Well after the week in Tamworth, unfortunately I was starting a new job, which brought me back to reality with a jolt.  Fairly laid back, but work is work no matter what side of the world you are on. On the other hand a few things to look forward to over the next few months - my English cousin getting married to an Aussie bird in Sydney, St...

Sydney is amazing!  I'm really sad that we don't get to spend more time here :(  We got in yesterday afternoon, had dinner, and then went walking around.  Our hotel is by Circular Quay, so we're near a lot of really interesting places.  We walked over part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and took some photos of the Opera House.&...

Today we started by looking for somewhere to eat Christmas Dinner. Not easy in Sydney because every licenced establishment in the city is closed on Christmas day. We walked to Kings Cross and found a Thai restaurant that we had eaten in on our last occasion in Sydney in July. It was open and we had a great 3 course Xmas lunch for normal prices p...

Merry Christmas and a belated Happy Hannukkah! So, a lot of people have been asking about Christmas here and what it's like.  Because it's summer here, it's definitely been hard for us to think of it as Christmas time.  But, in the stores, there's Christmas Carols playing.  And they have Santas in the mall.  And all the other...

For photos go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo_and_kenny as it is easier and faster for us to load. Adelaide to Melbourne     As Adelaide had been our first real civilisation for some time we were all a bit disappointed to leave however we were both excited at the prospect of getting to Melbourne.   We headed out of town and vis...

So i've just spent the last 2 weeks back in Sydney with the family and it feels like home from home. Great to see them all again. Had a few nights out with Daryn after work, he seems to have such a tough life...not. So basically the first week back was spent chilling out with Siobhan during the day and a few beers with the boys at night. The cit...

Well, it was a blood moon yesterday so it had to be an omen.  We got to Sydney AP via Murrays coaches (not a bad way to go) and went through all of the security to find our plane with the bonnet up -- that wasn't a good sign.  Eventually we were told that it had problems and that our flight would be delayed.  At least they kept us...

I haven't bought a coat.  I don't know if you knew I was thinking of buying one, but I haven't.  The exchange rate is better in New Zealand, and I leave for those sunny (fingers crossed) shores tomorrow, so today I will just shiver, and wear my scarf.  The scarf was my concession to the wierdly cold weather that Australia has at t...

It has to be one of the weirdest feelings in the world to have visited 3 seperate continents in a day. I Landed in Sydney about 2 hours ago now, and I have to say that the airport isnt anywhere as nice as the Singapore one, but its still a hell of a lot better than those in the UK. Im just about to board my flight to Brisbane - I'm getting excit...

Just going to upload 7 pictures for your enjoyment. the beach-palm beach (set of home and away) boat-QM2 when docked in sydney. parade-mardi grais friends at mardi grais zoo friends at house party bridge on its 75th birthday