Well, well, well Joshua i cant believe it , finally you have done another blog good'o all sounds good to me , although i think you have taken a great leap from the last time you sat and wrote one , thats the trouble when you dont take time out to do it regularly time goes by very quickly . Anyway im sure all will be very grateful to have a read, fortunatly you managed to find your popeye arms to get back ashore after being caught in the rip, thank goodness for that i am much relieved.

Getting to see the pro surf was so lucky for you it would have been such a shame to have missed such an event, however i am less impressed with all of you for clearing out without paying you are soooo naughty, dont you remember anything i taught you!!!!!!!

Brillient way to get to Sydney and i must say i would love to be there to see it with you , im sure the opera house must be a fantastic sight.

Really good of Nick and his girlfriend to put you up and show you the sights, and good to here that you are going to start looking for a job, those pennies must be getting pretty low by now!!.

Dad has been off this week and has been errecting a new storage barn at the valley end , Phil has helped him for a few days which made it alot easier for dad as you can imagine so hip hip for Phileeeeep.

Poor Ben as you are aware slipped off his bike and has had an operation on his thumb, he has had about 10 stitches an anchor fixed in place to pull his knuckle together and has to keep a half cast on for 3.5 weeks then a plastic cast for another 4 weeks. the worst part for him though is he will have to wear it to the school ball which he is mighty peeeed off about!! (shame poor lad)

We have had so many phone calls for kittens honestly we could have sold hundreds and thats not an exageration, lilly is back to normal you cant tell that she has recently had a litter.

Tori and nattie are doing very well with their diets both losing weight each week so hope they keep it up.

Grandads computer has gone wrong so it has had to be sent away for repairs which is a shame , i do hope he does'nt forget all he has managed to learn, he has done so well.

Anyway we are off to see Pete and Karens new flat they have bought down at Porthtowen it is on the main carpark side on the right over looking the beach so a good spot.

Will catch up with you in the week i expect , you take care . love you lots mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Greetings from the college road gang! Have had a good Easter- went to Bournemouth to my folks..walk on the beach with the dogs pint in the pub and left poor chris cleaning his grandads patio!! hope he has lots of words of wisdom for you while you are away!! He drove sydney to melbourne and then across the desert to perth and of course broke down!! will wait to hear what you decide. Uncle Pete says hi..busy watching chelsea match. Lots of love.

Hello my sweet How are you doing ?Not much to report really other than we all had a nice time at Annibels birthday party shame Joel & all of you were'nt there to celebrate with her, Simon made some great beefburgers which were deffo the nicest i have had considering i never eat them & he did all the cooking , well he is a true Aussie after all so i guess he should really !!!

Has been nice weather over the last few days which was unexpected, but of course it has'nt lasdted long as it has been raining all day today.

We have just started to take down the tin barn Halleluja , it will be good to get it down.

All the kittens have gone , they went all at once , it is the worst thing i have ever done, sooooo upsetting you can imagine what i was like , poor lilly she did'nt know what to do with herself plain & simple it was ruddy cruel, so i think i will let her have another litter at some stage.

Anyway bit different for you to be camping as long as it stays dry thats ok, least a little cheaper, hope the competition has been good , think i should stay out of the water if i was you , those nasty great whites you cant trust them!!.

Well got to get on so speak when we can , take care you here!

love you lots mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hey mum. at bells beach now. camping for the week. bought a tent for the 3 of us. yeah its pretty cold at the moment. not so good but it still shines through out the day. its some thing like marshells photography or something like that. near h.s samaul. ill call u on skype soon. glad u liked your necklace. and dad to. the computer is rubbish here. so i wont write much. speak 2 u soon. love me xxxxxx

Hi josh Well firstly thank you soooo much for my necklace you little sweetie, & after 18 yrs you know my taste so well done, dad was pleased with his wallet as his current one has seen better days , so your timing could'nt have been better , i has of yet not seen the twins but they will no doubt be in touch soon.

