The ski season was great and I'm so pleased that we got the jobs there, we met some great people and had such a laugh. Steve was working in the ski hire department and I was part of the waitressing/housekeeping team, I really enjoyed the job as there was no pressure and you forget about work once you finish and of course the chance to snowboard most days is such a great bonus. We had some great fancy dress nights where all the staff let their hair down, with the...

We actually got our next helpex the same day as leaving the devil. The decision to do another one really was down to money obviously due to the last experience it really was the last thing we wanted to do. The ladies name was Trudy and we were to be staying with her and her two boys Callum and Max, we turned up at her house in suburban area of Western Sydney about half hour drive from the centre. It was nice to actually be in civilization again, that night she dr...

Ok, here we go again. Sorry for my extreme lack of blogging action I guess there is a lot that I need to update you all on. Very short update, we came home in September and we're now doing the Ski season in France which has already been quite interesting but I'll get to that shortly (hopefully)…. Ok I think I left you all hanging on with my gamy armpit saga, well as you can guess I survived and have 2 scars to prove it but all has healed nicely. The doctors co...

Abcess story continues….. We got to Tweed Heads hospital and spent a while waiting to be seen and checking me in! Maybe in the stress of the situation one of the abcesses decided to pop rather than be popped (sorry again!)and when I lifted up my arm for the doctor to examine and remove the dressing it acted like removing the lid from a tightly rolled up tube of tooth paste, I'm sure your imagination doesn't need much more help there. The doctor didn't flinch b...

We drove straight through Brisbane, having spent way too much time at the place already it was the last place we wanted to see again!! And the feeling of crossing into New South Wales was quite refreshing, not sure whether I speak for Steve but I was tired of Queensland and that same road which we'd driven 3 times now. We were going to stop at Byron Bay for a few days. Typically known as a hippy town which it lived up to with dreadlocked people wandering around ...