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The North Island

We started off the morning by driving a short distance up to Kerikeri where the cafe culture is alive and thriving. We sat down for the first time in a long time with a flat white and just read the paper. It was lovely! We decided to drive back to...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

New Zealand - The South Island

Okay, is this what mother nature does to get back at us for complaining too much about the heat in Australia?? Today was cold and rainy (high of 9C) as we made our way from Gore to Te Anau. The poor weather started yesterday as we spent time in the m...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, December 23, 2006

Sydney... our farewell to Australia

Now that the footy season has ended, we have been trying to pick up on some of the obsession with cricket here in Oz. The Ashes tournament is in full swing, a battle of pride between Australia and England. The history of the tourney dates back over 1...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, November 30, 2006

South Australia, Victoria and ACT

We spent a couple of nights here, to recouperate from the long days of driving across the Nullabor. Our first evening was eventful as we noticed a lot of kangaroos in the campground. One approached our van and before we knew it, had lunged for our ba...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, November 25, 2006

Western Australia

So, we gave sandboarding a go... but it was so windy (hence the dunes) that we were battling the sand in the eyes most of the time (swim goggles do not help!) and shovelling sand out of our ears by the end of it. We arrived in Lancelin mid morning a...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, November 03, 2006

The Top End

We opted for an early morning boat cruise up to the second gorge, out of 13 in total. We wimped out of taking the canoe, as we thought it would be too hot to paddle upstream. We felt guilty for half a second for taking it easy on a boat loaded with b...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, October 06, 2006

The Centre

What's the secret to a great chili? Apparently it's using Australian chili powder. While preparing dinner last night, Mike added his usual amount of chili powder to the pot without first doing a taste test. The result? Hot hot hot chili. The chili...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 27, 2006

East Coast Australia

We haven't told you much about our "wicked" camper yet. When we picked up the van, we were able to get a free upgrade.... yey, we have air conditioning and power steering! Furthermore, we were relieved to discover that our van was nothing t...