G'day and welcome to my last entry from Oz. It's been awhile!! I've been visiting my friend Angela since getting back from Tasmania. We had a great visit and the time has gone quickly as it would with a friend you only see once every 13 years..or is it 15? Despite being very busy with three kids under 5 and a husband in A...
Melbourne Next day was Xmas eve, so that meant Australia here we come!! Arrived in Melbourne at 8.30pm, & were met at the airport by my brother Jez who was Down Under for the cricket & my good mate Tucker, who emigrated from Kent 3yrs ago (very sensible lad!). Me, Flash & Jez all stayed at Chez Tucker for the 6 days whilst in Melbour...
The Cheys are lovely people that we met when we flew down to Mallacoota. They are friends of Annies and were going to Japan in February. So after much back and forth, we found our way to Melbourne on February 9th to stay and housesit and dogsit for them. They had two miniature greyhounds who were a little annoying and spoiled, ...
What a day we had watching NZ play the Aussies at the MCG. We endured the scorching heat, and unfortunately we lost, but we had a great time anyway! Joshy supported the Black Caps by sporting his 'beige brigade' gears!
Back in the big city, our first job was to drop off the hire car. Rather handily, we'd got them to let us return it to the branch near the hostel - so it took all of ten minutes! After breakfast we headed to Victoria Market again, where without much of a crowd to get in the way we stocked up on food for the remainder of our stay (including some ...
So this is it. My last entry from Australia. I fly out of here tomorrow morning, bound for Christchurch, New Zealand. I've been spending my last few days here enjoying music and sport in the fair city of Melbourne. I arrived here on Thursday morning. Friday was spent at the Australian Open tennis at Melbourne Park. I only had a ground pass but t...
