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... hardly any time left. Nicholle flies on Sunday into Sydney and is spending the first week at her god parents house 45 mins from Sydney. Then I fly out to meet her on 5th Dec. Then the true adventure begins.

This week has been fairly stressful, especially for Nic. Visa problems, New year accomodation and the dreaded packing. Anyone that knows Nic and I know that we aren't your typical backpackers, to say the ...

The last few weeks have been really manic while we've prepared to put our furniture into storage and get our property ready for letting. Thankfully, most of the hard work is completed and now we can concentrate on getting ready for our travels. It's difficult to believe that we leave in just under a week!

We fly into Delhi on Monday, arriving very early ...

... in Australia! I will take lots of photos and make sure you all see what we get up to!

Have fun while I'm gone and make sure you behave for your teachers while I'm away,

Lots of love

Mr Shark and Frederick Lion

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... all of the people turn up that did on Thursday, made me feel very loved and I can't wait to see you all again and tell you of all the things I get up to. You all mean the world to me and if any of you get the cash or motivation to escape lovely England then let me know and I'll make sure I'm at the airport to meet you!

So now until I arrive down under I bid you adieu

x

Welcome to my first (and probably only) BLOG!

I have just booked a 32 week (8month-ish) overland trip to australia, taking in 23 countries by way of a big orange truck and my little one-man tent (which I have yet to buy!!).
I won't tell you how much this has cost, it makes me cry just to think about it... But if you ...

I woke up this morning still feeling the jet lag from three days ago when I arrived to this beautiful castle. As my alarm went off I grudgingly reached my hand up and hit it on the top of the head. Ten minutes later, I found myself in a panic jumping up out of bed to get ready for my first day of classes. Breakfast wasn't going to be an option on this day ...

It's a lovely town and everyone comes to shop on a sunny Saturday. They all have their favorite places and the river is so pretty but I'm tired of writing about churches for a little while.
Look at Philip's pictures of this gorgeous, full on English Gothic perfection.

... in the audience now laughed, Wow he was really going for it now but it was short lived and very soon the Hammond organ and ***** drummer took Ken into another song with granny smith behind me in accompaniment.... It was all I could take and at 8:02 we left the building, I had made it through about 40 minutes of Ken Dodd which was 39 more than I had wanted to so all in all I had done well.
I'm glad I had seen him with my own eyes and drawn my own ...

... to dawn on me what I had let myself in for. Looking back on it now it is hard to imagine how I felt, mainly because I now know what I have encountered over the last year, but before I left I was stepping into the complete unknown... anything could happen!

Anyway, to try and counterbalance the feelings of anxiety I got really really drunk and ended up puking in my tent (which I was sharing with my unfortunate friend Rich).

... everyday. Some of the people in the manor go a few days with out being outside and I am trying to enjoy every bit of the weather that does not include snow ! I have three other roommates and at first I wasn't sure how that was going to go, but we get along really well so it worked out great. First I have to mention that the morning I left I was listening to the radio and heard Jewel on K102. When we got to the airport, I was waiting in line to check-in and ...