I understand your dilema with regard flying or driving to Sydney!... the thing is driving would enable you to see the country more & ocean road is pretty famous route which i am sure you would all enjoy! , it really comes down to cost at the end of the day ( i guess ) But you may not get the oppotunity for quite sometime to see just what is so good about the road drive.

What does everyone else want to do?

Do you know what the cost of the car hire is yet & how long it would take to get from a to b .

Anyway yet again you are clearly having a great time in Melbourne which is no great surprise really, & i bet you just loved your bowl of pasta, you do make me laugh !!!

Shame it's colder than expected, a bit of a shock after the heat in malaysia, but at least you have got more of a sun tan than any of us are going to get in a hurry, mainly because it keeps raining raining raining!! typical easter holiday weather .

We are getting on with things as far as the build is concerned , we have placed our order with the frame company just sorting the foundation side of things out, so the next thing will be to take down the barns, we could have done with you & all your buddies to help , but hey ho.

The kittens are growing away so think i will advertise them next week as they will be going on 8 weeks so ready to leave lilly, boo hoo !

Ben is having a good time of things with his mates doing his usual, he is hoping to start at Scoobies this week & so am i hoping for that aswell.

Not sure whether we will get together with the boys this week or next , but at this rate i think it will be next, nevre the less we will do it for sure. Well think thats me done for tonight Josh , hope you enjoy Bells Beach it should be cracking, fingers crossed that the sun shines for you .

Alan gave me the cd of the photos of you all whilst he was showing you all the old haunts and memories of Jeanne & himself, so i was able to see the photo of the car crash , my god how amazing was that & unbelievable that is was still in the same place in th morning, you boys were very lucky!.

One other thing i need to know where i have to take your camera into asap.

Right then im off so take good care of yourself, love & miss you lots

love mum

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hey guys. tyeah arrived safe and sound in melbourne. its amazing here. staying in a door room with a few of dans mates. its called melbourne international backpackers doorm. loads of people to meet. the centre of melbourne is just like london really. but better. not that i would no. iv bought i new oz sim card so if u want the number then ask mum. going to watch the asp would tour on bells beach in torquay on the 8th till the 18th i think. should be amazing. then i guess im going to sydney after ! find a job meet up with ellie i think. not sure yet how im going to get up 2 sydney from here, i could either fly or drive and do the great ocean road ? what do u recon? the road would be cheaper but alot longer !??!?!? anywayz keep writing to me. glad ur all doing ok. speak 2 u all soon. love me xxx

Hi Josh Well there you are in Aussie land , fantastic, Melbourne , who knows you may bump into Kylie lol.

Hope you manage to find cheap accomodation lik that for the whole period of time you are there , that would be really good. somehow i would thionk that is unlikely.

Hope you had a good night out on the town with everyone! how did it compare to a night out at L2 , i wonder, it cant have matched Truro surely lol

Well not much has changed here , fancy that !, but the weather has improved so thats a positive at least.

I expect we will try to meet up with the boys over the Easter period for that curry we keep talking about, I think Chloe & Naomi Will be down shortly, shame you wont be around to see them , but hey ho.

Ben should be in shortly , i think he has left home , Dad & myself must be far too boring!!!

Dad has his new wood boiler so he is looking forward to setting it up & start burning this free wood we have been collecting for soooooo long, it;s a big bit of kit i must say.

Anyway what have you got planned to do whilst you are in Melbourne any adrenalin rush escapades, well what ever you do i;m sure you will have a great time.

Everyone is well here no problems , dad is off to Paris for his simulator testing , so that he can fly into London city this month, he is looking forward to that. It will; take 1 .10 mins, so great i will be able to pop up to London to go shopping,(wont that be nice)!!.

So here we are at the end of the day & thats all my news , sorry its not a little more exciting, but we cant all be having a good time .

You take care of yourself speak sooooon maybe. Lots of love mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hi Josh,

well i think you have arrived safetly in Aus wow your there already it has gone quick don't you think, ah mum wouldn't think so i don't think.

I am at work again lol im going to a health and safety course today really not looking forward to it it will be boring, and it's a lovely day today it has been the last couple of days.

