By Fergus
In Byron Bay. V nice but the weather has turned to shite - it feels just like Scotland today!
Apart from that it's really nice here. Went to Dreamworld - was ceeewlll. Have now been on the Tallest, Fastest freefall ride in the world. Of course me & Saz had to go on every bloody roller coaster - twice. We both had roller coaster neck the following day :-)
Catching the bus back to Sydney tonight - a mere 12 hour jaunt. Getting the bus hasn't been as bad as you might think - I'm totally glad that we won't be doing it again tho - flying everywhere next time.

By Fergus
Having a great time here in Brizzy. Job prospects look pretty bleak but don't care amy more! We've decided to leave Oz a bity early and head onto Singapore in a week or 2. As soon as we planned it, Sarah started jumping around singing the lyrics to the Game of Life and swinging round lamp posts! (I think she was happy :-)
Went to the Castlemaine XXXX brewery tour this morning. Really interesting. Did you know....ahemm...there are 12 fermentation tanks and if you drank 6 beers a day it would take over 500 years to drink the contents of one of 'em. 2 million litres of beer a day - 4600 stubbies of beer every minute - and best of all - 4 free beers when you're finished!
Maybe going to Dreamworld on Friday - on our way back to Sydney - can't wait.

By Fergus
In Hervey Bay @ the mo. Heading to Brisbane today - got a flat sorted out for the week to save a bit of cash. Hopefully gonna find work for a bit and pay back the Visa!!! If not - see you soon Mum :-)

By Fergus
In Carins for the week. Had a brilliant time - the wine is V cheap! Met up with folk from Alice/Uluru, I think we're all doing the same route. Went to the woolshed the first night we got here, won the pub quiz and the $100 bar tab - which we drank away in about an hour! Also went to a place called Crystal Cascades and jumped of a 40ft high ledge into the water below (ok - maybe it was 30ft). Just the thing to fix a hangover. Went to the Great Barrier Reef yeterday with these guys... Tried Scuba for the first time. Brilliant fun. It's a really wierd feeling breathing under water. Doesn't take long to get used to tho. There was huge (I mean MASSIVE) giant clams. The dive instructor tries to get you to put your hand in it as he makes it slam shut - apparently it doesn't hurt - I couldn't do it tho. Anyway - well impressive. I think were staying here again tonight then off down south for the last leg of Oz. Catchas.

By Fergus
We're in Alice at the moment. Had the last week or so in the Ozzy Outback so no email access. The phone didn't even get a signal for 4 days! Have had a brilliand time in Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Alice, Kings Canyon and Uluru. Coober is an old time mining place - really remote (and hot). Ayres rock was V cool. It's huge! Nothing like I was expecting. I'll drop in some photos when I can get cheaper internet access. Off to Cairns today - 30 hours on the bus! We're going to meet up with my Cousin, Hakan, in Port Douglas - so it's worth it. Spending a fortune but having fun at the same time.

By Fergus
Yo - In Adelaide. Bus only took 8 hours this time so it was quite painless. Saw a bit of the comedy festival in Melbourne before we left. Still kinda wish we could have stayed but at the same time we're dead happy to be on the road again. Adelaide is another really nice city. Not much happening right now cos everything (I mean EVERYTHING - even McDonalds!) shuts for the Easter weekend until Tuesday. We're moving on quite quickly to get up to Uluru. Can't wait to see it. Really confused about the time right now. We gained half an hour when we crossed over into South Australia yesterday. The clocks also went back last night so I have no idea what time it is back home now... Off for a swim now. C ya.

By Fergus


Had a great time at the Casino. We spent at least 2 hours just walking around it. theres an amazing lazer show and the fountains catch fire every hour (see pik). v Cool. Went to the Melbourne Museum and the IMAX last night - we've been before but were still well impressed. Nothing to report on the job front and we can't really affoard to spend another week here without earning so it's on the road again - hopefully to Adelaide next...

By Fergus
Very lazy - and hung over day today. Somehow we managed to score tickets to the Comedy channel short film festival after show doo...can't remember much about it. Free drink and canapes all night. It's a total blurr now. I burnt my mouth on a piece of fried tofu - that's all I can remember! I'm sure you'll be glad to hear, it's totally pissing it down here today aswell. Going to the casino tonight - don't worry Mum, it's just to look!

