We have sold the house, sold the Mazda, gave Danni's long serving little white car to charity and packed our bags - welcome to the story of our gap year.

We left Brisbane for Melbourne on the 25th November to say goodbye to Julia, currently at university.

Juji was a wonderful host,  

a walk along the beach,

brunch at a corner brekky spot in the suburbs, curry and coconuts at the Queen Victoria night market, a stroll around Collingwood and Fitzroy where we discovered some interesting street art,

meandering through the hills to a lavender farm in the Dandenong Ranges and

a superb Greek restaurant on our last evening followed by more street art in a central city lane way in the near darkness. (the Nikon D750 takes wonderful shots in low light).

A tip for travellers - don't arrive at an Australian airport to fly to South Africa without an onward ticket out of that country. We had to haul out the computer and with Juji's expert help, frantically book a flight out of Cape Town to ensure Singapore Airlines would let us on the plane. 

On to Africa.........