Andy is much better now we have nearly finished the conservatory it's looking really nice.

How is it all going for you hope your having a fabtastic time, mum is right when she says your not missing anything, your not!!

anyway just a short note today health and safety is calling...........joy!!

missing you lots speak to you soon josh take care love you x x x x x x x x x

H i love Well hows your hard old life going out there , it must suck to be you lapping up the sun all day long!!!!! so whats the travelling been like on the boat and the bus etc, do hope your tabs kicked it for you ,to at least be starting to feel somewhat better .

Well shall i fill you in on what has been going on in our uneventful lives

See nothing at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1, i tell you Josh you are sooooooooooo not missing anything in cornwall , 24 hrs back & you would be chompimg on the bit to get going again.

At the moment dad has the day off & is waiting for a delivery of 20 tons of logs to arrive, later g & g are coming over to meet up with Martin Dowling & his wife Julie to have a chat about pensions etc. It has been raining today which is a shame as the ground down here had finally started to dry up.

Ben has been driving your car around the place in his usual fashion, i think the car was is complete shock when it started off.

What are you doing to keep fit, what about running along the beaches in the evenings, when it should have cooled dowm sufficiently? and are their many places where you stay that have swimmimg pools.

When you google earth into the areas you are there does look to be quite alot of pools & garden areas, so when you write you blogs & take your photographs perhaps you could take some of the more residential homes & the flowers for us to se the variety etc, thank you sweetpea !!!

Anyway your not on skype so you must be doing something far more interesting lucky you .

Its lunch time here & im getting peckish so will write again real soon .

You take good care of yourslf , love & miss you stacks lots of hugs & kisses mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hi Joshy,

like posh loved the update good read, you still sound like yournhaving an amazing time do hope you are still.

how are you feeling now any better?? it was nice chatting the other day it's really quit wierd your all those miles away, still working on getting a house phone.

well it's been nice here again which is good, yesterday went to probus and gave blood took mum and dad it was quite funny i thought dad was going to pass out he tried to get out of it as much as could-wimp!!

well saying that was in tears this morning i did my knee in aerobics it kills put some ice on it and a support now rest for a couple of days sooooo annoyed with it.

Everything else is good here thou just had an email form my college tutor to say that the course is post poned untill July--not amused!!

anyway im working and got an appointment now gotta go love you lots miss you x x x x

hope you are better!!

Hi Splosh,

Really great update, loved reading it!! Sorry i couldn't talk the other day, had to rush off to footy!!
I think i told you me and lee are back on, which is good, im really happy being with him!!!
It's so good having this blog to read and write back on, just put some more pic's on!!!!!
Just found out that Jord has been excepted to Threemilestone school which is just great!!! Soooooooo excited about it and i know he will be.
I really will try and pull my finger out and get skype!!!! Sorry

Again, i'm at work so can't write to much!!

Hope you are well and looking after yourself.
Hope your throat and ears get better soon, bet you wish you had gone to the docs earlier!!!!

Love you loads Josh, thinking of you always, speak soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Josh Well we have doe alot of chatting lately which is great for me so thank you!!. Do hope you are feeling better than you have been , although i would imagin you have not managed to shake off your sore throat that quickly.

Anyway i expect you are managing to fit in with sight seeing with Alan which is nice, you will need to be packing in as much as possible before you leave for Australia, (how exciting) !!! alithough money & work could be a problem but im sure with your charm you'll manage something...

I think between dad & myself we have managed to give grandad quite a bit of help with the computer & i have to say he is doing very well so far, not bad for 80yrs is he .

(hey James Mraz has just come on on the music chanel )

Anyway then into the watering whole for coffee i think so that will be nice ,

I have just taken a tablet for my back which make me feel as high as a kite whoopee!! I is floating on a cloud so i may not be able to continue to make much sense in my message to you .

So you take care of yourself & tell your mates to stoooooop bullying you ! that is soooo not allowed after all they are bigger than you lol. Catch up soon love you lots mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx