Phew.. Just arrived in the U.K for the second leg of the tour. Australia wasincredible regardless of my ill health at the beginning! Thanks so much to all of those who were so understanding and patient. The rescheduled shows rocked. Right now I'm quite spacey as the flight from Brisbane to London is one of the LONGEST you can do. Can someone say JETLAG? Anyway.. I'm very excited to be here.

Before leaving Australia I completed the music video for I MISS YOU. I worked again with director Grant Marshall (Crush) and alongside Australian actress Rose Byrne (Two Hands, Star Wars Episode II). Like Kirsten Dunst in I KNEW I LOVED YOU it was great to be able to react to an actor. It made singing the song so much more believable and real. She is very talented and very down to earth. Yes I had a crush on her before the day ended!

I've been busy actually. Putting the finishing touches on the U.S. version of the next single (it may not come out until after Christmas now...we're still deciding).. but I really love the new version. You'll have to trust me until it comes out! I hope Australians enjoyed 'crush on holiday'. It took a long time getting permission from the publishers to use this famous Madonna song to mash up with Crush.. but they finally agreed. At this stage it's just a promo only at radio but we're trying to see if we can put it out as a b-side soon.

I did a new photo shoot down under as well. In the u.k they're planning to put out a tour/Christmas re-package of the album with new pics and new tracks. Some of which NOBODY has ever heard before. They're acoustic. They're covers. And they're beautiful. That's all I can say. Plus some of the live stuff that was on the Australian tour edition. So it's all happening.

The Olivia Newton John duet? Yes. It's real. It's happening. ONJ approached me a couple of years ago to write a song with or for her on a 'duets' album that she had in the works. Nothing came of it until recently when we got in contact and she asked if I had any songs to offer to the project. I showed her 'Lift Me Up' and she loved it. We worked with the first Savage Garden producer Charles Fisher and recorded a brand new version as a duet. I can not tell you how wonderful and talented she is. She has the most incredible positive energy and is one of the most gracious and grounded 'famous' people you could ever meet. She made me feel so comfortable and brought food and treats!! What can I say? I love her, love the song and was so honoured to have her sing it with me. At one point during the recording she said to me "you have such a distinctly recognizable voice'... and I was like.. "Hello! You're OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN!!!".

Anyway..that's it from me now. Off to touring world. We're sending you pictures soon of the tour, and my fave one of me and ONJ!

Take care