A very quick whistlestop in wonderful Sydney before jetting out of the country. Went to see the boys for goodbye drinks and last laughs. Gonna miss you guys! Dinner with Paul in East Sydney and a naughty drink at his local - be rude not to too! Told my Evil Twin however that i DID NOT want a big night as to have to endure the longest commercial flight on earth followed by another 5 hour flight with a Pig-Shat-in-My-Head hangover was not condusive. Thanks f...

On down the coast and we stopped off at Milton to meet Will, who i stayed with at his retreat last time i came this way. We drove through the never-ending Bush to get to his place (which was very naughty as i'd signed a thing at Europcar to say i wouldn't take the lovely sparkly hire car down any dirt roads - oops!) and i knew Mum was going through the same emotions as i did when i first visited - "where the Hell are we?!" and "what could possibly be at the en...

We got the hire car and hit the road on a beautiful Sydney scorcher of a day. A great drive through the suburbs and a bit of countryside to Woollongong - our first stop. I had planned for us to stay at Nan Tien Temple - the biggest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere! It has conference facilities and budget accommodation with breakfast thrown in as well as the beautiful huge temple and stunning gardens so we simply couldn't pass up the chance of such a...

Well what a week! Rather surprisingly, no work has been forthcoming - which is scarey but i am secretly delighted because it's meant Mum and i have been able to leisurely lounge around Sydney and do all the things i had hoped we could in the best case scenario. Hooray! We visited all my favourite shopping and coffee haunts and snapped up a few bargains to boot. We visited a museum or two and even fitted in some sunbathing. The boys and I had planned a little...

The site is still here! What's going on? Well i had numerous messages offering to help with my renewal which just made me so happy. Thanks to everyone who offered - it means a lot to me. And a special thank you to the person whose offer i took up for just sorting it out - no messing! So the Tour will continue. Spose i better come up with some news and photos then! I've been living the high (skint) life in Sydney and just having a ball. One particularly mom...