Well....whoever said it never rains in Australia?! They were wrong... We have witnessed the craziest weather ever!!!!! Today we decided to go for a stroll around the city.. Maggie and Pete went off to visit the Lost and Found Market and we went to Central Shopping Centre to grab a few presents! As we left the flat we decided to put the raincoats in for good measure...thank goodness we did! We had already applied our suncream as the sun was shining much to our d...

Hi Everyone! It is official we only have two weeks left in Melbourne eeek! Things have been extremely hectic here the last couple of weeks! After sending Mum back to Yorkshire we then picked Maggie & Pete up from the airport the next morning..so it has been non-stop visitors! Joey is part of the furniture now here and is refusing to leave because she is having such a good time not being at work! After the Lewis family arrived we spent the first few days rel...

Hi everyone! First of all, thank you for all my lovely birthday cards, presents and messages it was lovely to hear from you all! I have had a fantastic birthday, it really was an unusual birthday for me...sunshine on the 27th December! After opening lots of cards and prezzies, Chris surprised me with tickets to see Jersey Boys at the Princess Theatre tonight-very happy and giddy!!!! My first surprise, however was a delicious mini birthday cake from San Churro ...

For anyone out there that is not interested in flowers or gardens we apologise now.... Tonight's entertainment was the Royal Botanic Gardens! This place is absolutely HUGE! It covers 38 hectares and displays more than 52,000 plants....impressive eh?! We decided to go for a look around after work and fortunately the sun doesn't set until after 8:30pm here at the moment so we had a good few hours of sun until dusk! The gardens are lovely and so tranquil, being t...

Hi Everyone! Well after 2 flights and 22 hours later, we have arrived! Qantas airlines are fantastic, great food and nice staff. We both managed to get a bit of sleep on the plane, and as a mega bonus the tv's had tetris yey! The journey went well overall and went much quicker than we thought it would! As we landed in Melbourne, there was the most amazing sunset on the horizon really wish we would have had window seats to take pictures, but never mind I'm sure ...