The eve of the great journey...

It has finally arrived...the night before the start of our big Aussie adventure! We have been busy packing and organising all our last minute items and the car and the van are packed and absolutely bursting with things!

It's a funny feeling to be finally about to embark on something about which we have dreamed for years and years now!

We are excited and happy and feel so free since we both finished up at work at the end of last week. So many possibilities and adventures before us. Today we kept reminding each other that it wasnt just another weekend- that we are now on one huge holiday!

Of course, there is also the tinge of sadness and a swirl of emotions which comes with leaving family, friends and familiar places. As one friend put it, "smiling in one eye and crying in the other". I will certainly miss a lot of people in Port Macquarie and have felt sad saying goodbyes. Of course our smiles are also pretty big! :-) And we aren't leaving the country. :-)

This weekend has been a lot of fun. It was our first wedding anniversary yesterday and we celebrated by spending the night at Rydges in Port Macquarie and having a massage followed by a fancy dinner out. This morning we had an excellent surf, followed by a delicious cafe brunch before driving down to mum's place to do the final pack up!

So that's the latest news. Next report in will be from our first stop-Yamba! With love, Adam and Emma