Well at last we are on the departure day. Nicole & Emily picked us up to transport us to the airport and we had a wonderful run to the International airport. Checked in and proceeded through customs. Earnie(pop) managed to be picked out for the "Random check" and underwent the frisk test and all. (Not sure Marian but he did remark that is wa...

G'day, how's it going?! Well we made it to Sydney on Friday evening and James' brother, Colm (AKA John), met us at the airport. The apartment that's he shares is right in the centre of the city overlooking Hyde Park. He lives on the 21st floor so, as you can imagine, the views are pretty special. After arriving we oohed and aahed for a while at ...

The next day we got up and moved to our new hotel. They had told us that we could check in at 10am, at 10.15 we were still waiting on the street. Eventually the manager came along and told us that the pub doesn't open until 12 and could we come back. We were definitely going to have a day out today so we told him not really. He let us in and all...

Sydney In Sydney angekommen fahren wir ziellos durch die Strassen... haben ja keine Karte, also keinen Plan :) Irgendwann haben wir die perfekte Strasse, nen Parkplatz, nen Bus "vor der Tuer"... also auf in die Stadt. Zu Fuss! Nach den ersten 3 km erst mal auf Toilette. Weiter, durch nen Park, in dem wir das "Familienfeuerwerk" fuer die Kinder s...

So, Sunday I felt pretty rough. Monday I dragged myself out of bed. Today I overslept and could barely move so I went to the doctors, who then signed me off work for 2days and tested me to make sure I dont have a kidney infection, I don't get the results until Friday. However, I went into work, pretty much got told I shouldn't off and was told t...

Our second day and what a day. We started by trying to buy an ex-rental campervan without success. Apparently every campervan in Australia is in demand at the moment because Sydney is so BLOODY COLD that everyone here wants to be somewhere else! It's also the school holiday season so we are told. This might mean that people will buy them to lock...

De vuelta en Sydney, la encuentro aun mas hermosa que la primera vey que la visite, es definitivamente la ciudad mas linda que he visto. Estoy en casa de Lenka y Paul y este jueves vuelo a NZ!

Today we woke up, along with the sun at silly (which may i add, was wearing it's trilby) AM and set out on MISSION MOUNT KA-RING-GAI! An hour later, subwayed up to our eyeballs we arrived in a wierd si\ort of place. It was like stepping back in time, to an era of 'happy' friendly people, the sort of people that now only exist on boats, the peopl...

The last time I left a message we had just arrived in Melbourne. Well, it is about time you were brought fully up to date on what has been going on. I think it is safe to say that we both liked Melbourne, it was an interesting city and we had plenty to see and do whilst we were there. We went to the MCG one day and that was great, it is quite bi...

Hey everyone Hope you are all well? Before my update may I say huge CONGRATULATIONS to Gemma and Jez whose second son, Max James Thorne, was born this Wednesday 20th September weighing in at 8lb 11oz. I am so very happy for you both, please send me on some piccies soon, I can't wait to see him!!! Well, it's my last update from Sydney and I can't...