For Tom it was a year spent there twenty years ago, for me it was a two-week trip pre-Molly to Perth and Sydney and years of Neighbours, Home and Away and Heartbreak High: for both we had done our homework and knew spending time in Australia was going to be a highlight of our world tour.

In fact, it was where the idea of the World Tour first started: since 2012 we always said that when we left Dubai we wanted an Australia trip before going back to the UK. We knew it would be great for the kids, we had a lot of friends to catch up with and it was the perfect place for Tom to live out his dream of camper-van living.

The girls certainly learnt a few new Ozzie phrases and I have never been teased so much for speaking ‘proper English’ in my life!

We were also very much aware of how ‘alive’ it was – never quite seeing a spider or snake in the wild but always on the lookout and constantly fascinated by the different fauna and flora surrounding us, from crocodiles and toads to Jacaranda trees and pristine beaches.