Melbourne, VIC

Thanks to the lovely folk at Otway Junction Roadhouse, along the Great Ocean Road for their $30 fuel donation

Nice one fella! to the Apollo Bay Handy Mart for the supplies.

Thanks to Danny's Takeaway, Carlisle St, St Kilda for the bacon sandwiches and coffee

All the good good people at the Travellers Motel, Carlisle St, but especially to Martine and Anthony who let us stay for two nights

Thank you Abe Farrugia, McDonalds for the breakfast

Thanks to the fella at St Kilda Tailor and Laundrette who let us wash some festering mould off our clothes.

Thanks also to the kindly people at St Kilda Beach House Hostel for the night's accommodation.

Good On good Old John at the Oslo Hotel, Grey St St Kilda for providing two nights accommodation

Many happy thanks cheers mate salutations to Nick Taig, Tour Coo-ordinator at the Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford for donating to us a tour round, and thanks too to Ros for the tour itself and the drinks and goody-bag afterwards.

Cheers fellas, to Ram and his brother Ramsey at Hello Dolly, Charcol Chicken Takeaway, on Acland St, St Kilda for the scran.

Thanks to Haithan at Falafel Xtra for the feed, man.

Good on buddy Laurence at the Prince Wine Store, St Kilda for donating his takehome-aftershift-beer to us.

Thanks to the Niagra Hotel, on Lonsdale Street for the coffees

Andrew at the Telstra Shop, on Elizabeth St sorted us out a treat with a phone charger didn't he, he did

Darren at Melbourne International Backpackers, on the corner of Franklin and Elizabeth St donated a weeks accommodation to us in the cbd, and is the sort of top notch fella we all love and respect.

Cheers The Nash pub, Victoria St, Abbotsford, for donating a couple of schooners of the amber stuff

Thanks also to the Prince of Wales Hotel, in Abbotsford for the coffee.

Thanks to Pen Lynch, lovely Melbournian and tru-blue friend who cooked dinner for us at her house in Balaclava

Thaks to the La Trobe Cafe, on La Trobe St, for the food.

Many thanks also to Thai Culinary, on Elizabeth St for the feed. Love it.

Michael Caine's No.1 fan and witty raconteur Steven 'Steve' Foyle deserves a mention for his gift of homemade cd's he sent from Japan. Rub you rong time.

Thanks to the Immigration Museum, on Flinders St for donating the entry fee in.

Hare Krishna foodery, Crossways, on Swanston St we thank for the meal donated.

To the lovely Jessica and Hannah working at Gloria Jeans, Swanston St, for the coffees, I say 'ciao' and 'bellissimo senor'. Bonjour mange tout!

To Corey, irrepressibly cool and funkier than Samuel L Jackson's afro comb, at the Acmi Lounge, Federation Square, for the 'longus blackus coffemeemos', and the 'piping hot - snackages' it was good to have met you dude. 'Peace love and mung beans to the people', indeed.

Thanks to New Zealander Max, staying at the Melbourne International Backpackers for the soup. Thrillin bro!

Thanksarooney to Edward at the Food Inc on Elizabeth St

Oi psst this one's with me, said Mary, as she led the Welshman into the John Brack Exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria.

Thanks to Gloria Jeans, Swanston St, for the coffees.

To Medallion, Souvlaki Bar and Cafe, on Lonsdale St, thanks is earned for the pleasure of the finest lamb kebab in the country. Sincerely.

To Cafe Victoria, 512 Elizabeth St for the brekkie croissants and coffees

Thanks fella, Moussa Maroun at Cafe MiMo, on Swanston St for the lunch and dinner. fine fodder.

Huge mega thanks to Xiang Hair salon on Smith Street or fixing Anne's mop top. The cut and colour is wonderful and the staff are great!

Also thanks to Natasha at Toni and Guy for offering her services

Thank you Ramona and Sandy at Fatto a Mano for the sandwiches and muffins

A True Blue Aussie this man, good old Tim at Beverage Masters, on Victoria St, who paid for a six pack of Melbourne Bitter for us

Thanks to Romana and Sandy at Fatta a Mano in Fitzroy for the muffins and sandwiches

Thanks to Volare cafe, on Brunswick St in Fitzroy for the coffee

At the Hotel Discovery! Thanks to Lisa van Oss for arranging a few nights at this lovely hostel in the heart of the cbd

Thanks to You Misti Dullard, events manager at the Queen Victoria Markets for arranging at short notice a stall for us over the weekend

Princetown and Apollo Bay Great Ocean Road, VIC

Thank you to N.O.B Shields, Nelson Kiosk, Nelson, for the warm welcome into Victoria with the coffees, pies and bag of biscuits.

Thanks to Melissa Diss at the Port Fairy Roadhouse, Port Fairy for the feed

Thanks also to the Princetown Recreation Camp Ground for letting us stay and warm ourselves with a nice hot fire

Yvonne Papadopoulos of Iluka restaurant for the sandwiches, big thanks.

Thanks Cafe Nautigals for the scones

Thank to Emelyn Leder @ the Blue Bird Cafe for the fried goods

Mount Gambier, SA

Thanks a lot Craig Richards at the Kingston Shell Roadhouse, Kingston for the 25 litres of fuel

Cheers matey, the Robe Mobil Roadhouse, in Robe, forthe $10 fuel

Ta very much Julie, at Big4 Caravan Park, Mt Gambier

Meningie SA

Thanks to Lakeview Takeaway for the Fish n' Chips

Thanks to the Lake Albert Tourist Park for the nights camp there.

