HI Staffan,Yes, fine to publish, no worries. Here are some pictures of progress.We did the following for the deck refurbishment ( we hope it should give us another 8-10 years of wear):1. Removed all caulking2. Cut the rebate out (the strip of teak between each plank)3. Cleaned all the new grooves and primed them4. Recaulked with a product called Fixseal DC5. Sanded all the smeared caulking and smoothed off the teak planks (they had heavy ridging as you know).6. Removed all screws showing and all plugs that looked like they would go soon7. Drilled down into the plank a little deeper8. Refixed with a low profile head screw I have used 900 so far and are probably half way!9. Replugged10. Finished with a sand to smooth the top of the plugs and remove any extra epoxy from the deckA really big job (approx 400 hours) but the result is very rewarding and this has also kept me fit. We also managed to find the cause of the hatch leaks up forward in the process so a big bonus.We hauled out recently for the antifoul and also replaced 6 through hull fittings with Marelon (Forespar) on the Surveyors recommendation.A quick question...there is a chain in the bilge, what is the purpose of this. I could always pull it through to look but am more comfortable knowing a little more about it.So our plan is to sail to Tasmania in early December and cruise there for a while and then when we both finish work..New Zealand for an extended explore.Cheers,Andrew
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Ämne: 8.8 earthquake in Chile- Tsunami warning issued
Greetings Captains,
20 minutes ago an 8.8 Earthquake struck in Chile, NOAA has issued a 1 meter higher than high tide wave warning in Tonga to Vanuatu. Please spread the word if you deem it necessary.
Please see below for arrival times.
Be safe.
John Ivey
Sea Mercy Disaster Response Director
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WEPA40 PHEB 162347
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
2346 UTC WED SEP 16 2015
...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* MAGNITUDE 8.3
* ORIGIN TIME 2254 UTC SEP 16 2015
* COORDINATES 31.5 SOUTH 72.0 WEST
* DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
* LOCATION NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.3 OCCURRED
NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE AT 2254 UTC ON WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 16 2015.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
---------------------------------
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING MORE THAN 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE
LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF
CHILE.
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF
FRENCH POLYNESIA.
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF
MEXICO... ECUADOR... PERU... ANTARCTICA... JAPAN... NEW
CALEDONIA... NEW ZEALAND... MARSHALL ISLANDS... FIJI... SAMOA...
AMERICAN SAMOA... COOK ISLANDS... TOKELAU... VANUATU...
KIRIBATI... JOHNSTON ISLAND... PALMYRA ISLAND... HOWLAND AND
BAKER... TONGA... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... PITCAIRN ISLANDS...
NIUE... SOLOMON ISLANDS... RUSSIA... HAWAII... AND NW HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF
EL SALVADOR... GUATEMALA... HONDURAS... COSTA RICA...
NICARAGUA... PANAMA... COLOMBIA... AUSTRALIA... PHILIPPINES...
TAIWAN... CHINA... NORTHERN MARIANAS... GUAM... PALAU... YAP...
POHNPEI... CHUUK... KOSRAE... NAURU... WAKE ISLAND... MIDWAY
ISLAND... JARVIS ISLAND... TUVALU... PAPUA NEW GUINEA...
INDONESIA... VIETNAM... MALAYSIA... AND BRUNEI.
* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
WILL LIKELY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED AS NECESSARY
IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL
POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION...
PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
--------------------------
* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
------------------------------------------------------------
VALPARAISO CHILE 33.0S 71.6W 2316 09/16
COQUIMBO CHILE 29.9S 71.4W 2318 09/16
CALDERA CHILE 27.1S 70.8W 2338 09/16
ANTOFAGASTA CHILE 23.3S 70.4W 0001 09/17
TALCAHUANO CHILE 36.7S 73.1W 0002 09/17
IQUIQUE CHILE 20.2S 70.1W 0033 09/17
CORRAL CHILE 39.8S 73.5W 0033 09/17
ARICA CHILE 18.5S 70.3W 0044 09/17
MOLLENDO PERU 17.1S 72.0W 0052 09/17
SAN JUAN PERU 15.3S 75.2W 0110 09/17
GOLFO DE PENAS CHILE 47.1S 74.9W 0146 09/17
LA PUNTA PERU 12.1S 77.2W 0201 09/17
CHIMBOTE PERU 9.0S 78.8W 0255 09/17
PUERTO MONTT CHILE 41.5S 73.0W 0329 09/17
EASTER ISLAND CHILE 27.1S 109.4W 0413 09/17
BALTRA ISLAND ECUADOR 0.5S 90.3W 0500 09/17
THURSTON ISLAND ANTARCTICA 72.0S 100.0W 0542 09/17
PITCAIRN ISLAND PITCAIRN 25.1S 130.1W 0715 09/17
SALINA CRUZ MEXICO 16.5N 95.2W 0743 09/17
RIKITEA FRENCH POLYNESIA 23.1S 135.0W 0803 09/17
CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO 22.8N 110.0W 0920 09/17
HIVA OA FRENCH POLYNESIA 10.0S 139.0W 0924 09/17
CAPE ADARE ANTARCTICA 71.0S 170.0E 0928 09/17
PAPEETE FRENCH POLYNESIA 17.5S 149.6W 1012 09/17
PUNTA ABREOJOS MEXICO 26.7N 113.6W 1034 09/17
RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS 21.2S 159.8W 1043 09/17
FLINT ISLAND KIRIBATI 11.4S 151.8W 1055 09/17
MALDEN ISLAND KIRIBATI 3.9S 154.9W 1141 09/17
PENRYN ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 8.9S 157.8W 1147 09/17
NIUE ISLAND NIUE 19.0S 170.0W 1150 09/17
GISBORNE NEW ZEALAND 38.7S 178.0E 1215 09/17
NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 1219 09/17
PUKAPUKA ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 10.8S 165.9W 1220 09/17
EAST CAPE NEW ZEALAND 37.7S 178.5E 1221 09/17
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND 41.3S 174.8E 1225 09/17
PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 1226 09/17
CHRISTMAS ISLAN KIRIBATI 2.0N 157.5W 1231 09/17
APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 1240 09/17
NORTH CAPE NEW ZEALAND 34.4S 173.3E 1247 09/17
NAPIER NEW ZEALAND 39.5S 176.9E 1257 09/17
WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.3S 176.3W 1300 09/17
NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 1302 09/17
FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 1323 09/17
PALMYRA ISLAND PALMYRA ISLAND 5.9N 162.1W 1325 09/17
AUCKLAND EAST NEW ZEALAND 36.7S 175.0E 1338 09/17
SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 1339 09/17
KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 1342 09/17
ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 1414 09/17
HOWLAND ISLAND HOWLAND AND BAKE 0.6N 176.6W 1426 09/17
JOHNSTON ISLAND JOHNSTON ISLAND 16.7N 169.5W 1437 09/17
NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 1454 09/17
ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 1515 09/17
SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 1539 09/17
TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 1556 09/17
MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 7.1N 171.4E 1620 09/17
KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 8.7N 167.7E 1647 09/17
ENIWETOK MARSHALL ISLANDS 11.4N 162.3E 1748 09/17
UST KAMCHATSK RUSSIA 56.1N 162.6E 1850 09/17
PETROPAVLOVSK RUSSIA 53.2N 159.6E 1922 09/17
URUP ISLAND RUSSIA 46.1N 150.5E 1944 09/17
KUSHIRO JAPAN 42.9N 144.3E 2028 09/17
KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 2059 09/17
HACHINOHE JAPAN 40.5N 141.5E 2108 09/17
SHIMIZU JAPAN 32.8N 133.0E 2214 09/17
NOBEOKA JAPAN 32.5N 131.8E 2217 09/17
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------
* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS
CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR
MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.
* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
OF THE SHORELINE.
* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.
* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE
CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.
* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.
* COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.
* COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.
Hopefully they will run a blog or diary so you can follow her adventures.
One could easily say that we have moved down to smaller crafts and smaller waters.
To bad Im just as bad, but for instance now as Im trying to write this blog I am interrupted the whole time.
No reason for not doing it but I guess it shows what the driving force is. After all we are mostly writing for friends back home and once there, why would they bother?
Well we do have friends that are not at home, thanks Dianne and Graham for pushing me this morning, your mail from Savusavu made me go back to work on the blog again...
So, let me try to give you a summary on what life is about when returning.
Well first of all our hero, Salsa, is in Australia and it looks like she will get some new great owners that intend on taking her with kids and all back on adventure.
Unfortunately Salsa has made a few hiccups she never did before, all years we had her the engine never failed to start. Now when she is being taken to surveys etc the engine simply won't start.
The broker is struggling to get it fixed. There are a few issues before the buyer is satisfied, but all in all we think the deal will come through. It is hard to be so far away while things are happening that you would like to attend.
So the rest of the family?
