Hi,

I have a Photo related question for you..... Man in Red top, Karla who is he???

Ho ho ho and Merry Christmas!! (Bit late - i know~) Hope you all had a fab xmas and enjoy your New year wherever you may be! Just a quick one to say I've put 2 cd's worth of photos on today - but as time is catching up on me - I haven't managed to put any captions on yet - so you won't have a clue where they're from - make up your own stories if you like!!!! Some of them may be blurred/upside down as i didn't have time to look at them properly - i promise i'll sort them out soon!! Got an early night tonight as i'm meeting Emily at the airport in the morning!!!!!
Miss you all heaps (another ozzie word i've picked up!)
xx ps - mum & dad - can you email the piccies to my hotmail address as My other one doesn't work anymore!! Love ya xxx

Hi Babes Hope you had a fab time on Christmas day and boxing day. We toasted you plenty at Shaun's. Hope you like the photos of our Squiffy Griffy Xmas. Everyone sends their Love and we all miss you. Take care. LOVE LOVE LOVE. M&D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey Girls and Boys, Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all!! Your plans for Christmas sounded like fun, although i'm sure Kim was more excited about meeting up with Johnny!! I hope u received all your presents' from us girls, thanks your yours, although our mini x-mas isnt until jan 2nd, so we're saving them until then! I'm in Devon at the mo, i went to the beach on X-mas day too, but its not as fab as Bondi...and yes, i'm stil jealous as hell!! Hopefully you met up with johnny okay and drinks with his sister were fun! So hopefully there might b some more pics of your trip soon on here, thats if you can drag yourself away from your husband to be!! Speak to you soon honey!! Send our love to everyone..Lorna & Ian xxxxxx

HI Karla and Kim

I was trying to send you a CHristmas day message but I've just seen the time at the top of the screen and it's already boxing day where you are! Hope you had a great christmas day and didn't get caught with that illegal booze. Did you have any traditional christmas dinner or was it all bbq?
I'm at my Dad's for CHristmas and just cooked and ate a big traditional roast - I am as stuffed as the turkey!

Will be watching CHristmas films and cracking nuts for the rest of the afternoon - in between chocolates and sweets.

Hope you're having loads of fun.

Miss you!

NIkki xxxx

Hi guys just a quick one (promise) We are now in Sydney and it is the most fantastic place ever i want to live here !!! I am typing this with sunburn as we spent the day on BONDI beach yesterday !!!!! Incase any of u were wondering what we are up2 over the festive period ...On christmas eve u ready for this we are going on an all u can eat all u can drink cruise 500 person 3 tier ship that departs from the opera house !!!!!!! then we have exsclusive access to some club with more free drink !!!!
Christams day after present opening and bucks fizz we will be on the beach drinking and eating (we have to disguise our beer as it is ilegal) we have brough a christmas tree and santa hats tinsel and sparklers !!
Boxing day we watch the launch of the yacht race in the harbour so karla may bag herself a captain !!
New years eve we are going to watch the fireworks after a day sesh at the botanical gardens and new years day is open for suggestions !!
Gong to the beach again today then karla is going to a party with helen (i am staying in as i have an earlystart ....Johnny arrives woo hoo ) - we will be in touch b4 crimble kicks in so love u all millions xxx \Ps. sorry photos are lacking i will try and do some soon xx

So is it Christmas lunch on the beach this year? I don't think you'll be eating any brussel sprouts!
I am cooking a goose this year (for the first time - so I shall be consulting Delia!) Anyway, whatever you do have a wonderful time (sure you will!) be safe and don't get sunstroke! kissy kissy.

