Mount Cook
After a quick night in Queenstown (at the very noisy Bungi Backpackers), we boarded another Great Sights bus, this time to Mount Cook Village. It was a long journey, but there were plenty of stops to...
View ArticleChristchurch to Sydney
Not been able to update for a while as rubbish internet in our rubbish hostel, so we are still all the way back in Christchurch. Our last stop in New Zealand was a pretty brief one. Just enough time to...
View ArticleIn South Australia
After a very short flight from Sydney to Adelaide (which was almost as long as the one from NZ) we rushed into the terminal to see Rob’s sister Becca waiting for us – first time we’ve seen her for over...
View ArticleMelbourne & Muse
Our third stop in Australia, we had a ten ½ hour train ride from Adelaide to Melbourne to get here. Our transport in Oz is a mixture of cheap flights and the Great Southern Railway. This first leg of...
View ArticleAlong the Great Ocean Road
A big highlight if the trip in Australia was finally meeting up with my childhood penpal, Jude. We met through the Girl Guides aged just ten, and wrote letters to one another until we finished school...
View ArticleAlice Springs!
We’ve fallen very behind on our travels. Arriving back at Becca & Bob’s house on Christmas Eve meant that we were straight into the Christmas, New Years, Rob’s Birthday rush and have only just...
View ArticleSuper Bumper Catch-Up of South Australia
There is a lot to cover here and a whole lot more pictures than I can fit in here. We spent three weeks at Becca & Bob’s house and as well as a needed break from travelling, we got to … Continue...
View ArticleThe Blue Mountains
After a quick flight to Sydney we caught the train to Katoomba, a town right in the heart of the Blur Mountains. This was somewhere that I had read a lot about and heard from friends about, so I was …...
View ArticleSydney and Home
It is crazy to think that Rob and I have been back in the UK for over seven months, and that it is almost a year since we left for our trip. I’ve been putting this final entry off a … Continue reading →
View ArticleWhat we’ve been up to.
To make the most of the the last few weeks of the summer, Rob and I decided to spend some time camping in the Peak District, where we got to explore, walk lots, and cook some fancy camp-meals (gnocci,...
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