Hello people We staying in Brisbane at the moment with petie-anne's folks - mick and donna. We been here for about 3 weeks and gonna be staying another few then heading down towards Sydney - before heading to New Zealand on the 10th April. Brisbane quite a nice city - plenty of shops in the center and since we've been here its only rained the once - so the weather has been ok. We into Autumn now but the temp is still peaking at about 30 degrees most days - really similar to the autumn temp's at home! There is an man-made beach/pool on the outskirts of the city center - with a market at the weekend - so we been going there most weekends. Last weekend we went to Yerang to petie's grans - its right in the middle of nowhere - very few street lights and plenty blokes named neville and cleatus at the bar we went to tea for - went to a dog show the following day - gordon in his element! Emma got a job at a cafe so she away working tonight - i think i am over qualified for most of the jobs in this country - and probably too good looking - so am still unemployed - ozzy daytime tv quite good tho which is a good-send. This weekend emma going for a hen night and us boys gonna be having some beer and chilli - the following weekend me and gordon thinking about going for some surfing lessons at the surfers paradise - and then the following we planning to go to steve irwins zoo - crikey! Well hope all well with everyone Stay cool people Martin & Emma out! P.s. there has been a severe lack of messages on the site in the last few weeks - i expect this to change in the next few days or there will be trouble - u have all been warned - booya!