Ten Days In Tassie

Before we knew it we were queued up ready to board the Spirit of Tasmania car ferry over the Bass Strait and onto Tasmania. Not really knowing what to expect we got there fairly early and settled into our 9 hour overnight crossing in our chosen recliner seats. Safe to say we had probably our … Read more

Rides, Slides & Calmer Tides

We arrived in Airlie Beach early Friday morning with the sun shining and the weekend upon us. Weekends are good for us as its the only two days of the week where “things” start happening in these sorts of places. After all, how often do you get markets or events on a Tuesday afternoon in … Read more

The North Remembers

HELLO, MY NAME IS TOM AND MY GIRLFRIENDS NAME IS GEMMA. GEMMA GETS ANGRY WHEN TOM DOESN’T WRITE HIS BLOG. BUT ENOUGH OF THAT STORY, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME WE SPENT IN DARWIN… We made our way into the Northern Territory after our month and a half in WA. Our first pit … Read more

Birthday Surprise

Andrew had no idea what we were doing for his 30th birthday. He knew something was going on as Lana had to ask him to book a couple of weeks off work. But the rest was to be kept a secret. On the Friday night before the big day I met Andrew at the soccer … Read more

A Clockwork Orange Picker

So it has been a week since we piled some of our possessions into the van and headed off to the Riverland. Our destination? Renmark. Although a lot of people don’t know, in order for us to obtain a second year working holiday visa we have to work 88 days in a regional part of … Read more

Big Fat Greek Wedding

It’s strange how quickly time comes around. Before we knew it we were back on a plane again heading home to the UK to catch-up with friends and family and of course heading over to the Island of Skiathos in Greece for Simon and Lucie’s big fat Greek wedding! The flight home was a comfortable … Read more

Birthday Celebrations

I’m starting with the weekend before we celebrated both Gemma and Lana’s birthdays – 8/04/17 . Lana had arranged a surprise meal and night out with everyone. We all met up for some afternoon drinks at home and then all jumped onto a TBus and headed off to dinner. Unknown to Gemma we arrived at … Read more

The Murray Wedding

Firstly apologies in the lag since the last post – a lot has happened over the last few weeks but hopefully, we’ll both be able to update this more regularly now that things have become a little bit more settled. From hearing about the girl’s shenanigans on the hens night, the boys went into the … Read more