Hi Sam,
Thanks for sending me all the Africa info - greatly appreciated!

As for me and my friend (see earlier feedback), the whole visa thing was a nightmare and to cut a long story short we can not go to NZ at all. We are going to spend more time in Africa.

We will travel to Perth via the east coast and Alice Springs. I think we will be in Perth in the last week of March. We will book our flights from there.

It seems I will be travelling up the east coast a week or so behind you! I will check the website for info... I am looking forward to leaving Sydney now. My friend is leaving on Monday as she lost her job and is bored. I am supposed to be meeting her in Byron the following Saturday.

Hey guess who I saw this morning walking to work - Russell Crowe going for a jog... he ran more like a girl than a gladiator!

Bye for now, maybe our paths will cross...