At home with the Dixies - well you will all be glad to know I have now had my hair done in Oz gone is the badger look, we have had a couple of relaxing days at home with Ang and the kids, we have had a brill pamper session and Ang has done my hair beautifully, we have been shopping and had a lovely little chat with an old lady from Derby who has been here for 47 years, she gave me a full history lesson as well as her life history of her trip over on the boats all...

Hoorah!!!! we have made it - we are here in Oz you will see from the photos the excitment when we started to fly over Australia was amazing but what we didnt realise even though we we flying over oz we still had another 4 hours to go. It is massive, and I have now learnt from a little old lady in the supermarket is that you can fit the whole of England into Victoria alone four times over!!!! Well after being checked out at melbourne airport by the sniffer dogs, ...

Good Morning Everyone - by the time any of you read this we may yes MAY be on our way to the airport to get the plane to Oz -look out John we are on our way !!!!!! We are experiencing our first Tropical Rain Storm with the most spectacular thundering and lightening going - Sian is hiding in a darkened room - Auntie jane -I totally blame you for this fear she has. I am loving the experience of it the rain is boiling hot - I have been sat out on the balcony trying ...

Well we made it half way there - flight was not too bad - very full and not much room to spread but we survived and no swollen ankles -stockings and aspirins worked ok - Sian started to get a bit restless after 7 hours but then went off to sleep , I was ok until about 8 hours then resorted to drugs shall we say hips and back became a litlle stiff so a few tools of the trade later and off into a nice relaxing sleep, Singapore immagration let us in ok and we didnt ...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boarding Passes Printed and looks like we are off - I am sat here now completely in shock I think - just spoke to Ang and little Abbi in Oz they are so excited -I cant wait to just sit and chat like the good old days. I knew the goodbye bit wasnt going to be easy but Meg has just gone to bed very quiet and put on her facebook - mum and sis have boarding passes - its final - am feeling very emotional about leaving her ...