Hi again,

Really love the new photos from Summer Bay, great to see Home and Aways latest cast members. I thought you two had got a job cotton picking - not acting! I think you would both fit in with the rest of the cast very well! Enjoy the rest of you trip up north.

Love Lis. x

Hey Laura and Courtney,

Haven't heard from you two in a while, so I assume you are havin a great time. Looking forward to hearing all about the east coast and seeing some up to date photos. Maybe you will be able to Skype soon or drop me an email. Same old same old here. Thinking of you both.

Lots of love, Lis. x.

Hi Laura and Courtney,

Mum tells me you have arrived safely in Sydney. I'm sure you both can't wait to explore it. Make sure you take plenty of photos and keep us updated. Loved the photos of you sandboarding. Will look fowarding to speaking to you on Skype when you can. No news here. Take care and enjoy Syndney.

Lots of love, Lis. x.

Hi Laura and Courtney

Just to wish you a safe journey to Sydney.

Looking forward to hearing all about the east coast.

We are all envious !

Hope all goes to plan .

Lots of love from Mum and Dad xxx

Hi Laura and Courtney,

The last batch of photos are brill. It will be only when you both get home that you will appreciate everything that you both have achieved and done. You will have some fantastic memories and stories to tell us when you touch base.

Give our regards and thanks to Brian and Patricia for being so generous and kind in sharing their life with you.

Happy travelling to Sydney.

Love you both.

Mum and Dad.

Hi to you lucky two,

Wish we were still on the trip with you.I knew you would be back at Margaret River- all that chocolate and fudge.Glad to see you got to the top of that tree and back down in one piece.

We are so jealous ,we want to go back.Bring on the 14 hour flight!

Keep enjoying every minute

Mum and Dad xxx

hi Laura and Courtney, Anthea is over staying with me in Bath this weekend and we've just been browsing your photos - lovely to be able to follow your travels! Wishing you so much fun and adventure over this next year-enjoy this special time together. love to you both

sharon and anthea xxxxx

Hi Laura and Courtney

Well we are home safely albeit a little jet lagged

We had a wonderful time in Australia- nice to see how the other half live!

Hope the next stage of your adventure is all you want it to be.

We can spend the winter months looking through the photos -the warm Indian Ocean,days by the pool,45 degrees in York! (Is anyone else hot in here? )

HAVE A BLAST!

Lots of love Mum and Dad xxx

PS Regards to Bryan,Pat and Rebecca and thanks for a 'bucket' load of memories.Working on the 'bucket list'.

Hi guys,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jen and I have just been looking at all your photo's........ we are very jealous!!! You both look like you're having a great time and hope 2009 brings more of the same.

Courtney....... work is going well, everyone seems happy (apart from grumpy Brian) and Somervilles's are still busy at a time when many other shopfitters are laying people off.......lets hope it contuines (touch wood).

11 weeks to go untill baby Somerville is born, Jen and I are both excited, so by the time you guys get home we should have a fully trained mini Joiner (male or Female).

Anyway, good to see all is going well and your both having the time of your lives........we both reget not doing the same thing years ago.

Lots of love from Steve, Jen + bump

P.s. we like the new hair style DJ Courtney...... it suits you!

Well Folks,

Thats it for another year (thank god). Time to start getting back to normal (hopefully) work wise. Mum and i are heading down to Enniskillen for a couple of days and hopefully have a we boogey while we are there. All our love and best wishes for 2009 be sure and look after yourselves, hope to see you in March sometime somewere somehow somechance. In the meantime Behave and safe travelling.

Love Sammy and Mary

Alright chuckaroos?

Matt here. Hope you're both safe, happy and healthy out there. Merry merry Christmas season and a most spiffing festive tide to the both of you! Kangaroos for Christmas dinner methinks? Mmmmmm.... Ah well we're all sitting here in Naomi's bedroom, been wondering what to do with ourselves for the last three hours so rest assured you're not missing much down Comber way, other than Carla talking complete and rather hilarious s***! Gotta love it

Love the blog guys, am so damn jealous of you guys! Giving me itchy feet, wouldn't mind packing a rucksack and bombing about the world for a few months! Incidentally found a couple of good websites for work exchange in Australia recently, not sure if you've heard of them but they look v good if you're just looking for bed and board in exchange for some casual work for a few days/weeks- wwoof.ord and workaway.info look great, wwoof also has lots of good links

Anyways, better head on maties, Happy New Year to the both of you from the Russells and Dibdabdobbins, travel safely and have a blast! Big love, Matt

Hi Courtney & Laura

Hope you had a lovely birthday/christmas with Laura's mum and dad being there

It was nice here but a quiet affair really everybody was tired especially mum, but as usual she spent far to much on everybody, when will she ever learn!

Well Jenson got what he wished for and much more trucks,trucks and more trucks so he's happy and playing with everything he got the only problem is trying to explain it doesn't happen every day.

Seen your pictures at long last I like the truck you had for the camper van very nice, thats one of the trucks wee man got for christmas, anyway the pictures look great I can't get over how big the tree is that you climbed.

Jenson says hello! he hasn't been too well over christmas bless him a bit of a temperture but he's still in good enough form to tell granda to go and sit on the naughty step

Anyway hope your all well speak to you soon. Happy new year if I don't get speaking to you. love to everyone, sasha