Hi EveryoneThanks for the messages everything is fine and dandy over here   The weather is a bit crazy, on Saturday and Sunday we were able to wear our bikini?s and now it?s freezing again.  There is even snow in some parts!!  Supposed to warm up this weekend, must be all this global warming marlarcky.  Hey Shez, it would be great to see you out here, maybe we could do the middle together around May time?  Yo big bro, good result at the match glad you had a good time  Can?t believe you mooned at Sexy Siska hee hee  .  Definitely have to have a party at yours when I get back what shall the theme be?  Great news about Sandra & Nev, Sandra thinks I?m a witch because of me predictions!  Hey Clare, you must be very excited and nervous, good luck hun, have lots of rest and I want lots of photos.  Martin, would be great to see ya, your not staying far from us, give us a call when you arrive 0405293739!  Hey Mary, great to hear from you, you?d be hard pushed to get me home early, I love being a backpacker but it?s good to have my own room for a while!Well we done the Coogee to Bondi beach walk at the weekend it was lovely.  There was a sculpture show all along the coast, pretty amazing!  I started work again on Monday, got paid to stuff envelopes and watch telly all week.  Starting another reception job on Monday for a few weeks so that should keep me out of trouble.  Clair and Sarah are doing the Great Ocean Road at the moment, the house is very quiet without them.  I?m going to do some wine tasting on Sunday, really looking forward to that but just hope it doesn?t put me off the Goon (cheap wine in a box).  Well keep the messages coming love and miss you all ? Lisa xoxo

hello girlies!!!!

 glad to hear u both well, i lost the website for a while but clare c gave it to me!

nothin new here with me, usual story. just home from wk had 5 babies today i am shattered.

lookin forward to seein u clair....ADMIT IT everyone knows u just wanted to b i cheekos for the first bak hol of 2007!haha!

lisa good that u keepin goin...i found it hard livin out of the backpack and it was only for 2-3 weeks so i can imagine how pleased u both are that settled a little bit!

right, im goin to look at the pics now.

have fun and take care

mary b   xxx

HI Girls,

Its martin from thailand (london actually but you know what I mean)

I am am arriving coming to sydney on sat 25th nov,

have booked into a bed and breakfast in Crown street Darlinghurst for 4 weeks until I find somewhere to stay permenantly

Would be great to catch up with you whean I get there,

Martin X

Hi Girls, Just been reading everyones messages and looking at some of the pics.. I can see your both still enjoying every minute of it.Well the last few months have flown past for me and im sure they probably have for you too, being soo busy!! Im finally leaving work on Friday for a whole 6 months!! But i suspect the hard work is only just about to start for me!! Bubs is due 4 weeks yesterday so i get 3 weeks at home to look after myself and relax. Hmmm but im sure i won't i've got plenty to be getting on with before my little arrival! We've been sooo busy decorating and buying furniture and clothes which is why i hav'nt said hello in a while.. I met up with Vanessa, Grace, Katie Sargent and Nicola(v's friend ) last night we went to pizza express, my last evening out before i go pop!! Probably the next time i get to do that Clair bear you'll be back and coming along too! It'll be nice to see you home and Lisa i have no doubt that you'll be fine on your own( well not on your own but you know what i mean)  Congrats to Sandra and Nev, another little Britto on the way.. My sis is near now too.. 2 weeks today so i'll let you girls know when the new arrival gets here and Darren will be on the txts as soon as mine gets here..so don't be angry when you possibly get woken from your beauty sleep! Stay safe girls and i'll speak to you soon xx loadsa love clarexx

Hi girls - looks and sounds like you are still having a fantastic time!!!!!!!!! Really wish I could get out of here - work is driving me mad!!!!!!!! Getting very very stressed out!!!! Ofstead is in the area and everyone is very worried and working silly hours - I am too but drinking twice as much!!!! Clair cant say I am sad about you coming home early!!!!!!!! Cant wait to see you!!!!!!!!!!!!  If you fly in on a school day I will have to pull a sickie!!!!

Everyone here is well, havent really been out and about much - cheaper and less embarrassing to drink at home! Collette is moving house - cant live in a party house any more! She is getting too old for it!! I am flying home for a week end in December - have something mad to tell you!! Sorry everyone for clairs ears only!!! Will email it to you! Denise wedding plans are coming along - but again driving me mad - I didnt realise she would spend nearly every waking second talking shoes, dresses........!!!!!

Any how better get back to the books!! Love you lots and lots Mrsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey girls!

 Sorry ive not posted a message in ages i forgot how easy it is to just get caught in doing the normal life things while you two are having a holiday every day! Your pictures look fantastic and its really funny because your boat on the Whitsundays trip Siska was the boat i mooned on mine!! Haha Anyway you both look like you are having the time of your lives and meeting lots of great people, Hope work and the flat are all ok? I hear you had some winners at Melbourne, becoming regular gamblers now? Lisa, great news about Sandra and Nev isnt it? You were so right before you went away! Clair will see you sooner than expected heh? Well enjoy the rest of the trip every day and look forward to seeing you soon for a few tinnies! Not in my flat yet but its coming, maybe a party at mine when you return sis!

 Lots of love to the two of you! and missing you both!

