If you want to get from North to South Island New Zealand, take the ferry! The way into Picton South Island is just awesome.

If a bit chillier than what we’re used to .. but hey at least the sun was shining!
It’s $50 each to get across the straits without a car .. and they don’t [...]

From New Zealand I say Kia Ora!
Since being on the move, it’s been difficult to get on here to update! So I’m afraid New Zealand is going into 2 giant posts.
On the 4th April I was lucky enough to be heading up to spend a week up in the Northland with family friends.

We had a cottage [...]

And good god is it cold here! I’m definately not used to throwing the layers on!
The last 10 days have just flown by, cramming in as much as poss:
1) A flying visit through Sydney. The harbour bridge, the opera house, swimming at bondi beach, strolling through Darling Harbour and the rest of the CBD – [...]

If I would live anywhere on the East coast, it would be here.
After a hectic day in Brisbane trying to sort our lives out in the way of real exciting stuff like tax returns, and fixing our broken fridge in the van, we hit Byron about 11pm. As soon as we park up, the first [...]

After our very smart move to sleep in, resulting in completely missing our tour yesterday .. we managed to get to it this time!
Fraser Island is off the south east Queensland coast and is a tourist hub sfor so many reasons. We decided to do a day tour over there to check the place out [...]