hour walk...

I went for a run this morning, I know totally mad....was feeling lazy as Kieran had been running most mornings - 20 mins - bloody hard work.  ...

Woke up to hear rain lashing down...no incentive to get up....so didnt till 3.....I have insisted that I am getting a shower and hair wash today an...

Tried to get photo's downloaded this morning between the two of us we have taken so many that we have both ran out of memory....We headed south dow...

We drove to the Oparara Basin in the morning which was pretty far north of Karamea and did some great walks, 1st one was u...

Not a too early start today, chilled and watched our 2nd DVD, The Clearing with Robert Redford, well worth watching.  First stop today was str...

Survived 1st night in the Camper and wasnt cold at all! phew! In the morning Kieran even managed to cook bacon sarnies while still in bed, result, ...

Of we go on our travels, collected from hostel at 9 to go and collect the Campervan.  Its cool, really well decked out, we even have a DVD pla...

Hangover from hell, worst I can remember for a long time, complete wasted morning but did managed to make plans in the afternoon as to how we are g...

Treated myself this morning I went and got my hair coloured and I even did it in true backpacker style, I found a Hairdressing Academy, $25 for hig...

Hit the shops today after a leisurely morning, need a coat its cold and just jumpers arent cutting it, on the way I visited Cathedral Square to see...

Well I have left Australia and arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, I thought I had got on the wrong flight and ended up back in England, not only...

Left the mad Byron Bay this morning to head up to Brisbane for my last day and 1/2, checked into hostel and went shopping for all those winter thin...

What a wicked 3 days, driving a Toyota 4WD Landcruiser and camping on Fraser Island, first off getting the Car all loaded up with food, drink and 1...

I've done it at last....14,000 feet, 65 seconds freefall........Words cant describe this was amazing, I got picked up at 10 in the morning, Rachel ...

We grabbed a lift this morning with the Hostel Manager and went to a place called Yapoon, thats not on the map on this travelblog either, spent the...

Emu park is not even on the map, so Rockhampton is one of the nearest town, anyway got back to the hostel to find out we were the only ones booked ...

Ah we found the East Coast's best kept secret, Great Keppel Island, we got the ferry first thing, which then landed on the beach, from here we were...

Cloudy today and kicked out of our rooms at 10am, so wandered into town, updated some of this site, then bored with nothing to do, so me & Rach...

So not alot going ontoday, bagged a sunbed and slept in the shade, went out for dinner and a few quiet drinks, all very civilised!

Back from our sailing trip today, weather wasnt so great even had a bit of rain, but at least we had 2 great days out there, anyway big night out t...

Today myself and Rachel departed for our 3 day sailing experience around the Whitsunday Islands, we were on a boat called the Southern Cross, it on...

Beautiful hot day so made the most of the sunbeds and view from our hostel and sunbathed all day...really getting brown now!  We had to check ...

Chilled out at Hostel in the morning and took a walk down to the Arlie Beach Lagoon, but was getting bitten by ants so made our way back to hostel....

A nice little trek for this morning, bus to ferry port, ferry and onto the Greyhound for another short trip of 5 hours from Townsville to the Whits...

I decided to go Sea Kayaking this morning which was pretty cool, but once again because of the Stinger Season your not allowed in the sea unless yo...

Packed up again and got the bus to the Ferry Port and onto a Ferry over to Magnetic Island, the place is gorgeous, I stayed in a place called Horse...

Packing the back pack is bad enough, having to walk 3 blocks to the greyhound stop was a bloody nightmare, had to sit down twice to give my shoulde...

Mmmm fealt great this morning after my big night out, just right for a bit of Jungle surfing....Jungle surfing was cool though, they have built a w...

Up extremely early this morning and made the call to see if my trip was leaving to Cape Tribulation and Horay at last we have lift of, 3rd time luc...

Well I got up at 6 this morning as I was heading north of Cairns, pick up was at 7, which was all good, but the driver got a call before we had eve...

Well for my first day in Cairns I thought I would do something that didnt matter if the weather was crap (which believe me it hasnt stopped raining...

Well I have left Sydney and now in Cairns, I had been expecting Blue Skies and Hot Sunshine (which I had been looking forward to as Sydney was begi...

Well its the Thursday before easter, so i think the whole of Sydney was going out, wasnt feeling so good so was going to have a quiet one, but one ...

The weather was lovely and hot today so decided to get over to Manly as that really is the nicest beach, just myself and Anke and on the way over w...

