hi baby and david , nice to hear from you, nice to know you are working hard, never mind you know it makes sense.... Debra phoned thursday ,she said they had a lovely weekend with you and Daveit was good to hear her voice...she is sooooooo like her mama... We have just booked our hotel in singapore ,we leave here on sunday morning, its a 14 hour flight, I'll be glad of the rest. We are staying at Raffles in Singapore so that should be great, we have found ,if you book as late as possible, we get a good deal, some times half the book price. Glad you like the photos, we realy like the way they are turning out. Wont be long be for its all over.....so we are making the most of each moment. Lots of luv mama and papa xx Pat and the guys send big kisses xxx

hello nanny and poppy how you all doing i read about the frogs i can just imagien you and pat about to go to the toilet and going befor you sit down (peeing your pants)sounds realy nice where you are all it does here is rain, rain and rain. i stayed at paul and alisons at the weekend i enjoyed going down the yard and helping out with the horses and stuff i was brushing frankies horse for about 20 mins waiting for her to get back from where ever she was. any way replie back when you get a minute love you bye x x x x x x

Hi ya Mar and Par the pictures are wonderful love the ones in the flippers looks fantastic. So your having a rest back at pats send my love to everyone and those big hunks your hanging around with he he. All is well at the Cokeleys working hard and time is just flying by. Debra and Michael came last weekend we had a lovely time shopping and eating she makes the same faces as you so I had you with me a few times he he. honey missses you and wants her nana and poppy back. i t does feel like a long long time you have been gone. Jamie called me today and we had a catch up and a giggle. We are going to lisa's this weekend having my hair done. So mar and Par you both carry on having a lovely time and we will speak soon lots a love katie xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone we are now back at Pats, left Airlie beach Wednesday 8.30am and drove all the way to Brisbane, got here at 11pm same day ...Pat and George took turns in driving changing every two or so hours, that then gives us 3 days before we leave Oz.we are trying to fit evryone in to say goodbye too we had to take the car back this morning ! it was a dream to ride also to drive... it was a Comadore exc. .Hi Paul, glad you liked the pics, Dad realy did well on the rapids...wait till you hear what a great day he had ! Tell Leah that we will be in Singapore for Valintines day sooooooo I dont know what we will do.I will write and tell her after the big day, I bet she gets lots of cards. Nice that Hayley can now look after the baby, I expect he is growing fast, how is Louie is he enjoying school ? they will have all grown a bit by the time we get home. Have a good meal at the Labworth with Debra and Michael... I think that we will be going there when we get home, it's good food. We did'nt get to see Jim as we were aready driving back towards Brisbane, we phoned him, our phones are not working 100% all the time. The great barrier reef was fantastic I will upload some more photos after the letter, we also have a DVD of the day....we played it this afternoon... its wonderful it will always remind us of our holiday, my camara has been great, it taken 100s of photos. Dad is going to Jujisu with David tonight he teaches class on Thursday nights.

Hi Mum & Dad Pics look great, nice bit of going on the rapids Dad. cant imagin how hot it is when i am sitting here in 2 jumpers & the heating on. Hailey baby sat my little cherub Riley on Friday so when she dropped him back on saturday we all went to the noddle bar. Hailey went home and Sam stayed the night and went to the yard with Alison and the girls on Sunday. Deb & micheal came down for Sunday dinner and to pick Sam up (i cooked it was yum). it was nice to have them down. So on this Saturday coming Me, Alison,Deb & Micheal r going to the Labworth for dinner (cant wait). keep having a great time, take care & love & miss u both c u in 4 weeks Paulie

Hi Gertrude ( Franchesca) Ohhh soooooo your off skii-ing on saturday, you have a wonderful time and be safe ,its hard to think of snow when we are melting in this heat, most days its 35 degs and your sweating as soon as we wake up. I know you are reading all our messages so you can keep up with our travels....and fun .Frankie I'm only going to tell you this...each night we sleep in a differant room ,moving from place to place ...well !!! you see Pat shares our rooms with us! one night I got up to use the loo ....went back to bed and got into bed with Poppy again, guess wot I woke up and I was in Pats bed cuddled up to her .... we did laugh, time to close luv you loads and loads keep in touch and you have a wonderful holiday xxxxxxxxxxx Nanny and Poppy

