Coles Bay, Tasmania

Josh sunk into the sand.


Trying to free himself.






Baby wombat, one-year-old Wally

















January 2010

King of the Derwent Race

Hobart, Tasmania
January 2010

New Year's Eve, on a yacht

Hobart, Tasmania
December 31, 2009

First Tastes of Tasmania

Gathering oysters on Bruny Island












And soon after the oyster gathering, Josh, Aidan and Uncle Bob were off to catch some flathead!















The swarm of bees which were chased out of the attic

We called a beekeeper to come and get them.


And he had the hive in the bee box with one solid shake of the branch!

The bees in their new home


Then, a little storm









Bruny Island and Acton, Tasmania
December 2009

Where were we?

So! Apologies to anyone who is still checking this blog for updates, as we have been MIA for quite some time now!

It's been three years almost to the day since we set off on our travels and we are still loving every minute of the journey.

To recap: We finished our trip through South America in December 2009, flew to Australia for a family Christmas, and have been in Australia living and working ever since!

We will attempt to pick up where we left off, with our arrival in Australia in Dec '09, when we made a road-trip with Josh's family from Sydney to Melbourne before settling in Hobart, Tasmania to work.

Beautiful trees, north of Melbourne

Our road-trip mascot, brought by Aidan from Scotland

Glimpses of a platypus at a wildlife reserve outside of Melbourne

Sleepy Koala, again, in the wildlife reserve





Victoria, Australia
December 2009