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Hello!
This is my first blog post...I just wanted to trial it and get to grips with it while I have the time!
So our flight out of Heathrow will be at 10pm Thursday 4th March 2010, where we will fly to Dubai, refuel then onto Brisbane. We will then catch an internal flight up to Cairns and start our adventure travelling down the East coast of Australia.
Feelings at the moment...have I packed everything? Have I forgotten anything? Must remember to take a hairbrush - I didn't when I went camping in year 8 with school and definitely regretted that one! Money, passport, documents and itineraries, plug adaptor, MP3 player, camera, pack of cards, clothes - just so much to think about. Lists everywhere...lists about lists...piles of things everywhere. Planning this trip is like planning a military operation, and I have been lucky to have Sarah (a 'round-the-world with a backpack' expert...specialises in condensing and filtering luggage to make it fit into a totally unrealistic sized backpack).
Huge excitment for the coming days, as well as the realisation that I will miss home comforts and friends and family but hey, a trip of a lifetime does not come along very often! Excitment, apprehension, wanting time to speed up, wanting time to slow down, and then before we know it we shall be meeting at Heathrow...
So, 4 days in counting, see you in Cairns!
Katie x
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Sue Found you!
Sue Noticed you haven't mentioned a mobile phone in your list of must-haves, though Ferg points out that maybe you are taking those 4 red phone boxes instead...? Yeah right..
Katie Yay a first comment! Yes, I was planning on taking a mobile phone, perhaps a bit more mobile than a red phone box lol...although getting that through customs may be quite a challenge! xxx
Jo You forgot to mention that piles upon piles...of clothes is all taking place in sarahs bedroom!! Loved reading your 1st entry, just need to keep it up! xxx
Ade There'll always be something you forget - the trick is to make sure it's not important!! xxx
Louise aww your so cute :) i cant wait to read more of these :) xxx
sarah hey hey happy camper :D this is so confusing that the posts work backwards! This is an amazing first entry kate. thats why i rated it 5 stars. It sounds like the first page of a very interesting book. I made the concious decision not to take a hairbrush and very much regretted it! (i did take a comb i wasnt entirely ungroomed!) I love this blogger thing it is waaaay cooler than my fb group :)! I am sending a virtual hug------- will miss you and worry about you and be jealous of you all at the same time! round the world love from moi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sarah o dear little ott for first comment.
Katie Ha thanks sis! and all of you who have commented...when I haven't left the country yet...this bodes well for the next 3 months! Yes, well I hope to get this all printed off professionally so I want it to be like a book - this may well be the book in me! Just a little o.t.t for the first comment love, but its lovely to know how you are feeling- now we know how each other feels/felt when you went! love k8 xxxxxxx p.s. i will be certain to take my hairbrush...can't have both poole sisters going round the world looking like they have been through a hedge backwards! lol :)
Baxtaaaaaaaaaa! Holla! Hope your marathon journey went well and you waved to the Baxter's in Dubai from me!!!! Tres jealous! Enjoy and get the photos on fb soon! Big love and hugs. Baxter x x x x