Love Andrew xx

Ive just been looking back at past messages and I havent left one for ages but Ive spoken to you both so thats not too bad!  Just noticed Gemmas message - so it is YOU sending me all these weird texts ha ha!!! ;) Am looking forward to seeing you back on home shores soon clair bear, I know youll have a great time beforehand!!!  Miss doyale I know youll be fine travelling on your own, am looking forward to meeting you somewhere along the way!!! Miss you both loads, work is pretty boring but this is a great way to pass the time ;) Im going to spend the next hour and half to hometime looking at all the pics I havent seen!!! ;) keep on having fun my two musketeers and ill speak to you soon love you long time ohhhhh baby!!!!!

Hey Guys

Only me   Hope all is well!  Audrey lovely to hear from you, congratulations on the book that's fantastic news!  Christine it was so lovely chatting to you too, glad to see you celebrated your birthday in the usual style!  Leanne thanks for the website link, glad to see the plans are going well, looking forward to the big day already.  Sarah can't wait to see ya, you are going to have the time of your life in the next three weeks!!!  I have a feeling a few of you might be worried about me now Clair will be going home but just to put your minds at ease we have met lots of lovely people and I have a feeling I will rarely be travelling on my own!  This place is so geared up for the traveller I will be pretty safe!  Clair will be happier at home and will have travelled everywhere that she has wanted too, she's been a fantastic travel Buddy and I will miss her loads!  Brendan, it was lovely chatting and seeing you on web cam the other night even though we were slightly intoxicated, looking forward to seeing you and Marie!   Well we have been in Melbourne for the past few days and went to the Melbourne Cup yesterday, we were all dolled up in our summer dresses, but it was freezing.  It didn't spoil our day though, the champagne bubbles soon warmed us up  and we a few of our horses got placed, unfortunately we didn't win the big race!  We met some fantastic people and a brilliant day was had by all.  Well back to Sydney tomorrow hopefully I will start working again.  I just wanted to say a big congratulations and thanks to Big Sis Sandra & Nev, because in May I will have the pleasure of being an Aunty again

Well that's all for now folks, we'll try and upload some more photos in the next couple of weeks - Take Care and keep the messages coming - Lots of Love Lisa xoxox

Hello ladies!

glad to hear you are still having such a fantastic time!

 I'm getting bigger by the day, and can sneakily announce it is a little boy!! Still doing really well, we moved house in the meantime, and i heard that the book i wrote last year is going to be published, so i'm walking on sunshine at the moment!

 Have a fabulous time for the next few months!

audrey (from thailand!)

Hello one and all,

 

Well you all know that we are now in Sydney working hard like good little girls in order to pay our rent for our beautiful house. Last weekend Lisa and I took a walk down to the Harbour Bridge and Opera house and it was truly spectacular, especially with the clear blue sky and beaming sun. Later that evening we had Leanne, Nikki, Hayley and Lucie over for dinner. We cooked and the girls brought the bottles of wine. After dinner we had planned to meet friends we made on our Fraser Island trip. On our way to the bus stop we popped into our local and had a shot of  (yes Vanessa) a Yagamaster bomb, our first ever and probably not our last!!!

 Sorry this is becoming more like a group email so I shall get to the reason behind this message now and send a group one later. I have chosen to speed up my trip around the world and condense it into 7months. This will mean everyone in London will get to see me sooner than they thought. I have decided to head home in February but visit all the countries I had originally planned to. Therefore, it will mean I can work less and travel more!!! WOO! Lisa has decided to stick to the original plan and God bless her for ploughing on like a true soldier. She is enjoying work and is going to take her time to travel around Oz. Whereas, I?m getting a little impatient waiting around and being in a dead end job just to pay the bills.  I feel like I might as well be at home doing the job I love and living the life I love. My friend Sarah is coming over next week and we are going to hire a car with Leanne and Nikki and drive along the Great Ocean road and travel up to the Northern Territory. Then I?m going to head over to NZ for the wedding with Brendan and Marie and then onto Fiji, the Cook Islands and LA . Well it is a lot to take in and I am probably running out of words on this message board so I shall love you and leave you for now.

 

Love Clair

Hi girls,

Im sitting at my desk looking forward to meeting up with Andy this evening, watching the match and having a magners, got those mid week blues!

I went to the travel agent on saturday and picked up my tickets so it is not long now at all.

I hope the jobs are going well for you both, Clair tells me you are off to the races good luck and don't get too hammered, im sure I will get the rather fun drunken phone call.

Marie was down the weekend and was asking after both of you, she is really excited about the trip.

Tim's birthday was so much fun, we went out for a meal to begin and ended up in a club which had about 4 smaller clubs in it. This was rather confusing as I was already drunk so it didn't help matters.

The lads went for lunch then on the sunday and had a nice day but I must admit I was wrecked by the time I got back to london. Thank god Lee drove!

Anyways must go, someone has to work!!!!

 lol

 Bren

Hey girls,

How are you?  Working hard I hope!!

Lisa it was really great speaking to you the other day - it really made my birthday!!  Started off the celebrations on the thursday night with some people from work at work bar (free drink I think you know where this is going already!!) that closed at about 9 so we went to a bar next door for some karaoke.  Not sure how long that went on for but 5 of us decided that wasn't enough and we headed in a black cab to the claddagh ring for some more karaoke!  Friday night went out for a romantic meal for 3 - Carly and Barney treated me to a lovely chinese then we headed to O'Neill's for a few bevvies!  By Saturday I was wrecked and X Factor got my undivided attention for the evening - but I was back on it yesterday after Bingo (which I didn't win!) and was slightly hungover this morning!!

Anyway, will write to you soon

Lots of love,

Christine