Aloha all. Sorry - have been away from a pc for the last few days. Have been on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Hilton - themost pretentious hotel / compound we have ever seen in our entire lives!!!!

Have done a volcano tour and walked through Lava tubes - saw the steam plumes rising from the ocean where the lava from an active volcano still pours into the sea.

Did a mountain tour last night up to the biggest mountain in the world (bigger than Everest because most of Mauna Loa is under the sea but we were still 14000 feet above sea level and felt like we were sitting on top of the world above the clouds. Saw the most amazing sunset at 0 degrees temperature (Adam has some awesome pics) and then did some star gazing through telescopes where we saw Saturn's rings.

Kids - we have a little gift for all of you - Samuel you are going to be impressed!

Miss you all - leave the Hilton at 4 am tomorrow morning for the trip home. Will fly fromKona to Honolulu and then on a connecting flight back to SYdney arriving around 4pm Friday.

HUgs and kisses

D&A xxx