We return to the land of backyard cricket!
2 months. After sleeping in 12 different beds, celebrated 5 birthdays, been woken up in the middle of the night by a bat in the room, seen countless spiders, had a tiger leech attach itself to Dan’s ankle, spotted a wombat + a blue tongue lizard + a koala in the backyard, driven past a big banana + big sheep + big prawn, and broken down 3 times in our car, we’ve finally arrived at our final destination…for now. And after all that, the weather couldn’t have given us a better welcome. It’s been 25 - 30 degrees since we arrived here at the Gold Coast. The weather treated us well during our other Australian travels as well. Back in Oslo we had been dreaming about our Australian winter…wondering if we were remembering it thru rose coloured glasses. But I’m happy to report it’s just as good as we remembered. Lucky us! (sorry Oslo!!)
We’ve done so much in the past 2 months that it’s taking a bit of time to unwind again. The trip home was absolutely fabulous tho. After our sad farewells in Oslo we spent a week in Scotland catching up with John & Tia and then Ben. Breaking the return flights home with a 5 night stopover in Bangkok turned out to be a brilliant idea. We had so much fun exploring the place and then unwinding in our amazing hotel. Sydney went by in a blur but it was sooo good to catch up with everyone there (and pig out on the deliciously cheap food around Newtown!). Our stay in Moruya was extremely relaxing and we were very happy being able to see all of Dan’s family in Canberra too. Adelaide was crammed full of crazy fun times and numerous dinners where we got to catch up with old friends and family and attend several birthdays. Our roadtrip up to the Gold Coast was unexpectantly drawn out when our car broke down more than once. But finally, we have reached our home base in Queensland and are able to process all that we’ve done.
I can’t say enough, how good it was to see everyone again. And it’s fantastic how well all of you are doing! So many cute kids popping up around the place. It’s a good incentive for Dan and I to get our shit together so we can head down that track in the next few years. (!!)
It’s taken me quite a while to go thru all of the photos for the latest photo update. Yep, I realise it’s my own damn fault for taking so many. But I managed to narrow it down to 828 pics (!!). To make that a little easier to get thru, I’ve broken them down into the places that we were visiting at the time. So to your right you should see towards the end of the list:
1 - Last days in Oslo
2 - Scotland
3 - Bangkok
4 - Sydney
5 - Moruya & Canberra
6 - Adelaide
7 - On to the Gold Coast
Once you’ve finished a section you’ll need to manually click on the link to get to the next. I’ll be impressed if anyone manages to get thru them all! Altho I suspect Shank will give that a go 
We’re really missing you guys back in Oslo. At least I’m not short on photos to remember you by! We’re on the computer most days now so it shouldn’t be too hard to stay in touch. Especially with Facebook being so popular at the moment.
Big hugs to you all! We’re off to the beach. With a day like today, it’d be a crime not to go 
Sonia & Dan
xo