Settling in month...

Firstly, a huge apology to our millions of followers - we have literally been inundated with tonnes of fan mail demanding when our next blog post will be. Wait no more!*

{*Please note: figures and weights may be exaggerated for effect.}

We spent a night in the Yarra Valley. the wine tasting region near Melbourne. Due to hangovers we missed out connection bus which meant that by mid afternoon we'd reached Lilydale, the end of suburbia - hardly wine country. We called a rain check on wine tasting that day due to sore heads and saved it for the next day. We visited two wineries and tried both their wine lists extensively. We did it 'Dave and Fi style' ie on foot and by bus-not recommendable!

Another weekend trip was to Tasmania. We flew to the capital, Hobart, on Friday night where upon we discovered our hire car had been given away as Fi had stated we were arriving at 9am not 9pm. We then arrived at our hostel to find it all locked up. After much hanging around we preyed upon some innocent backpackers to let us in-we kipped in their dormroom, only to find at check out that Fi had infact booked the room for the 8th of November, instead of the 8th October. Fortunately the owner found it funny, which is more than we can say for Dave!

Tasmania was incredible-unspoilt wilderness and wide sandy beaches. Tasmania is 1/3 national parks and about the size of Wales. We drove North to Freycinet National Park, home to 'Wine Glass Bay'. We had to hike a few hours to get there, but it was well worth it! The pictures don't really do it justice but give you an idea of how remote it was. We spent the night in a quiet sleepy beach town called Bicheno where we had fish and chips on the beach and watched some fairy penguins come in from sea.

Last weekend we stayed in Melbourne where we went out for a friend, Neil's, Birthday. Dave was the master of the dancefloor, much to everyone's surprise! Sunday was a slow start needless to say, but we all met up to dissect the night before and to enjoy Melbourne's first bit of sun in Albert Park. Dave has joined a 5 a side football team so he managed to be energetic on Sunday evening and do that!

That's our news for now. We can't believe how quickly time has gone, we are fast approaching half way into our adventure. This weekend we are off to Melbourne's Spring Races at Flemington Racecourse.