Hotel Alexandra Kos Town

... off of Leros. The wind continued to hold up well as we sailed along the bleak, rugged and mountainous coast of the Island of Kalymnos, past the wee goat island of Pserimos (where a few taverna owners make a living from the day trip boats) and the windy passage between it and Kos. Here we had an amusing half hour or so surfing down the waves created by the converging winds and currents in this narrow channel. At one point the log showed us at 11 knots ...

... taverna tonight. We enjoy our dinner waiting for the sunset.

At 8.20pm the sun sets behind the mountains and you can see every customer with a photo in his hand trying to take as many pictures as possible.

We are having a great time up here tonight, and we have decided to come again on Saturday night.

note: more photos in a few days from now!

... very clean, we're able to cook good meals, it's easy to drive and the bed is quite comfy. It's great to have our own space and be able to go wherever we feel like, whenever we want. Now we feel like proper travellers - none of this flashpacking now! We're heading off down to Melbourne over the next couple of days - a long drive, but we're looking forward to all the things Melbourne has to offer us. Lots of love, Jilly and Laurie xx

Désolé les gens suite à un petit incident (j'ai perdu mon appareil photo le soir du Nouvel An...) je n'ai plus de photos... Il va falloir attendre que Liz m'envoi les siennes! x x x   ; x x x   ; x x x   ; Sorry guys I lost my camera on New Year's Eve so I don't have any more pictures... Need to wait until Liz sends me hers! As I had a day off before New Year, Liz and I ...

... a regular weekend passtime. It really is exactly what you would imagine living in Australia would be like. The weeks fly by with lots of things to do in the city and plenty of wine down by the water (of course!) and the weekends whizz away sitting in the sunshine. A few weekends ago Jon and I went camping in Jervis Bay. Yes people you heard right... camping! And before I get a barrage of questions... Yes, I love camping... No there weren't lots of big ...

Bathurst - on our two sites in The Paddock overlooking Conrod and the bridge. Going to be a big year this year. Hope its not going to be as freezing as last year, that would be a real shock to the system!! Today is a public holiday but Bunnings was open so we brought materials to make a fence around our site. A few more sites were filled around about us today and we had a ...

... a fully equipped gym, heated pool, 2 jacuzzi's and a sauna and I have to literally DRAG myself down there to it) but a spot of sunbathing has managed to win the consensus for a move. Ann is back in town with us at the moment and amusing Riv and I hugely with her usual Irish ways, she's hilarious. She's been with us on our sofa for a fortnight and has work until the middle of September at which point her VISA runs out and she's heading off ...

... round I w*s in * bit of * pickle! The c*ndle h*d been burnt *t both ends *nd the middle. So S******y w*s * bit of * write-off, *nd th*t went for *ll of us *nyw*y *s the mists were so b*d you couldn't see the tips of your fingers, let *lone * stinking gre*t big mount*in right in front of you. We *ll woke up on Sund*y feeling much more refreshed (*nd I w*s dosed up with lots *nd lots of goodies to m*ke me feel hum*n!) so we trundled off to see the sights... Echo Point, The ...

... male and several females and juveniles. 3. Male and females are different colours. The male is a deep red colour. The female is often called a "blue-flyer" because she is blue-grey. 4. Red kangaroos are mainly nocturnal. They only grass and plants. 5. They travel in two ways - a slow awkward crawl with their small forearms and their famous hoping motion. When going fast, a large red kangaroo can easily travel forward about four ...

... at the Irish club. We are well entertained with humourous stories and good banter. One such story was when the Irish club had been renovated and a guy tried to climb into the attic of the club to steal the projector only to fall through the ceiling into the crowd below watching a match on tv! Dissapointed with his failure the guy was determined to obtain the projector and the following weekend he climbed back into the attic and successfully stole the projector!!!