We’re now at the airport, with two hours before our flight boards, and Chris has left me in a corner of the lounge with our bags and the laptop while he goes off to get some free WiFi passwords, so I’m carrying on with the Raffles bit of the story! Ridiculously, Continue reading →

It’s our last day in Singapore and the last day of our trip, we’re flying out at 11pm and will be back in the UK tomorrow morning. We’ve had a lovely few days in Singapore, and have had a couple of days of total luxury at Raffles, which has just been the most incredible Continue reading →

We’re back in the hostel in Darwin, and tonight’s our last night in Australia! I can’t believe how close we’re getting to the end of the trip – we leave for Singapore tomorrow, and get home next Thursday! We’ve had a brilliant Continue reading →

We’re in a cafe in the airport at Alice Springs, with half an hour to kill before our flight to Darwin boards, so I thought I’d start writing about the last few days – we’ll probably post this later tonight from Darwin once we’ve Continue reading →

Here are our photos from Uluru and King’s Canyon Continue reading →

We’ve just arrived in Alice Springs after a really lovely few days in Adelaide, spending time with all Chris’s Adelaide aunts and uncles – I’ve loved meeting everyone, and Chris has loved seeing them all, most of them Continue reading →

After we wrote the last blog, we spent the rest of the day driving, through Canns River, then along the coastal road through Lakes Entrance, Sale, Meeniyan, Leongatha – where we stopped for coffee and to buy some flowers for Barb Continue reading →

I’m writing today’s blog while we drive, as I was planning to do it last night and completely forgot! Today is going to be a full day of driving, so I thought it would be a good chance to catch up, in between enjoying the scenery, flicking Continue reading →

I’m writing this to the accompaniment of a torrential downpour, which is making such a noise on the roof of the campervan that I can hardly hear myself type! Poor old Chris has ventured out in the rain to do the washing-up, Continue reading →

We’ve just had a really fantastic three days on Fraser Island, and we wanted to write about it while it’s still fresh in our minds – so this morning Continue reading →

We’ve had a driving day today, and from about 4pm we’ve kept passing places that would be fine to stop for the night, but by unspoken agreement we pushed on and made it to Banana, just for the pure pleasure of staying Continue reading →

Hello readers!

I was uploading the last post and associated photos as we were getting ready for our Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef Continue reading →

We’ve had a really lovely few days in and around Port Douglas, and we’re really appreciating the North Queensland weather! It’s been bright Continue reading →

Well, firrst of all, we’re in Australia! We left Barbara’s ridiculously early on Saturday morning – she very generously got up with us at 3.30 a.m. to give us a lift Continue reading →

We woke up in the morning at Hot Water Beach after hearing the rain against the roof of the camper all night, and were pretty sure we knew Continue reading →

From Taupo, we set off along the road to Rotorua, and I started reading the guide book to work out which of the many geothermal ‘displays’ we should visit! The whole area around Taupo and Rotorua is full of geothermal Continue reading →

We’ve got a few days to catch up on! The big news is that we’re now in the North Island – we’re in Taupo tonight, at a campervan park attached to the Hot Springs here, so we’ve just had a lovely soak in the hot springs for an hour and a half, Continue reading →

We had quite a lazy morning in Blenheim and eventually headed off to the Aviation Heritage Centre at about midday. We were SO glad we made the effort – it really was a fantastic place, brilliantly presented and such interesting stories. Continue reading →

We’re staying at the Top 10 Holiday Park in Blenheim, the first place we’ve stayed for 2 nights – we wanted to do a wine tour around the Marlborough wine region, so we settled ourselves in for a couple of nights so we could do the wine tour yesterday Continue reading →

From Boundary Creek we drove up the West Coast highway – we stopped a couple of times for walks to Thunder Creek Falls and a couple of other places. Every time we stop, we’re just so impressed by the DOC information everywhere Continue reading →

We’ve had a lovely lazy morning today – we’ve been getting up early every day to get on the road and get exploring, and we’ve stayed in DOC campsites for two nights with no electricity or showers, so last night we stayed in a lovely Continue reading →

DoC campsite Tawanui

I’m writing this from the most amazing camping location I can imagine! When we picked up the campervan, we grabbed loads of maps and leaflets from the hire place, including a Continue reading →

24th April

The island tour was great fun – after a wake-up call from our taxi driver at 7 a.m. (I think he wanted to make sure we were definitely still coming!) we set off at about quarter to nine (after waiting for said driver to turn up – he was stuck in traffic!) Continue reading →

22nd April

We’ve spent quite a lot of today catching up on sleep – we woke up early and went for breakfast, then thought we’d have another hour in bed, and when we woke up it was 4pm! I think it’s not just the long flight catching up with us – it’s also the busy Continue reading →