Yo m8 & sister too!!! finally got my pc sorted so thought I'd best get in touch or you'll be back home!! Really missing you mate - having to vsist the hairdressers to get my hair done, no really am missing u - your photies are fantastic and I can't believe you'll ever come home and don't tell porkies - it's bloody freezing tonite - know whereI'd rather b.....
Thanks awfully for my xmas card-it's fab - Zoe made me a fab 40th card - she's learnt from the best. Cant't tell u how fab my cruise was cause it was too good to put into words - put on over half a stone and couldn't get into my last evening dress!!
Well will sign off for now will e-mail you soon - keep enjoying yourselfs - b careful - Karla have you found loveee!?!!!
Take care - have a fab xmas and a brill new yr - bye xxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Karla hope your having a good time,mum finally got broadbrand. thanks for the Christmas card you photo's look lovely. My new school Landau Forte College is fab I have made lots of new friends and joined lodes of clubs such as dance and started to play the clarinet. My birthday was lovely and got a brand new PINK phone. The crusie was also fab and got quite a good tan the food was great and took time getting used to the normal beans on toast have a brill crimbo and a fab new year!
love from Zoe
xxx

I do apologise for Kim's lengthy tales - I don't even know what they said as my eyes went funny after reading the first chunk!!!! In short - we're having a fab time - at last it's getting hot now - we were starting to think that it was all lies about Oz being hot.......I was staring to expect snow on xmas day!!! Melbourne is a great city - loads to do and see. Am really looking forward to getting to Sydney on Sunday as well - we meet up with some others we made friends with along the way , so it'll be nice to spend xmas with some mates!
Missing you all loads- and missing the build up to xmas - it's just so Un-Christmassy here - I wish it was chilly, dark, had late nite shopping and nice Christmas parites with all of you guys from home!!
Love Karla xx

CONGRATULATIONS LIZ AND WAYNE - I hear you have had a healthy boy xxx xlove to you alll MWAH xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

GREAT OCEAN RD - right you lot ready for another chapter ....!
Got picked up so early i swear we hadnt slept since the night b4 kangeroo island (and i still havnt but u will see why ) got aboard the bus and made an effort to at least appear cheery , we had met our tour guide b4 in a pub it was a pub that had a giant kermit the frog and a stuffed pink condom which i put into rude positions and made them dance together (u will see once we can be bothered to sit aand upload the pictures)?! mack our tour guide made us write pur names in marker on the window and what country we wwere from , it was so tempting to make up a name and a country but we were just so tired we told the truth , we were sat behind a dutch couple who spent the whole journey kissing right in front of my face so that was nice !!!!! GET A ROOM! our first day was mainly driving with the occasional stop here and there we stopped at a bakery for 11zeez but i went on a random walk of the town it was a general make friends sesh but i needed shampoo so i b*****ed off !! WE stopped and had lunch at Mt Arapilies and were attacked by flies i tell u there are so many of the b*****s here its grose !! the flies are all on heroin too or something they are lazy and slow and u can flick them but they dont get the message and continuously harras u !! This was our beer stop so we stocked up on sopme pale ale (its not the american pie pale ale u sickos) - we then walked up to the SA ViC border and people got photos (we didnt camera still broken !! ) We carried on travelling and stopped at Mckenzie falls a big waterfall that is fed by rainwater it was a hell of a trek to the bottom and our camera was broken so it was mental images all the way great , no seriously cool mother nature strikes again!!Back up to the top and i felt like i had done a workout with mr motivator !! (without the lycra) we saw kangeroos with babys (sorry joeys) which was nice they arnt scared of people either which is worrying , anyway back on the bus for more driving the it was on to the balconies some huge rocks that overhang a valley thing pretty amazing saw wild wallabies and karla got vertigo .. again :) - after a few more touristy stops we arrived at our hostel in the heart of the grampians it was pretty awesome we had a bbq ate kangeroo (propbably the auntie of the ones we had seen that day ) and genarally got to know everyone then we went outside and sat on the terrace where we had guitars and sing song time all we were missing was a campfire it was awesome !! We saw mars and Venus and more galaxies there are some seriously awesome skys out here !! - we stayed up and talked and drank and then finnaly gave in and went to bed after keeping the neighbours awake for hours with our cackling !