Had a sightseeing day today, there was a few of us out and took at walk through the botanical gardens then down to the Opera House and took a tour ...

Spent the morning on Bronti Beach then did the cliff walk around past Tamara Bay and onto Bronti, its a day at the beach so wont bore you with mino...

Somehow got my dates muddled up, but back on track did go out with Aussie Pete on Saturday 8th....anyway met up with Pete and he showed me the site...

Today I did my first trip over to Manly, I went with Rachel & Anke, Manly is a 1/2 hour Ferry ride from Circular Quay Sydney, what a great plac...

We took a trip to Watson Bay, which is on the Sydney Coast line, it was really windy and freezing cold, so we took a ferry back to Circular Quay an...

The Shangra La Hotel is situated in Circular Quay in Sydney, it has a cocktail bar on floor 36 with the most amazing view of the Opera House and Sy...

Spent the day at Bondi beach with Rachel & Zara from the hostel, Rachel met a guy who invited us for Cocktails at the Shangra La Hotel, his mat...

Up at an unearthly hour this morning to go on a day trip up to the Blue Mountains which are 65km inland from Sydney, on the way we went to Olympic ...

I set of out on my own today, got my map and took a walk into town...now on my way in I walked past a nail shop but resisted from getting a pedicur...

You cant come to Sydney and not go to Bondi Beach...so once up on Sunday morning, there was about 8 of us who decided to take our first trip to Bon...

I spent today out on my own trying to get my bearings, always a bit daunting when you arrive in a city and dont know your way around. I ended up in...

Well this is where I go it alone...bit nervous, Kirsti dropped me of at the airport which was a bit emotional, sad saying goodbye as we dont know w...

Kirsti let the kids off school today so we could have a final day out before I leave, first stop was a visit to one of the parks in Fremantle to ke...

Today myself and Kirsti set off to Rottnest Island for the day, this is a small island just off Perth and after hiring 2 bikes we set of on the hal...

Kirsti & Barry picked me up 1st thing this morning from the hostel and we went for a day at Whitemans Park, 1st stop was the zoo, we fed the ka...

Well as its my last weekend in Perth, I thought it only right that I had a big night out in Perth, I booked into a backpackers (1st time on my own!...

Today we took a trip down to Hilary Docks which is just outside Scarborough, probably the most commercialised place I have been, but really lovely ...

Northbrook cant be found on the map.....not sure if its a place or just name of Farm....anyway we were on the move by 8 this morning for a very lon...

The alarm went off at 7 this morning, you so can only imagine how good I felt!!!  funny though when I got up, there was bodies in sleeping bag...

Today has been alot less touring just 2 stops a short distance from Exmouth, first visit was a trek up Yardie Creek, where we managed to see wild k...

After getting out of the sheep station nice and early we went down to Coral Bay where we spent the best part of the day, what a beautiful place (ye...

And another early start (getting the impression this is the way in Australia) up at 5 again to leave at 6.30 to go to Murchison Gorge in Kalbarri N...

We were out nice and early this morning and headed for Monkey Mia, what a gorgeous place, its a small resort with loads of wildlife, Pelicans wonde...

Well up at 5.30 this morning as of on my trip to the North of Western Australia, was being picked up at 7 in central Perth, Barry gave me a lift in...

Had a great day today, packed up this morning and headed into central Perth, we started at Kings Park, where we had a quick look around, ...

Dropped the kids of at school, then me, Kirsti and Lucy went to the beach for the day, todays beach was at a place called Cottesloe, seems a bit cr...

The 2 eldest children are back in school today and Kirsti has me earning my keep, my job in the morning is doing the kids hair before school, ...

We are due to drive back to Perth today, so cleared up the holiday home, Barry left early with the boat, the rest of us packed ourselves off to the...

And another early morning, this does continue and is the norm....today we went to a beach called Wonndarup which you can only get to in a 4 wheel d...

Once again all up early, which is great as we were out and about by 9am ish, today we went to a beach called Old Dunsborough, we dropped Barry...

I was woken nice and early by the kids, no chance of a lie in....but the weather was all blue skies and hot, just as it should be, after a quick tr...

I managed to get a good nights sleep (thanks to dad and his sleeping tablet) so no jet lag which is a bonus, helped Kirsti & Barry pack up...

After an easy flight I arrived in Perth, Kirsti was waiting at the airport for me, great to see her its been 7 1/2 years, we went straight to her p...

Okay just thought I would try and work out how to use this site before I go, so if you get to see this it means that I have got it sussed.....its t...