Hi princess Leah we are having a wonderful holiday, we are still in Australia untill Sunday then we are flying to Singapore for 5 days, the weather is very hot, very very hot, hotter than crabing at Southend. the Great barriier reef had lots to look at , lots of great big fish all differant colours, we saw loads of Nemo's I kept saying : I can speak whale ....they never answered. we are both missing you very much and cant wait to see you, only another 4 weks and we will be home ...luv you Leah xxxx nanny and Poppy

hi to you Lin & Mo...John ...Susan...Jim..thanks for your mail we left Cairns on Sunday ,we hired acar to travel back to Brisbane...our first stop was Ayr we stopped at a motel...Next stop is Airlie beach staying for two days so we can go to the great barrier reef..which we did to day ( tuesday) it was fantastic we were taken out on a sea cat,very fast and it still took 3 hour to get there, we then went onto a floating ponton, we saw the most wonderful fish and coral,we all did snokling just floating on the water ...it was magic ! the blue water the sun soooo hot... made a wonderful day. We got back at 5.30pm, so we came into Airlie beach to tell you all about it. Jim I have your phone no. will give you a call. What a shame we were only 30 mins. from you, it would have been great to see you all ,but alas we leave Oz this Sunday to fly off to Singapore. I'm glad everyone is liking the photos it great to take them the sceneryis great, also downloading them is a fete evey time, I'm just glad its working. Susan it great to hear from you ,good luck in Bulgaria..Look afte our Maureen and keep her in touch with our travels...say hello and wish her better,( this will make her laugh) Pat went to the loo, to do a wee, she flushed it and looked down the pan as you do, she called out :Kathleen come here.... so I rushed in and you will never believe wot was down the pan .....FROGS bloody big green frogs all climbing up the pan...were do the come from I hear you all ask !!!under the toilet rim , thats where, I cant use the loo any more, George said they are not there now, frogs all gone, sooooooo I went in tonight to use it, flushed it and the b-------d thing fell into the pan and started croaking, we're moving on tomorrow ,thank god. Lin sorry you had to have your sing along with out my wonderful vioce, I have been singing in the car to Pat & George ...all ozzie songs. I will be back in touch soon, going to talk to the grandchildren....luv to all

hi nan & pop wat u been up to going skiing on satuarday i cant wait will bring u and pop bk a presy for wen u get bk hope u r having a great time and getting brown i like the pics os u n pop in the tree tops it looks well cool cant wait till u get bk to see u coz i missed u wen u see me next i probly wont have white eyes from the goggles sorry for the slang been on msn to much this week love u loads frank x x x x

Hi nan & pop what country are you in now. how are yous doing. Is it hot were you are. I cannot wait to see you when you get back. what are yous doing for valantines day are you doing something speicil. what are you doing now. when will yous be back from holiday.

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Hi Kathleen & George, spoke to paul today and he told me you were now in cairns. Seen all your pics, what lucky sods sprang to mind. Looks like you are having a fantastic time, you both deserve it. If you have got time it would be great to see you both, i could even give george a lesson on how to fish. Port Douglas is where we live now, you should come and see it's beautiful and maybe have a meal with us. You're probably sick of BBQs by now. Phone me 4099 1312 at home or mobile 0410 153145. Hope to hear from you soon, love Jim, Nardya and Bo

Hello K&G
Sounds like your having a whale of a time. It feels like you have been away for a year!! Spoke to Maureen yesterday she sounds awful, shes got the flu and is really suffering - poor thing. Off to Cape town on the 18th you lucky things. Sherrol gave me a good slap!! It was strange hearing George saying about the great wide empty rivers. When I was there in 1989 the Todd river flooded and nine people died! It had been dry for 50 years. Id never seen rain like it just my luck. Were off to France on 18th Feb for the weekend Maureens coming with us. We left the Christmas tree and decorations up when we left It looked so pretty. So Maureen will be able to enjoy a xmas weekend with us in France. Were going to Bulgaria at the end of March to look at properties there, really looking forward to it. Been very busy at work and am back to 5 days a week. Cant see it getting any less busy whilst we have the merger going on. Photos are wonderful. Did you get my email that I sent on 31 Dec???? Speak soon, all my love Susanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx