Middle-aged flash packers

I hate goodbyes, especially when it’s people you are particularly fond of who live 12000miles away and you only see them once every three years if you’re lucky. We’ve had a great time in Noosa and it’s been a privilege sharing Ian,Kylie and Zeke’s home with them. The last few days have been a whirlwind…

The time had come to sort out our replacement luggage following Steve’s case disaster on arrival in Oz. We decided to use the opportunity to explore Brisbane and booked ourselves an overnight stay in the South Bank area. This did not start well as several hours after booking an apartment, I realised I’d given the…

The Jurhmanns are Kylie’s side of the family consisting of Michael, Jane, Hannah, Maddy, Max, Marina, Helen, Caitlin, Rowan and the indomitable Ooma plus a few others we didn’t get to meet. They live in gorgeous Adelaide and Kylie arranged for us to spend 5 days with them. We also had close family friend Wayne…

The last few days have been spent catching up with the Australian side of the Dowling clan, or the Ozlings as they will now be known. As well as the humans (Ian, Kylie and Zeke) there also the animal Ozlings who are Poo and Ginger (cats) and Myar. Myar is biologically a dog but she…

Managed to fit in a circuit around Ala Mauna park this morning before getting our flight to Brisbane. Uneventful flight with Hawaiian other than plane only half full so got 2 seats each – yahoo! On arrival, Steve’s bag turned up on the carousel looking as though it had gone ten rounds with a crocodile.…

Up at 5am as had to get to Kona airport for 8.30am and also sort out paperwork etc for the dent in the car. We decided to go “over the top” i.e take the road that cuts across the island. It’s quicker but unfortunately hilllier than the other way, and Mildred the Tiny Nissan does…