We Survived!!

3 days in Cape Range National Park - snorkelling with all sorts of marine life and colourful coral was really quite something. The park was made up of stunning gorges to walk and lots of deserted sandy and rocky beaches to swim/snorkel and camp at (turoqoise bay really was picture-postcard). There was no need to dive as the snorkelling was just first class (thanks to our buddy Nick who leant us is snorkel gear!)

Okay it was only 3 days but living without 'facilities' takes its toll and I am now concerned that we are in a public place (Exmouth library) and the public are keeping their distance!! The first thing we did when we reached exmouth this lunchtime was treat ourselves to a slap up lunch of fish & chips washed down with a freezing coke (I'm not sure we are cut out for this roughing it!!) Mind you my hair has taken on that 'surf chick' look that most girls pay hundrends of pounds for and Steph's designer stubble coated in 3 day old Nivea factor 30 is a good look!!

Looking forward to heading back to our friendly campsite in Coral Bay for one last swim with the baby reef sharks and a much needed shower. We'll then be heading south to Perth to visit Nicholas and Cat and their brand new baby boy, Lewis, who decided to put in an appearance on our last day before we headed North so that was quite exciting! We're only back in Perth for a day before flying to Melbourne to visit more friends and then see where that takes us for the last lead of our Oz adventure.

In terms of NZ, we have a little bit of news in that we may have a real home to live in over xmas! I went a bit mad and signed us up for a 'house-sit' (no bills or charges just be responsible and look after the house/pet)and we have been in contact with a young couple from England who need their 2 bed house and pooch looked after for 10 days over xmas/new year. It also transpires that they are teachers and their school is looking for a PE teacher for the new year - how weird!! Who knows, it may not work out but things are looking pretty good on that front - even just having a base for xmas will be nice - plus the added bonus they have a puppy that needs looking after!!

Even though its only been 6 weeks, we are missing our friends and family lots! Thanks for the comments, and keep in touch as we at times are quite literally hanging onto every word typed!!

Better get on the road now, got a few thousand K's to do and our camper van, affectionately know as 'Dirty Morag' (we wanted to give her a Scottish name and she's covered in dust) is doing us proud. We've not killed any Kangaroos yet, but we have eaten a few, you name it curried, stir fired, BBQ'd - it's bonza mate! The cheapest and healthiest of the red meat variety!!