Happy 2008 , hope this year travels are as good as the last have been

you have so many more sites to see and so many more different cultures to observe

It will be lovely to see you home in June this year

Take care and keep safe ,miss you ,lots all our love

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merry christmas and a happy new year to you both!

i am so excited, santa is coming to my house tonight. i have been a good boy so hopefully i will be given a bike!

just thought you might like to know that mummy and daddy got engaged today..........think it might be a couple of years before they get married though!

take care both and hope you have a great time over the festive period

lots of love

thomas georgie xxx (i am nearly walking now!)

Pleased that you are enjoying yourselves.Wishing you both a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.Best wishes for 2008.

Hi Both

Hope you have a lovely Christmas, will you be having a BBQ on the beach? Have fun whatever you do. its the last day of work today and i can't wait to finish!!

Love

Nikki

Hi Sarah & Andrew - your blogs have been great and photos amazing.I am sure it is great spending Christmas with family and have somewhere to really relax before your next venture.Gemma is getting really excited now as it is getting closer to Christmas, she keeps looking at the pictures on the website and I have to print the blogs for her and Nana.Just a quick note to say have a lovely Christmas and New Year - lots of love Sue, Phil, Chris & Gemma xxxxxxxxMERRY CHRISTMAS

Hey!

Still having lots of festive fun I see!! Just wishing you both a very merry xmas and a happy new year!!

Vicky xx

Hi to you both,

Are you both shattered after six weeks of work? It must have been extremely exhausting for highways engineer Andrew painting all those yellow lines and for deputy sheriff Sarah having to round up those 'baddies' (how can you tell when most Australians are descended from criminals). I bet you are really looking forward to your christmas break. I reckon if I worked like you on a 6 weeks on 6 months off basis it means I am owed 36 years holiday.

I hope you both survive christmas turkey off the barbie, sprouts and the christmas pud may be a problem. I am told there is to be a mass clan meeting of the escape committee in Ormskirk over the christmas season to make plans for an evacuation in May, I wonder why?

Have you been keeping up with the footie? Brum have a new manager, Alex McLeish. I have a bad feeling about January. We have Man Utd., then Arsenal, the Chelsea and a FA cup match against Huddersfield. Chances of going into the relegation zone seem high. I have switched my support in the cup to Chasetown, my other godson plays for them. They beat Port Vale in the 4th round and now face Cardiff in the 3rd. Whist Brum play Huddersfield I will be at Chasetown. I will be back at St. Andrews for our match against Chelsea. I still recall that score line Chelsea 0 Brum 1 earlier this year. I know our Bruce designed wall failed but perhaps Mc Leish will have a better plan.

May I wish you a merry christmas and an adventerous new year. I look forward to following your exploits. Thank you for letting us in on your trip, so far, it has been quiet revealing! The sights have been spectacular, the hats a laugh, the smoking habits strange and we will not comment on the beard, it is after all the season of goodwill.

Over the next six months are we to see you dismantle the Sydney harbour bridge to take with you to China to sell for scrap? (you could make a few bob) or paint Ayers rock red white and blue and shout knickers to the republicans or maybe even take to the high seas and become a south seas pirate? I think not, it will be more moans about numb bums and long journies with the odd stop for more booze or another party.

Keep on going

Seasons Greetings to you all

The Godfather

ps Andrew what is it about you and stockings at this time of year?

(now where did I leave my stilton and that bottle of port)

Hey there, looking forward to a boxing day barbie after the cricket :-) don't forget to leave a comment on our site ;-)

Scotty

Hey here you two,sorry its been a while since Ive been on here, I have just read all your up dates and its made me very envious again, however I start a new job on Monday with much better pay so im calculating how long it will be till i can start planning my trip round the world. sounds like your having great fun though, there's not much news from over here its just the usual fun and shanagans although a few of the nights out are going to be curbed from now on, and fingers crossed the money i save will go into a travelling fund! anyway keep the blogs going its great to hear what you've been uptotake care Pete

Hi both just been looking at your photo's looks like your still having fun, well done Sarah for getting that job I bet your sorting that serife out . I am four and half months pregnant now starting to get a bump, I have my second scan in two weeks and i'm going to find out the sex this time cant wait. I am going to have nine months of work Des has put a advert up for some one to cover me but nobody has applied!!!!. It has been really cold here even had some snow on the weekend. Des went for his MBE got Charllie boy the Queen stood him up. Work is starting to get busy agian dont think there's enough of staff to do the work now!! Danny is growing he had his second birthday the other week had a great party, he is excited already for Christmas. Got to go Des has just walked in

Take care Tracey

HI there

Well done sarah for getting a job and having the confidence to go in some where new and not knowing anyone , just think of all the extra things you can do with the extra money , I think a night in a luxary hotel would be a real treat

we went to see chris de Burgh this week no big screens just a very chilled concert , with very deep and meaningful songs

Work is so busy at present and we are just about to go out and start our xmas shopping

On friday it was children in need and the spice girls , and boyzone re-united , the spice girls all looked amazing but I am sure they have all had help to look so good

No more news but I will speak to you both next week

Lots of love ,Miss you both , take care

Mum

Hello there!

Thanks for your text Koogs, was really good to hear from you! And congrats on the job Andrew, must be scary working in a different country. Koogs you must be like a "lady who lunches" now then, haha! Me & Ben are still happy in love, no plans to move in just yet though...not like the Vickster...have you heard her & Nath have bought a house? ..very grown up!! I'm still training for my accountancy qualification (it's taking alot of willpower to carry on studying!), Ive got 2 exams at the start of December and then I can relax for xmas. It's gonna be another 2 years before I'm qualified..can you believe that?! It'll all be worth it though. And Ben's doing the same exams as me which is nice coz we can study together. God my life sounds boring compared to yours, lol!

Well I'm very jealous of the fact that its summer over there and we're stuck in this cold country. Ive had to scrape ice off my car for the past 3 mornings!! And you know how much I hate the cold Koogs! A girl I work with is going to Australia for 4 weeks over xmas, it sounds so good, everyone seems to be going there at the moment. Are you not gonna feel a bit weird though spending xmas day on the beach?! I'm hoping we get some snow this year! (only on xmas day though!).

Anyway happy travelling and I hope you find a job soon Koogs (anyone would be mad not to employ you, your the most efficient person I know!). Take care both of you,

Vonnie xx