Australia

An absolutely spectacular display. We were sitting near Milson's point next to the Harbour Bridge from about 6pm. That's six hours of waiting. For a firework show. It was worth it, but there is no chance you'd get me hanging around London in the middle of winter in the same manner!

We were lucky to fly right past the city on the way down from Brisbane. Even luckier, I had my camera to hand and managed to grab a couple of skyline shots with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in full view.

We took a tour of Fraser Island taking in Eli Creek, Maheno ship wreck, the coloured sands and Lake McKenzie. Lake McKenzie was, without doubt, the highlight of the day even though the sun wasn't shining for once

After a two days on the road, we finally made it to Hervey Bay and caught the end of Christmas Day on the beach. Fantastic.

Final day on Hamilton Island, so time to grab those obligatory tourist shots of the resort. Not to mention popular golf buggies!