We said goodbye to Oz today after three very enjoyable months travelling from Sydney to Adelaide, via Melbourne and then finishing with a 10 day loop around Tasmania.

We left Hobart in a blaze of sunshine and after a short 90min flight we were back in Sydney, if only briefly.

After a few hours at Sydney airport and a return visit to our ‘favourite’ McDonald’s in the terminal, we picked up our second flight of the day, a 6hr hop to Bali.

We arrived to a humid and wet Depansar and the cultural change of being in SE Asia. Getting through passport control and customs involved numerous forms but after a hour or so we were out. After purchasing the all important new phone sims for our stay, we were in a taxi speeding our way through the busy streets to Sanur.

The Balinese people are famed for their friendly helpful manner and the hotel staff lives up to this, meeting us from the cab picking up the luggage and taking us to our room in super quick time. After a quick unpack, it was 10.30pm, although we were still functioning off a Hobart time of 1.30am and sleep came easily.

Tomorrow we start our group tour of Bali and are looking forward to meeting our guide and fellow companions for the next 2 weeks.