hey! long time no chat once again, but nothing much really happened yet again..just been working sleeping and eating.. apart from that, nearly recovered from my random illnesses and feeling much happier again. xavier has moved out now and has a great flat in nearbly Bronte Beach with a couple hot brasilian twins the little french casanova... went to visit him recently, a gorgeous walk along the cliffs through a few small beach towns and stunning scenery, dolphins jumping in the ocean beside us, huge waves crashing at the rocks and amazing surfers urm surfing.. also our plans have kinda changed, johannes has had a chick from back home come out to see him and is now going up the coast with him, and chris' dad and sister came out and are also staying in our flat!!! so thats about 29 people now lol. no worries though i know its not for much longer! and im working most of the time anyway. now because old joshy is coming out on march2nd, i cant really wait til the end of march to leave with the guys and the girls-wouldnt really wana travel with them all the way anyway coz theyre both loved up with swedish girlfriends at the moment..so worked out well. will travel up to byron bay on the 13th march on a 5 day surf course, will be unbelievably fun, heard so many good things from other people that have done it! 2 surf lessons a day, satying in remote beach purpose built surf shacks with hammocks, bars, pools, parties all night long! and then gona hopefully spend a few more days in the unofficial surfing capital of Oz -bryon bay- then up to surfers paradise city, followed by brisbane city and then depending on the money sit, going on a 3 day fraser island 4X4 safari. driving over huge sand dunes and along the beaches, camping all the way, on the worlds largest sand drift island which also includes the world famous lake mackenzie, a fresh water lake in the middle of the island with a beautiful beach. weather should be perfect too! then either getting a job back in byron bay fruit picking or whatever comes up, or bussing or flying back to sydney to see josh back to the UK and then working a few more weeks in my Gelato Bar, followed by a flight to Cairns in north east Oz to meet chris and to get a job there. seeing how things plan out, me and chris still plan to work in cairns, get a car and go round to perth via darwin. i have a flight booked to go to Bali in june and london late june, and depending on whether i can save enough for a speedy return flight back to oz,i will come home for my 21st bday and the world cup and then after that get back to oz for another year, working and travelling, followed by hopefully getting back out to asia or maybe even doing a year in New Zealand, why not whilst im over this side of the world im thinking! so at the mo, well looking to big joshy coming out, hes gona get a lot of abuse and probably alot of pain in the waves and the lack of Ozone. expect maximum burnage bro. make make make sure u bring lots of factor 30 at least. maybe even a bit more for your face. im pretty brown at the mo, brownest ive ever been probably,as i work most nights and spend most days at the beach! and ive only just gone down to factor 18... badass extreme UV over here! anything else to say.. urm not really,, no girls on the scene at the mo unfortunately, but thats cool, nice and relaxed, working alot anyway! playing lots of footy mon and wed games and everyday on beach. mastered the triple around the world if ure interested in the slightest lol. adsta.. can u do one yet lol?? hope everyone is well, ive just fin work, lookied at my mums pics from NY, look like she had an amazing time, looks so bloody big and cold! wish i was there with ya too mum! will be there in the next 3/4 years though im sure. anyway,nabbed some chicken and cakes from work so gona go munch, go to sleep, wake up at 5.30am to watch the arsenal Real madrid game, well excited, then beach for 2 days, TWO DAYS OFF! gona make most of it! peace