The scuba diving looks as though it's been a real success and i love that first photo of the two of you in all the gear. Brilliant! I'll have to frame that one :@)

The cairns pics are good too. The beach and all those palm trees look lovely and palm trees always create that holiday atmosphere for me .

Love mummy, xxx

Hello:)

Yeah, def something to remember:) the pic was done by a professional photographer, we thought it was worth buying:) The boat was great fun too! dad would like it here, as there are lots of boats about.

Yeah that was a nice day out to the beach, enjoyed it:)

Love Anna Xx

Dad loves the pictures, he has never looked on the pc more since you went,he hates computers! but he likes looking at the photos especially the scenic ones and the animal ones.did you have trouble with your ears? ( you have always had bad ears ). glad you did it though its a thing you will always remember. Mum x

Had bad ears when i lay down to sleep the night i went but better now,always get that when i get water in them tho so nothing unusual.

We should be visiting botanical garden again this week so be some more of those photos for you to look at again:-)

hi Ian, Fantastic pics in the Great Barrier reef, how clear is the water!! That will be something you,ll remember for the rest of your life. You looked a natural. How long did you have down there? Got nerve, i,ll give you that. Keep more of the same coming to us Ian. Love grandad/grandma h xxxx

Hi.yeah was really good in the water,nice and warm too! Didnt see as many fish as when i went in red sea egypt but was still good as didnt do a scuba there just snorkel! Had two goes in water so prob about an hour in total i think.

I'll put some more photos on soon,ian

Wow @ the pics of you 2 diving!!! I would be so scared of sharks :-(

Did you see any pretty fishies?

Can't believe Christmas is 5 weeks away! I have brought 4 presents so far lol! And its a week today till i go to Dublin can't wait!

Seen anymore people from the Oz soaps?

I was more scared of the box jelly fish and breathing! lol

We saw some pretty fish, but not as many as we did when we went snorkeling in egypt.

Not seen anymore people from soaps sadly:( there is a beach near hereish,well a few hours away and that place is filled with celebs! but we cant go:( got no time:(

Ireland will be cool:) have a fab time! take lots of pics, we should go sometime:)

xx

Just to say what great pictures of your diving, you are much braver than me I would be too scared to do that!. But I bet it was brilliant to see the reef. Were you scared?. It looks lovely there, really warm and clean.will show dad tonight as he hasn't looked for a while, he still isn't well, so have booked him into drs on friday(he must feel bad as he never asks to see thre doctor).He has been bad for 6 weeks.have you anything else planned whilst you are there?. may see you on web cam sat ( matt and dad are going to stoke match away) hope they win! take care X

HI. No wasnt scared,just a bit concerned my ears would block up! anna was a little worried,was looking forward to it as wanted to try it in Egypt but was worried about my ears then!

Hope dad is better soon! yeah he must be ill to go to doctors!

went to a nice beach today so look out for photos of that!

The away match will be good,not far there either!

I'll try to get to computer on sat yeah. speak soon:-)

SO.. you might be coming back early!? Is everything going ok over there? I'm off on my travels in early jan so might be in Spain when u arrive back to the UK. Hopefully see you soon! Bet cairns is wicked =) xx

Yeah man, just enjoying seeing the sights and what australia has to offer:) Cooooool how long you travelling for? Where in spain are you going? Cairns is cool yeah, well the great barrier reef is and the beaches XX

Lol i had 4 17 year olds giving me evils and wanting to beat me up last night in Bingham i felt like i was 18 again! Hahahaha! Seeing James on Thursday we are getting on well :)

Missing you :-( I keep wanting to text/call and see what your up to or tell you goss lol

x

Oh my god! it does sound like when we were 18! what was wrong with them?! lol drunk and been to the crown?

Awwwwwwww hope the date with James goes well:) Where are you going?

I miss you too:( will be back next year though:) XX

did you no who he was ian when you saw him? and why was he near your hostel?

we saw him on tv a few times when in brisbane,so we both recognised him when we saw him walkinig through cairns yesterday. No idea why he was here tho :-s

derby got Stoke in carling cup quarter finals. pritty good

OMG @ you seeing Declan Napier he is hot!

Lol! its crazy heh!!!! ahhaha x

Its me again Ian, Forgot in last message to say that you wont see much footy in Oz as season finished, (its their summer) It starts again when ours finishes or just before. Bet you wouldn,t like to be playing in 33 degrees heat!

Hi Ian, Glad to see you have arrived in Cairns. Bit warmer than here, guess what, its raining again. Grandad none too happy as its match day at home. Matt rang and told me you had been on webcam this morning,seen mum, and ben eating his carrot. Bet that made mums day. Suncore stadium was on tv this dinner, showing the best of rugby match between England and New Zealand, (we lost as usual). Couldn,t see you in crowd. Derby got Stoke away in next round of Carling Cup. Hope you get to go to Austrailan Open and the F1 Gp, that will be great. Wouldn,t mind a bit of that myself. Matt will probably send you the results of todays games. He,s having his hair highlighted!!! Mark off to Egypt on Wednesday, can,t keep up with all this jetting away. Look forward to seeing pics of Cairns later on. Love grandad and grandma hibbitt xxxx

Yeah he told me result and was a good one! just going to read report now. Mark will have a good time if he stays in sharmel as better than cairo,dirty there.

Definately be seeing tennis as got tickets already for that one, but prob not F1 as will have had to come home before then as will have done everything else and have used up spending money,would have prefered to see moto gp anyway tho so its ok

Footy season is still on here,they have done 11 games so far so about 3 quaters through now,still regular games on tho now. They have all the premiership football on! More than back home i think,watched arsenal V man u on plane other day which was good game

We'd left Brisbane before that rugby was on,wouldnt have gone anyway tho as dont like rugby its boring i think, and england are a bit rubbish at league from what i can gather:-)

speak to you soon