Great, Ive managed to steal the barkers signon and password as they lie motionless on the floor of our living room in recovery of the night that was. This has become the norm unless the cheeky poms had managed to pinch my bed. Now for some home truths - Dave is rubbish at cricket, its actually funny (dont know how Englnd won the ashes!?) and football for that matter. No really it has been a pleasure to have the Barkers here with us - they did take a dive when they moved and stopped making my dinner on a daily basis, what started off as roasts and a gourmet selction (They were trying to impress) ended up as mince on toast ........with capsicum!? EXOTIC! From the new year experience (Tom / Gray - we are still getting phonecalls from Austria with offers of money for services rendered) to the inaugural sunday revellers vists and jumbling tower with the added exccitement of yager shots, to the great ocean road (rain, homegrown, Koalas, and surflifesaving) to the big day out, a day of great music carnage and a catch up with charles afterward, and various BBQ's at ours ............all of the above (although the barkers werent invited and just turned up) has been a blast. In three weeks teh guys are off to take in the rest of Aus, its a big place (stop by Wolf Creek for a look). There are still a few things to get down (Hilltop Hoods and Paintball. A ''pre'' take care, stair clear of crocs snakes spiders and ............Austrians! Cheers, Nick