G'day, Well Stewart has put the cat among the pigeons again he can't leave well enough alone , I decided in my wisdom to ask if its possible for the Egyptian leg be re added into the Star Alliance ticket saving us some money. Maria Our travel agent was most accomodating and we will save some money, but alas as we all know when stewart interferes...

We left home at 6am to catch our Virgin Blue flight to Sydney. Had really bad ear aches on descent into Sydney - I'm guessing it was still remnants of the flu. Etihad plane took off at 4:15pm. Such a long flight - very crowded plane and not able to sleep much. Filled in the time by watching movies and eating. Only 1 hour to wait at Abu Dhabi bef...

Feb1 - Left Melbourne an hour late so arrived an hour late in Coolangatta, Queensland/New South Wales. We are right on the border between these two states in Australia. It can be confusing as they follow different time zones. Darryl from Gold Coast Family Car Rentals met us at the airport and set us up with a car for the month - a 2003 Toyota Ca...

hey guys, as you probably no nush is in brisbane nannying atm and rach is in surfers paradise working but we have some pics for you!!! much love miss you all xxxxx

Happy Birthday to Robert's brother and nephew, Dean Jr and Dean III. -Happy Birthday guys!! Well today is the Australian holiday called Boxing Day. From what we got out of it, it is when everyone rushes to the store for all of the sales and even take back some of those boxes they didn't want. Is that right? Good day for them to have this holiday...

Yesterday was a wholly relaxing day. I did the morning bits, then I packed up to check out. The hostel could indeed hold my luggage for the day, so I left my bookbag and my Ireland bag there (hoping of course that they wouldn't be squashed or thrown about-especially the bookbag with my computer in it!) Then I headed off for a big day of sitting ...

We had decided to take the train to Brisbane, but due to axle problems, all trains were cancelled (bugger) and we were put on a coach - an old one at that. The stat on the air con not working, no reading lights, T.V. not working, no seat belts and only 2 stops in 14 hours. Shall we say not the best overnight trip ever!! Fortunately Paul came up ...

Today was a beautiful and sunny day in Brisbane, a perfect way to spend my last day here. Tomorrow I move down the gold coast to Surfers paradise. Right now there is a big sporting event taking place, the Indy 300. Apparently Aussie's love race car driving. I didn't know it would land on my few days there so I hope that it's not too crazy with p...

We caught a flight from Cairns to Brisbane, arriving after 11 pm (another crazy time to arrive!). This time we flew JetStar, the economy airline of Quantas. It was the first time we'd experienced "rush seating" on a plane, so everyone certainly pushed into line when boarding was announced. Like the Virgin flight, there were no free drinks or sna...