This morning was spent visiting Eric (Beryl's father), and Beryl popped into the bakery to get a teacake for the occasion, which was yummy. Beryl told him that it was Heidi's first day of preschool, and Eric asked if Louise was OK about it as he had forgotten whose little girl Heidi was. Beryl kept pushing him into remembering, and he tried escaping with the excuse of going to the toilet. He's doing pretty well though given that he's 94! We met back up with Ian,...

During the week, Beryl and Ian look after Heidi, and so Heidi came upstairs to brush her teeth with me, and show me all around the top floor (which is where they used to live, before they found an apartment). I blame this on the fact I left my camera at home, as I didn't have my full attention on packing what I needed for the day. Beryl drove me and Heidi to the shops, and she showed me where I caught the bus from, and how to get back to their house on the w...

Once we had all eaten breakfast and ready, Beryl started the drive towards the Three Sister's lookout near Katoomba. On the way I noticed on the left hand side there was a pathway for cyclists next to the motorway which I thought was good. Once there, I asked if there was a story behind why it was called the three sisters, and an Englishman overheard. According to his friend, a father wanted to protect his daughters from a beast and so turned them into stone and ...

Ian dropped me and Beryl off at Manly ferry wharf, and we got a ferry into Sydney CBD. I really appreciated having Beryl with me as she was pointing out things on the way, like the quarantine they used to put diseased immigrants in once they'd reached Sydney, and an island they starved convicts on. She was also good at being my photographer (so I could prove it was me there). Once we'd reached Circular Quay, we walked up and around the Opera House. I needed the...

Katie reckoned she would be over the limit to drive us to the airport, so Bex drove us there instead although because I wasn't in charge of when I got there, it made me feel a bit nervous I would miss my flight (I don't think I have ever, or will ever again, check-in and then straight away be able to board (when final boarding's was being called!). Alice had decided to go back to Melbourne for a couple of days before meeting up with me in Sydney, so we parted way...