Today is the first action day of my volunteering experience in Nepal. I spent yesterday getting to the town of Dhulikhel, about an hour from Kathmandu. We are staying at a pretty luxurious accommodation, Dhulikhel Mountain Resort. It is much better than the usual places I stay when travelling throughout Asia. Waking up to the …
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Nepal Day 3: Transferring to Dulikel
My second night in Nepal, I slept a bit better, but still woke to the bell ringing by the worshippers at the shrine just outside my window. I was checking out of the hotel today, and moving to the town of Dulikel from where my volunteering work will be based. With the gifts I bought …
Nepal Day 2: First View Of Kathmandu
After yesterday’s long trip from Perth to Nepal, I had woken in a different hotel to the one I had booked. The staff at my current hotel were not too sure about my situation, but eventually I was able to communicate what I wanted. I was able to visit and have breakfast at the actual hotel I …
Nepal Day 1: Travelling Through China
The day to travel to Nepal had arrived, quicker than I would have liked. I had signed up to spend a week in Dulikel, a village just outside of Kathmandu, helping to build a house as part of the Habitat for Humanity Everest II Big Build volunteer project. Unfortunately for the kids I had to …
Bali photos from 2012
A photo collection from our Bali holiday in 2012
2011 Christmas Letter
We hope you have enjoyed an exciting 2011. Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas, and we hope you enjoy many happy celebrations for the Festive Season. For many of you it has been a year since you have heard from us (sorry!). The major change for us being the birth of our third child Casper on August 31st. He …
2010 Christmas Letter
Hi Everyone. We are getting our Christmas message out early this year as we have gone to Melbourne to spend time with some of Rob’s family. We wanted to share some of the highlights of our year in 2010. For our second year back in Perth, we tried to pack in lots of adventures as usual. …
2009 Christmas Letter
Hi and apologies to all those expecting a fancy animated Christmas image like last year, unfortunately we have been too busy with the new addition to our family who has been quite demanding (though not surprising for a seven week old!). In fact the whole year has been a very busy one for us. We …
Final Update from Around Australia
This is our last trip update as we have reached the end of the road for now (see the map of our journey). This may seem a little late for some, as we have been in Perth now for a couple of months. We arrived just before Easter and in time for Olive’s second birthday. …
Map of our Journey around Australia
Around Australia in 2008 Here is a rough route of our complete journey. We started in Melbourne, heading up through Broken Hill and north to Darwin. From there we went across to Queensland, up and down the coast to Melbourne, then across the Nullarbor to finish in Perth. Just some of our stops are marked …