We have settled in a wonderful house northeast of Norrtälje, the Baltic sea very near, and the wonderful archipelago of Roslagen (we have 25000 islands here!).
We live on the countryside with just one house visible from us, about 300m away. In the house we have over 200 square meters to live in plus double garage and a basement that is 100 m2!
What a change in space!
Suddenly we have washing machine, dish washer, electric oven etc etc...
When you say that you leave the comfort zone going away in a sailboat, you could surely say you leave the comfortable zone as well.
The kids have started school and it has worked out very well so far, it is nice to be home with your own language, and there is a concern from the teachers that newcomers will find their place.
Erika has asked that nobody makes it official that she has been sailing for 3 years, she is concerned to be treated as a "normal" child, as a start.
Andreas does not care, but nobody else seems to care either.
The weeks we have been home have been extremely social of course, family getting together, family visiting us and we have been touring around (we got ourselves an old Volvo, but it feels like limousine)
Ellinor has taken up a lot of administration to get back to work and I am getting in touch with clients, updating my work etc.
People are mostly very cool about our journey, they will say things like, what a great thing you have done! But further than that very few will want to know more.
These are the most common questions:
How does it feel to be back home?
Our answer is, Great! Comfortable! Still summer in Sweden will be more interesting to see what it feels when the winter sets in...
What was the greatest experience on the journey?
The disaster relief work in Vanuatu
One single place you will always remember?
Fulaga in Fiji
If we would want to go somewhere for vacation, what is the best place you have seen?
Fiji, if you get away from the crowd
Colombia
This question is good,
did it turn out as you expected?
No, it was more of everything, more work than expected for instance...
This will do for today
As we sit by the breakfast table, with the familiar Swedish brands, the kids eat porridge and milk, I look at my family and can't help asking myself:
was this trip for real?
I also look at these adventurers and I'm amazed that nothing shows on the outside, they look like normal people.
I promised I wold write when we got home, many are curious about how it is to adjust to a "normal" life.
One thing that struck my mind is all this talk about doing things you dream about before you die.
What is the purpose of that?
Unless you think you can bring memories with you there is actually no reason to fulfill a wish list, I would say the only reason to do something you dream about is to
make yourself grow or in case you have children to make them grow.
I think this journey has helped us all to grow and also showing to ourselves that we can accomplish very big tasks.
Not to show others, unless that inspires them, but to ourselves.
The day before yesterday we were interviewed by a Canadian journalist regarding our disaster relief work in Vanuatu.
well she asked us a lot about the whole journey. One thing about interviews is to hear what the others have to say.
She asked us about what we were worried about before leaving. I said that I was afraid of being afraid, how I would respond to
a critical situation. Ellinor said she was worried that our relation was going to be tested- hard.
I never knew she was worried about anything...]]>
> “Self love is an ocean
> and your heart is a vessel. Make it full,
> and any excess will spill over
> into the lives of the people
> you hold dear. But you must come first.”
> ― Beau Taplin
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But there are separations, which way you look , a journey is about leaving friends and family behind.
Maybe that's something we never anticipated, so many good byes.
A sea can be connecting to ships and disconnecting to landlubbers.
A sea divides continents and creates islands.
Three years has been about crossing those dividing oceans and by doing so we have met new people and that is what it is all
about!
Now she is floating there waiting for a new owner. She looked really fine when we left her.
She was in a much better state than when we bought her, now we really wish she wont be having to wait there
for so long.
It is so strange, in one moment you live one life and the next you are back home, like somebody took you away with a giant force from a dream.
And of course an airplane is a giant force that moves people to a different place with a roar. Some cry on their way as they have to leave somebody behind and some cry of happiness when they
are finally going to meet their longed for.
When flying from one side of the world to the other the movement is so fast that your soul is left behind- so they say - and jetlag is actually your body trying to survive without soul until it has caught up with you.
Compared to sailing it is a violent movement, 3 years floating on a couple of oceans, three years with speeds of 5-8 knots.
We decided when to change the clock on a passage, and the biggest change in that was that somebody got an extra hours watch or an extra hour of sleep.
Now what happened the last days in Australia?
As Ellinor was recommended a yoga place with some extraordinary good teachers we headed for that in Sydney.
The problem was communication, we wanted to stay with the van so we had toilet and power to be able to sleep warm at night and at the same time Ellinor had to be there early in the morning.
The drawback of living in your vehicle is that if you need it everybody and everything has to go with it.
But after her first yoga session she asked around if anybody knew a caravan site closer to where we where.