Good on yer to Keith and Tess at the Dascal Diner fore the feed.

Thank also to Meningie Bakery for the much appreciated on-the-road-food.

Huge thank you to Deborah Kerrigan at Coorong Medical Centre and Pharmacy for the advice, treatment and medicine. Boy, without you helping us out the trip may have been over.

Adelaide SA

Thank you so much to Brian and Angela Stebbing of Namaste Restaurant for the divine food and brilliant night.

Highwway One Caravan Park, Paralowie put us up and it was good

Paralowie Caltex filled us with 40 litres of fuel

MacDonalds fed us

Thank you to Campbell Brodie and Jessica Leo of the Adelaide Advertiser for covering our story.

Thanks to Matt at Caltex Port Wakefield for the coffees and pies

Good on yer John at Sunnies Backpackers on Franklin St for the two nights accommodation, saw no reason not to help and we were grateful for that

Thanks to Kathmandu Nepalese Restaurant on Hutt St for the delicious meal

Gentlemanly and friendly, the guys, Chris, Phil and Chris at Print Solutions, Giles St, for printing for us 500 flyers we thank unreservedly.

To Gary and Barry and Belinda at the Travellers Inn on Hutt St we cannot but utter words of thanks for putting us up for a week-an-a-bit and for giving us access to the internet and phones but humbly grovel an intricate haiku of unending beauty to their munificence. We're still writing it though.

Smokin' Joe's sandwiches we ate, and tasty too, but the taste of them. Thanks fella.

Thanks to Adelaide Coffee Bar, on King William St for the coffee.

Thank you Kyrikos Vithoulkas @ Piatto Cafe Restaurnt Rundle street

Nice one to Bass and Beth at the Falafel Stop

Hunger shooed away for another day due to the Botanic Garden Kiosk, thanks.

Thanks for the flu relieving soup from the Organic Cafe in Adelaide city centre

Thanks Rio Coffee for the elevenses and take away bread and fruit.

Thanks to MArk at Un Caffe Bar for the sandwiches



Thanks to vodafone Australia Foundation for the phone credit

Thanks to Beau, IGA Hutt Street for the phone credit

A big thanks to Hajime Nijima of the Adelaide Technical Service, Level 2 163 Halifax street for dropping everything and giving my camera a good service, cleaning the sensor and the lenses. Thank you thank you.

Thanks to Trent at the General Havelock Hotel for the meal

Ta to Blue Lemon big baguette bar for the sandwich and coffes.

We courteously bow and thank the Golden Dragon Restaurant, on Hutt St for the takeaway rice.

Thanks too the Hudson's Coffee lot on Hutt St for the goodies and nicelies.

Praising Mike and Evan at Gloria Jeans, in the Rundle Mall for the coffee's and cakes.

Thank you Cafe Michael 2 Authentic Thai on Rundle Street for the tasty thai green curry and noodles.

Thank you for the fried rice Maple Huse Asian Restaurant, North Adelaide Village

Nice one Peter of ABC Adelaide for the can and book donations and for having us in your studio

Adelaide state library for allowing us internet access. The general public can get free internet for 30 minutes a day.

Frank Liu, 21 Hindley st Adelaide Hotpot for the meal, cheers mate

Thank you to my sister Paula Race for the phone credit !

Thanks for Marina Tanaka for her offers to help that came to us months and months prior to us landing in Adelaide.

And we got a lot of Mail in Adelaide!
Cheers Barry Wroth of Esperance for the parcel of laminated newspaper articles of us.
Thank you Lesley Pinder for the sports bra (a long needed item) and Book Aid reading material.

Thank you to the Clinique counter Myer Adelaide for the sample

Thanks 33 on East for the coffees, bread and bananas

Thanks MAx Zollo of Al Fresco East end for the sandwiches

Thanks too to the ANZAC Day Diggers.

Nice one Tanya Hanckel at the Organic Barn

Thank you to Tailem Bend Old Pioneer Town, for donating a tour round to us. A very interesting place.

Wudinna, Kyancutta and Port Augusta SA

Thank you Kyancutta general store and fuel station for the fuel donation

Thank to Ellen of Wudinna Golden Wattle Roadhouse for the fuel

Thanks to Raandall and Selina Hodge at the Shoreline Caravan Park, Gardiner Avenue, for the nights stay

Thanks to Tim, Meg, Jess, Marie, Merv, and Steven at the Caltex for the $50 fuel card

Thanks to Subway for the sandwiches, or whatever it is you call those things, subs, or whatever, but, they are tasty, so it's not really important is it.

Thanks to the Tin Man Roadhouse, Port Pirie, for the coffees and cakes

Along the Nullarbor SA

'Welcome to South Australia' said Paul Crawford at the Border Village Roadhouse as he filled our tank for us and fed us too.

Thanks to the Nullarbor Roadhouse for the camp the brekkie, and the only wild dingoes we've seen so far

To Penang Roadhouse we say thankyouverymuch in an Elvis style because, well, the guy was that cool wasn't he, and these people deserve to be flattered by association

Smoky Bay Caravan Park. They squeezed us in besides the ladies toilets on the only spare patch of anything as we forgot it was Easter weekend. Thank you again

Thank You to Wunderna Roadhouse for the $20 of fuel

Get into it! said Terry at the Liberty Windinnie Roadhouse as he donated $30 of fuel to us