By Fergus
Hows it going? We'll, the 17 hour bus journey to Melbourne wasn't too bad. They show films and stuff so the time passes quick enough. Melbourne is a Beaut of a city. We spent a couple of days here looking around the city. Caught a tram down to the beach at St Kilda and walked round the Botanical gardens. We came across a group of trees with hundreds of what we thought were huge birds. When we got closer though we saw that they were bats - the size of a large dog! Needless to saw Sarah was most freaked out. She's hates all the new beasties here - and theres a lot of 'em. We went to Phillip island for the weekend. Really nice place. They've got a park on the island where you can go and feed Kangaroos and Koalas - pretty cool. Caught the train back last night and currently looking for jobs :-( Really hot at the mo - 33 degrees yesterday. If work here doesn't happen soon we'll probably head of west and do some friut picking. Hard work but it's pretty much guranateed at this time of year and we need the cash. C ya.

By Fergus
Last day in Wollongong today. Catching the bus to Melbourne (17 hours!!!). Repacked our ruck sacks and left about 30 kilos of underwear and jumpers behind at my uncles house. Really looking forward to being on the road again...

By Fergus
Tried Boogey boarding today @ Bondi. After drinking a lot of sea water and nearly snapping my back in half, I think you could say that I'm not a natural - It's really good fun tho so gotta stick at it...

By Fergus
By Popular demand....Sarahs Hairah....

By Fergus

Cable Skiing was ace. It's like a lake with a ski-lift type tow running all the way round. Just sit in the water and hang on - We're all totally paying for it today tho! In the pikkie is Libby (in the water), Oli, Miles and Sarah (obviously not wanting her photo taken...

By Fergus

Hi. Back with Libby now in Bondi. Had a good look round "the gong". We've been looking around the city (Opera House from the Sydney Harbour bridge - right). It's really wierd seeing the Opera house - it's a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be - v cool tho. Weather is really nice - not too hot and the humidity is heaps lower than NZ. Me and Saz are trying to plan our route around Oz right now. Think we're gonna bus/train it. You can get a car quite cheap but I know pretty much bugger all about cars and you don't want to break down in the middle of nowhere...off cable skiing tomorrow - can't wait...

By Fergus
G'Day. Well finally in Oz! spent the first few days with my cuz Libby in Bondi, Sydney. Really nice place. Just arrived at my uncles place in wollongong last night. We're still kinda finding our feet. Not sure what the long term plan (i.e. next week) involves but it's gonna be fun. Turned up in Sydney just in time for the Gay Mardi Gras. It was a good laff. Half a million people so it was rather bizee. We left just after Harry Potters Queerdich match! Not much else to report so far. Sarah is the big 2 - 7 tomorrow. I think she's going to have a reverse birthday this year so that I can catch her up. C ya l8r.

By Fergus
Yo. Pikkies still not working yet? I'm told it'll spring into life any day now. Anyway. Still in NZ. Starting to pack - it's crazy how much stuff you can accumulate in a year. Me and Saz have spent most if today chucking out a heap of stuff. She's got her Birthday coming up so she's had her hair braided - full dreads with extensions etc.....looks V cewl. Really hot here today - about 27 degrees. Dont know how we're going to cope in Sydney.....Catcha.

By Fergus





Got my last day of work today. Still got a few days left to sort stuf out then it's off to Oz on Friday. Pikkie on the left was taken on my walk to work this morning.

By Fergus
Sold the van yesterday. Amazingly made $400 profit on it - who said you always loose money on a vehicle?! Still working away - got another week added onto my contract. Looking forward to Oz. 1 1/2 weeks and counting...

By Fergus
Just had a brilliant weekend. We're selling the van soon so it was kinda our last chance to get away. Went to Taupo on Sat and decided that I was going to do a Sky Dive. Amazing! A 12tho Ft jump above the lake with 45 seconds of freefall - I was screaming all the way! Can't explain how exilerating it was. Sarah did her Zorbing that she's been talking about doing since we got here. She really enjoyed it. Now into my last week of work and then it'll be time to think about leaving NZ. Catcha.

By Fergus
Went up to the Far north this weekend. Spent a night round the Bay of Islands. Went to Waitangi and saw the Treaty House. We've got a holiday on Wednesday (Waitangi Day) so it's good to find out what it's all about. Spent a night on 90 mile beach (as far north as we've been). Me and Saz were swimming in the surf - really warm water. Spent Sunday driving back to Auck. Really cool area - photos comin'!.