It's been a while.....
Well, it's been a while since we've updated on here so I'll quickly fill you all in on what we've been upto.
We went to the Sydney Opera House and watched Hansel and Gretal on our last night in Sydney which was certainly interesting. While it wasn't the greatest performance ever we still both enjoyed it. After that we've doubled back on ourselves and travelled back North to spend a couple of nights in Newcastle. Just like it's namesake back in the U.K. it rained constantly while we were there so we ended up spending most of our time indoors watching the Aussie Rules and the Rugby.
After that we travelled out to the Blue Mountains where we spent several days walking around the mountains and valleys. It was lovely place to relax ands all the mountains did indeed have a blue haze over them caused by the eucalyptus trees.
After that we travelled to Australia Capital Territory where we spent a few days staying with Rachael's Aunty Leslie on the outskirts of Canberra. It is a city unlike any other in Australia and you can tell it was planned and then built, one of only four cities in the world that were. We went to the old and new Parliament House, the National Gallery, the Australia Museum, the Botanical Gardens........ and many other places. In fact we spent most of our time in and out of various museums and galleries. It all also rained pretty much the whole time we were in Canberra as well, in fact it got so cold and gloomy for a while I thought I was back in Bolton!
We left Canberra on Monday and travelled down to Bairnsdale where we spent a night and went round to visit my Gran who I haven't seen in over ten years. It was great to see her again.
That was last night and we left early this morning to travel upto Melbourne which is where we are now. We're booked on a ferry at 9pm tonight to take us over to Tasmania where we arrive at 7am the following morning.
Once we've got a bit more time I'll try and write something more meaningful than a list of places where we've been.
As regards the cricket.... well, I never like that game anyway!
posted by Saddlesores @ 10:13 PM
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Just to fill you both in about things over in the UK, it's gone wild following the England Ashes victory. Spent most of the working day yesterday in the pub (with the boss so it was classed as a 'business meeting') and it was a great atmosphere. We were all bricking it when Warne and McGrath started to skittle the England bowlers. Still, thank god Warne dropped Pietersen - the rest is history!
I'll be calling my ex-uni mate who lives in Brisbane at some point soon to rub it in after years of non stop grief from him.
For once, I'm glad to be in England rather than Australia :-)
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