Hi alison,

looks like you are busy seeing the sights. . Looking at your previous pics and your new ones, with all the animals and considering the recent sad demise of steve irwin you could be the new "croc botherer"!!!!

Glad your having a good time.

stewart x

so were you surfing at Manly beach?

Have you walked across sydney harbour bridge?

Where next - it all sounds/looks amazing.

Hi Alison

On nightduty tonight with Peter and Joan but we're wishing we were in Australia with you! It's bucketing rain here AGAIN ! Do you want us to send it out to you with Jan ?

Your Australian photos look great. Why didn't you climb Ayers Rock ?

Peter says we're all missing you and have fun !

Anne , Peter and Joan sending all their love. XXXXXX

P.S. Look after Jan when she joins you !

Alison, nice to hear from you again and very glad you're enjoying Aussieland. I've been keeping in touch with Payal, the woman from the overnight train in India. Very interesting to learn about her life. Keep well and use your sunscreen!

Hi Alison,

The Barrier Reef it sounds great, are you going snorkelling there? remember to take your swimsuit with you.Looking forward to seeing your photos you're going to have to get a good few albums when you get home.

William arrived today, flew up by himself, there were a few escorted children on the flight, some had flown in from the middle east,he was pleased as punch the captain showed him round the cockpit while they were waiting on everyone to disembark, swimming on the agenda everyday this week so I'll be looking decidely like a prune, as if I didn't have enough wrinkles already!!

On countdown now 14 days scarey mary where has all the time gone?

Will talk to you soon, mind let me know if you would like me to bring anything out for you

Safe happy travels.

Love, Jan xx

Hey Alison, Stewart has just told me about this site. It is fantastic and such a great way to keep up-to-date with your travels. You have done so much and seem to be enjoying every minute of it which is great! Well Stuart and I are getting married 4 weeks on sat!! Can't believe how quickly it has come around but it will be great to have all the family together again (just wish you could be there but I am sure you will be having a better time where you are!!!). Jean, Rod and the girls were home from America for a few weeks and were up visiting your mum and dad one night but I am sure they will have filled you in. The girls are really big now and I seen a huge change in them since they were over 5 years ago! Anyway, spending all my time with wedding arrangements and pipebands so things are very hectic at the moment but I am really looking forward to a well deserved honeymoon in Malaysia on the 3rd of Sept. We are going to Langkawi, have you been there? I just can't wait to get away, relax and get some sun!!! Anyway, so nice to hear about your adventure, take care. Love Eilidh x

Good to read your update Alison. It all sounds good. Hope you took photos of all the wee joeys. What a horrible little brother you 've got , wanting to taste kangaroos and koala bears!!! Hm, I'll need to be having words with him..........so LOOK OUT STEWART!!!!!!!!! Love Agnes x x x x

hi alison,

glad you posted somethin on this. as usual mrs worst possible scenario had started to whinge. Had to explain to her that australia is a big place which has big open places with no people computers etc and that its 10% urban 90% farmland,desert,rainforest open plain etc. told her last nite tha you would be due to update yor page when and where you get the chance!

not going to go for that interview in east renfrewshire, back/side step again so not worth my while.

hopefully you got to eat some crocodile!!! i quite fancy a bit of kangaroo or koala myself!!!

stewart

x

Well Miss MacCallum, where are you now? Thought you might be hiding in a kangaroos' pouch. Where are all the photos????? You are slipping up. GET A MOVE ON.
LOVE, Agnes xxxx

Hi Alison,

Made it to Cairns, well done is Ayers Rock next on your agenda? What a fantastic journey you'll be too busy taking it all in to sit down at a computer but hopefully you'll manage some photos soon.

Have booked the youth hostel in Christchurch, going up market from sleeping in the bush give you a chance to wash off some of the red dust!!

Had a good evening at the Proms with Av. & Diane, they wouldn't let me sing though.

See you very soon.

Love, Jan xx

can't wait till you get back and show us all how to prepare boab tree roots - I'm told they are delicious (Similar in texture to water chestnuts, and sweet and crunchy like the core of a carrot)

Will you have a chance to train it across I believe their is a train from Darwin to Adelaide it's only 2979km? (probably takes slightly less time than Scotrail travelling from southside to Glasgow)

If in Darwin - try to visit the World War II Oil Storage Tunnels below the Esplanade on Kitchener Drive (look for a path and stairs down) although boring sounding - huge tunnels that have been hand dug during WWII to serve as safe oil storage tanks - they are nearly something like a museum with over hundred black and white photos from the area adorning the walls and apparently very impressive.

get some photos up woman (nudist beach photos can wait till youre back :-))

Hi alison,

so whats new??? Annmarie, Laura and myself went to the trocabrahma concert(featuring gruff rhys, king creosoteand brazilian dancers and artists) at the old fruit market on sat nite. It was great, got a set list from gruffs show and we enjoyed the acts plus the dancers(would have given you a taste of what to expect in south america. We really enjoyed the set. Had a spare place on the guest listwith annmarie but nobodyn else wanted to go!! Dont know what they missed. Got a job interview for east renfrewshire council next week so will let you know how that goes. Kinda side step again but better money so worth a shot. Mum and dad had davie stewart down for the weekend there so i think they had a nice weekend.

love

stewart & annmarie