At the last minute, we cancelled our shuttle ride to the air and took up Colleen (our neighbour) on her offer of a ride to the airport. Three and a half hour...

7 Feb 1997 -Arriving at Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort Ten hours, forty two minutes, two crap movies, 7 hours of highly interrupted sleep and two plastic meals,...

12 Feb 1997 - Yasawa Lodge Our first full day at Yasawa. Breakfast is interrupted by Vili – the activities director, who tells abut all the fun activities ta...

14 Jan 1997 - Auckland & Whangarei Wow, Valentines day. And what a way to spend it. We woke up in the Kiwi International Motel in Auckland. A nice enough pla...

16 Jan 1997 - Rotorua & Lake Taupo So here we are, in the land of stinks and eruptions! We are staying on the shores of Lake Taupo, in the center of the Nort...

20 Feb 1997 - Wellington, Ferry to Picton & Marlborough Region Lynn’s is overdosing on the Dramamine in preparation for our 3 hour ferry ride to Picton on th...

23 Feb 1997 - Christchurch We wake to clouds and a major temperature drop. Had to happen sometime. Our planned picture shoot of the mountains (which come rig...

26 Feb 1997 - Fremantle Welcome to the next chapter of the great vacation diary. As I'm sure you've noticed, this journal has grown too large for one page an...

Greetings, and welcome to chapter 5 of the journal, which brings us to beautiful Adelaide and the Barossa valley in the state of South Australia. This chapte...

Well, here we are again, slowly making our way across the bottom right hand corner of Australia. This chapter is brought to you from the picturesque state of...

Welcome to the penultimate chapter in this rambling journal. We're slowly heading towards Sydney and the final stop for one of us at least. 16 Mar 1997 - Ber...

Finally! You've reached the final chapter of this journal. Just a couple more page-downs and you won't need to read my constant ramblings any longer (or at l...