Well here we are, back in Bundaberg, roughly three years after hitting the road.

In that time we've basically been around Australia once. We always said that our first "loop" would be a pretty quick one, and believe me, three years is quick when you consider how many places of interest there are in Australia.

What now?

We'll just go around again, that's what.

Quite a lot has changed in that three years, we've become experienced gray nomads (sic), ironed out the bugs in Wothahellizat, and, probably most significantly, I've got right back into my photography.

Just look at the last few editions, 100s of photos, and that's about 2% of what I've taken. Since May this year I've made about 15,000 photos, of which some 8,000 have had to be tweaked, catalogued, keyworded, captioned, and stored. To help in the mammoth task, I've written 1000's of lines of computer code as well.

I've also been writing articles for magazines, and am now being asked to submit both words and photographs to all sorts of publications.

I just haven't got enough time in the day, which brings me to my announcement.

This may be the final getREAL diary.

It's with something of a heavy heart that I've made this decision as I know a lot of people read these diaries, and I understand that I've even inspired a few readers as well.

It's possible that I will think of a new, less labour-intensive, format, we'll see, and if you have any ideas let me know.

Till next time then, and remember,

don't dream it, be it!