Landing at Melbourne, we quickly picked up our bags hindered by the helpful airport staff putting all the other flight's bags on the conveyor belt before ours. Kirsti's Dad picked us up and dropped us at The Palace for the pub quiz to defend our title of the previous week's champions oh and to spend our $50 winnings! Needless to say we won again by an astounding margin thanks mostly, I like to believe, on my skills at identifying the top selling hits in the UK be...

My first week in Oz was spent in a bit of a jetlagged blur. I didn't know how quite how tired I was until I saw the pictures of me at Verity's birthday party looking like a pasty tired eyebag monster! This is why there aren't that many pictures with me in... I met up with Kirsti on the Saturday morning. It was really good to see her after nearly two years of emailing back and forward nearly every day. We headed off to the zoo to see the month old baby elephant a...

Well I've finally arrived Down Under after a hectic but lovely couple of weeks since I left work. I didn't realise quite how many people I had to say goobye to, I know I should be used to it by now but I'm still not very good! London with the Brazil crew and Center Parcs with my lovely ladies and various meals with various people had all but wiped me out especially when sleep was being evasive inbetween. On Tuesday I left Portsmouth (sorry Susie for crying at th...