A really nice guy called Marty offered to let us stay on the road by his apartment, we could use his facilities and thereby we got to know him.
He designs the most magnificent bikes I have seen!
But unfortunately I got really sick and the last days when we had to empty the boat of our cargo to fly with and clean up the last bit was like a cloud. A nightmarish cloud, it had to be done but coughing and a fever that made the whole body in pain was almost to much.
Finally we could return the camper van and were suddenly in a hotel room with 180 kg of stuff.
Next day we flew off and of course Ellinor and Erika went down the sickness path...
But now we are in Sweden and it is painfully beautiful at this time of the year. We were welcomed with clear skies as the plane approached Stockholm, the green the blue and the wonderful landscape beats it all. It is home and here nobody keeps asking us how long we are staying for and why we are here (yes it gets really tiring with customs and immigration, especially in Australia and New Zealand that seem to be worried that everyone is a potential lunatic).
At the airport we were welcomed by Ellinors parents who not only helped us with the extensive luggage but they prepared the most delicious meal you can be welcomed with in Sweden!
My eldest daughter and her husband had also left their car at the airport so we can use it while they are in Italy. What a luxury! Sit behind the wheel of a black Volvo S60 and try to keep in mind that it is right hand traffic now!!!!!]]>
Canberra is boring- with its enormous avenues and all pompous architecture it looks like a Soviet
era city that is better built and in better shape than the ones the Soviets managed to accomplish.
This is truly a city without history. All built at the same time it makes it look artificial.
We also managed to stay in a caravan park that could be titled as an asphalt desert surrounded by
square houses built in red bricks. The architect here had no idea about how to make something
harmonious...
The museum we managed to visit where great though, the National Museum of history, the National museum of art and the portrait gallery were all
great exhibitions.
But after that we fled away taking a turn around the Capitol hill that was if possible even more artificial...
We took the highway towards Sydney and stopped in Guildborn. Found a great camping place, had a good meal and fell asleep.
Today we took off right after breakfast and made it to Sydneys souther suburbs were we found a caravan park.
The idea is to stay here since Ellinor wants to take a few yoga lessons with some "guru" the coming mornings.
Once parked we took the train to the city and experienced the Sydney city center for the first time.
Great city life that can be grasped by foot (In Canberra you need to go by car as even the roads are to wide to cross in 30 minutes...(OK less)
As the kids were very negative when we visited the museum of art in Canberra we bribed them with a visit at the cinema if they could stay quite during our visit
at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. We hadn't needed to.The exhibitions were amazing even for the children.
But a promise is a promise so we went to the big cinema house on George Street and saw the midgets history...
Now we are back in the camper van after a train ride out again.
The temperature feels warm now, 10 degrees plus!]]>
Before I forget I should probably just mention that Andreas was laying beside me one morning and I think he is starting to realize that a new life is coming up.
He started to think about Salsa and the fact that we are selling her, "how can we sell her? She is part of the family?" was his question over and over again...
Being on the countryside, along the wineries, but maybe more than anything, rolling hills and sheeps is amazing, but even that can become enough efter a while.
In comparison with the sea, the sea wins...
But we had a great social part of our traveling, Donnas father Ron who proposed the track we are following did invite us to see him and his wife.
So of all places in the world we ended up in Harden
We hooked up our camper at the local camping ground and then Ron picked us up and me met Robin his wife.
But not only them, actually their son an grandchildren had just arrived as there is a school holiday.
Then their daughter showed up with her sons, well it became a big "party" with Mexican food etc.
Next day they took us on a sightseeing to Young with surrounding areas and at night we ate at a local restaurant.
Much fun and great way to get into Australia a bit more!
Today we left Harden in the morning and drove off to Canberra, first museum was the Dinosaur museum as it is on the way in.
It was a great experience!
Now we are plugged in on a campground that must be the ugliest we have been in so far...]]>
Old machinery used to excavate gold
Looking for gold...
Kangaroos everywhere!
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Old machinery used to excavate gold
Looking for gold...
Kangaroos everywhere!
We are now in Cowra, a nice town and a nice camping ground.
The best part of the trip so far has been camping in the "wilderness" by a creek, the problem is that it is so cold that even the water freezes in the van.]]>
Australian mailbox- do they have to be big like barrels?
Minus degrees!
The van
Erika loves to light fires and keep them going
Katoomba, here you will find the three systers... and an amazing view!
Lots of waterfalls (very dry now though)
And tourists! Selfies is the thing now...
Erikas birthday-in a camper van... and then at Savoy in Katoomba