A BROTHER and sister have set off on an epic six-month journey from Wellington, Somerset to Wellington, New Zealand.

Jamie Page, 24, and sister Kirsty, 22, of Shuteleigh in the town, boarded the Eurostar on Saturday bound for Paris on the first leg of a journey that will take them by train and bus across Europe to Turkey and on through India, SE Asia and Australia.

Pick up a copy of this week's WWN for more on this story.