Day 49 (Monday 4th December 2006)Sarah was given the best surprise ever when Keith came in to our bedroom to give up his ticket to the Ashes so we could go together...what has Marc done to her...she's excited about going to the cricket!!So we hopped in 'Fran' for our first little adventure down to the city, dropping Liam off at school along the way. After a couple of hours drive we found the ground pretty easily (no we didn't get lost), but having...

Day 47 (Saturday 2nd December 2006)It was up early on the hunt for cars. Keith took us back in towards the city and after test driving a rather sorry looking Holden Commodore, we finally made a bargain purchase on a Ford Festiva through an old friend of Keith's.'Fran', as she's now known as, is a delightful little car, similar to what our Ford Fiesta would be back home. She has power steering and air con, luxeries we certaintly weren't used to...

Day 45 (Thursday 30th November 2006)Our flight landed in Melbourne at 07:20 local time...Sarah's face pressed up against the window desperately trying to spot kangaroos...and then displaying real horror when the captain announced the temperature outside as 9*C!!We had plenty of time (or so we thought) to make it to our connecting flight which departed at 09:10, but we were in for a rude awakening. No one quite does customs like Melbourne and after dodging 50,...