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The last time I posted I was in America. It’s now seven months later. I have a ‘real’ job and I’m in New Zealand – for a month. I have a new way of blogging – much shorter posts. That way maybe I’ll get most of this trip on here … Read More

My first trip with a boyfriend. This could be interesting! I’ve never so much as been on holiday with a boyfriend before. Will we still be friends when we get back? – I hope so. So far it’s been great. After an uncomfortable plane ride we arrived in Auckland on … Read More

Today was the day I’d been dreading but looking forward to at the same time. Still getting over the jet-lag we were up extra early. Andy had turned to me at 1am and woke me up excitedly saying: “Babe, babe, we’re in New Zealand.” “Go back to sleep it’s the … Read More

We left the Whitsundays behind and moved on to Agnes Water and Town of 1770 (what a cool name for a town). This was a mammoth drive so along the way we stopped at an Aboriginal culture centre in Rockhampton. Here we learnt how to throw a boomerang were given … Read More

Whitsunday Island is hailed by the Lonely Planet as: “Food for the soul.” It’s enduring image Whitehaven Beach, stretching over six kilometers of pristine white sands, is described as the longest and “finest” beach in Australia. This was the destination of today’s excursion. Accompanied by a potentially annoying gaggle of … Read More

Time to get back to my Australian adventure… Our first mammoth travelling day began with a false start. We’d intended to drive the short distance to Mission Beach and spend some time snorkeling and enjoying the nearby Dunk Island. But we arrived in the pouring rain to find a storm … Read More

Universal studios was much more a park for adults, a pleasant change from Disney. But we arrived late because Dad and Naomi went to a time-share meeting to get cheap tickets so we had to rush it a bit. We brought fast queue passes so we didn’t have to wait … Read More

Day two of our theme park adventure was spent on the water slides at Aquatica. This water park is next door to Sea World and appears to be huge – but a little disappointingly it wasn’t! Some of the slides were good, others a bit of an anti climax and … Read More

I never want to see another child again as long as I live!!! Screaming, wailing, snotty brats! Ok so maybe they’re not that bad but Magic Kingdom was full of them. Magic Kingdom is the part of Walt Disney world designed for the kids – so I guess it wasn’t … Read More

It’s been a while since I last wrote so here is a bit on what I’ve been up to since arriving in America. We had just one day in Miami and chose to head to the Everglades to see if we could have more luck spotting Alligators in America than … Read More

The drive from Miami to Orland was fairly unremarkable. Much of the time I spent sat in the back reading my book listening to Naomi and dad bickering about what way to go! Along the way we stopped off at a traditional America Diner for breakfast. Dad, Naomi and Uncle … Read More

Our Orlando theme park escapades began at Sea World the home of Shamu, the Killer Whale from the film Free Willy. It was only a fifteen-minute drive from our accommodatiom as we arrived we marvelled at the sheer number of car parking spaces available as, being early, we drove up … Read More