Next day was aborigional culture center day WOoo hooo !! Went to the center and watched a film and it had a giant emu in it there was a model of a giant emu and its eyes lit up red !! (yeah was as crap as it sounds) - then we did this rock climb hike thing that was so much fun me and karla dont mind treking if its over rocks its more fun one girl droped her camera down a "crevice" but luckily we managed to get it back , seriously breathtaking views when we got to the look out got a few pics (camera perked up ) of me n karla practicly hanging off the edge of a cliff karlas legs were shaking i held it together for the crowd but i was feeling the fear !! - after lunch (left over roo and snags )we headed off to the ocean rd where we saw London Bridge (cliff formation not actually london bridge) bay of Martyrs loch ard gorge and loads more random rock formations and som MANY FLIES ARGHHH !! stopped off at safeway (yeah u heard it it still egsits here!) and stocked up on alcohol and arrived at our beach house which was pink just b4 this i might add our tour guide came out and admitted he was gay ?!!!! It was so awesome once our stuff was unloaded we crossed over the road to the beach and everyone legged it into the sea it was so cold !!!!! after the hyperthermia had past it was actually quite refreshing !! we decided to get out after a bit but sarah Nic and Jen stayed in and proceeded to take there clothes off !! hee hee then just as they were reclothing they started screaming and ran out There was a stingray the size of a arm chair in the water !! So funny to watch ! Dinner was roo buritos which were awesome ater that we sat on the balcony and drank and drank some more then it was time for the sunset at the twelve apostels oh my god we arrived this gang of drunken tourists at this serene beautifull spot and were so noisy and leathered i would have been so pissed off if i was trying to enjoy a romantic sunset and us lot turned up !! but i wasnt i was part of the yobbo gang and i loved it , we saw an amazing sunset and watched fairyu penguins on the beach so so cute and still so small Please can i have one ? !! then back to the hut to continue our trend of drinking and listening to music finally we gave up and went to the local pub where we drank some more !! our group was so cool we couldnt have asked for a better bunch of people bar 1 who was a complete and utter nob muncher but anyway !! Me n Frances met a local guy who actually ended up following us home but eh never mind !! then it was back to the beach house where we played "have u ever"now me and karla had never played have u ever and karla just didnt seem to be able to grasp the concept and as she was drunk it seemed to completly baffle her ha ha she was so funny ! anyway many revelations were found out about our fellow travellers and muchos drinkos was consumed i think i finally got to bed about half 3 and karla follwed at about half 5 was it karla and did u have sand in your pants i think u did !!! karla and Jacob up a tree or should i say on the beach ?!!!

Next morning hangovers intact fter a bowl of musli and yogurt (we are musli people all the way now sod your toast n bacon , bowl of musli 4 me) back to the 12 apostles for our group photos (wthout the eski in tow this time)we some how managed to get a gang of bikers to take photos for us which was cool , everyone was pretty quiet on the bus the night b4 had taken its toll but we continued to stop at every single pull in along the way to look at coastal phenomenos we even stopped at Cheese world !!! (realy just a big room not a world i was expecting things made out of cheese but they just gave us free cheese and wanted us to buy milkshakes ?!! ) stopped at bells beach where point break was filmed that was cool, climbed up some rocks to a major lookeout got some amazing photos - walked through a temperate rainforrest - stopped off for lucnh and had fish n chips (which was nice after eating so many sandwiches i thought i would die) we hung out at the beach for an hour or so and continued our games of "i have never" and then got back on the bus by this time everyone was sick of flies sick from the night b4 and sick of the music that was being played everyone just wanted to get to melbourne , we stopped at the home of ripcurl and quicksilver looked round the shops really wanted to purchase so much but funds wouldnt permit :(then back on the road for a long drive finally we arrived in melboune !!! WE then had to walk from the bus station to hostel which was hell on earth !!! (next chapter)