Dad Loved the new pics of the view from the Sydney flat. Good to speak with you pre PADI course. On my way to Moscow for a 3 day meeting today, but I have managed to secure a ticket for the Champions League final between Chelsea and Man U, so life isn't too bad! LYL

Dad Hi Guys A quick message at 830am from Gay Paris. The sun is shining, summer feels like it may finally be starting and I had two boiled eggs for my breakfast - life is sweet! Oh, and Mum and I celebrate 25 years of married bliss today. What can I say? I am taking a day off tomorrow so that we can go out for lunch in Dorking and whisper sweet nothings to each other! I like the new pictures -I videoed the Sydney Harbour bridge from the Manly ferry and I have a film of ant-like people climbing the bridge early in the morning, so your picture of the same scene evoked a flashback to the 2003 Rugby World Cup. I hope all is well. Everything is fine with us. Puppy doing well, albeit a naughty little chap. His current nicknames are Rat Boy and Monkey Man. LYL

Granny Hello Alice Granny in the shed with Mum - help here I am sitting in the shed mum is typing a message looking at your photos. I know you are having a wonderful time and keeping safe. Dylan is a dreamboat but I think he will be a Mr Pickle when he grows up! Lots of love to both of you Granny xx

From mum in the shed Hi al and hel Today is lovely and sunny and I am busy with cricket stuff again. In spite of the snshine we have called off matches for next weekend because the pitch is so wet. Hey ho! No such problems in aussie land I daresay. Just one point I would like to make, Bryon Bay is not in South Australia unless of course they have moved it I last was there (in the far off, good old days)....love you loads. MintheS xxxxx

mum Robinson! Hi thought i`d try to write a message! All well in westcott niki & David were staying for the weekend. Want to see picture of car! Does it have a name yet!! Had fun in st ives with rowbothams!

Dad So I guess it has to be me again - the valiant message man who keeps your message board reasonably fresh! It was good to catch up this morning and thank you for your email Al - I will reply after I have posted this message. It's been a weird Sunday, with bright sun and heavy rain swopping places throughout the day. We had the 'sign up' day at Stoke d'Abernon CC and, despite the rain, there was a good turnout. Mum arrived there just in time to stop the Chelsea Ladies team and their various coaches from using the square as a practice football pitch. Are footballers thick or what? Katherine went to London on Friday and has not reappeared yet, whilst Will has been working quite hard (by his standards) preparing for the start of term tomorrow and only 3 weeks to his first AS exam. Granny is coming to stay next weekend, so I will get her to post a message. LYL Dad XXX

Dad Hi Guys - We have all been waiting for more pictures. There's only so many times that you can look at the original 16 before running out of inspiration. So, the new batch will undoubtedly trigger a wave of messages. I have so far looked at 100 or so of your Melbourne snaps and it seems that the 'New Art' is a combination of black and white and close ups of wine glasses! You both seem to have lost weight, so make sure that you eat decent food in your penthouse before embarking on the chitty chitty bang bang tour. We landed at lunchtime today from our excellent week in Arizona. We even managed to do the Grand Canyon and a sunrise trip in a hot air balloon, so I am feeling appropriately self-satisfied with my concession to being a tourist for a couple of days. We returned home to discover that the driveway is inaccessible, courtesy of Wayne and his boys digging up the entrance and laying block paving. Thankfully Katherine parked her car next door, so Mum was able to head off to collect the Sabu. LYL Dad XXX

gods Alice and helly... Oi! We are taking the time to update this wonderfull site and yet no one is leaving us messages.....untill you leave us a couple of messages you shall nothing from us! Thats right NOTHING. We are just off to enjoy our spectactular views from our penthouse apartment. Ha. The End.

Queen Katherine Hallo Bumfaces Mum speaks the truth. We went puppy snuggling. IT WAS SO CUTE I left speaking in nothing but high pitched sabu tones. They are like tiny moles and can't walk yet so they just shuffle about the place like wiggly bean bags. I LOVE YOU SISTER Helly, you are quite nice also I suppose. Me X

Mum Hi Al and Helly - great pictures! KP and I went to see the puppies today -so cute, they look like little moles. Ours has a great white flash down his chest. He snorts and wriggles a lot. We took pictures, but KP took the camera with her to London so when she is back I will do my technical bit and try to email them to you. Otherwise all is well here. Driveway will be done hopefully in the next week and then we can look forward to some sunshine in the Arizona desert over the Easter holiday! Lyl Mumsy x

Dad Hi Guys. It seeme that very few people are posting messages, so I am taking a minute off work to say hello. If my memory serves me correctly, you will soon be on your way to Oz. Life grinds on over here and you will be pleasantly surprised to see that everything will look exactly the same when you return as it did when you left. I do have one exciting thing which awaits Alice and that is a 3D picture of my heart! I had a fancy medical yesterday and they did a CT scan of my heart to check the pipes. The picture is pretty disgusting, so I may use it as the theme for our Christmas card this year! Other news includes today's story that Tinker had 3 puppies last night, one of whom is a dog, so he will be on his way to us in a couple of months time. New carpets beckon. Deep joy! LYL Dad

Fransy hels bels and ally wally glad to hear your having an amazing time - but it does't make me any less jealous of you both!!! at this very moment it is 5:14 which means 16 mins until the weekend woo! but with no money and no friends I'm thinking of quiting my job and coming to join you - how do you both feel about that? x x x x

Mumsy Hello Thai Ladies - All's well here; no sewage in our showers - ha, ha. My week has been busy. I have been busy with ski stuff and am thinking about moving to 'Snow and Rock' as I have been there rather a lot this week! I have made a new friend called Will (very helpful young man!). I'm going back there again on Monday....Otherwise life carries on as usual! Lots of love to you all x

Dad Hi Guys Glad to read your latest tale of heat, stress and sewage. It's always good to have a bad experience every now and then, because it makes the good ones that much more pleasurable! Life in blighty is the same as usual - rain, more rain, frost, sun and rain! The garage is taking shape and they are now starting on the structure for the roof. The drive will reamin a bombsite until well into March. Sabu loves the builders and their sandwiches. She was caught yesterday stealing mum's fruit cake from their plates, so she is in the dog house and on a diet! Stay in touch and LYL.

Sister Patrick Hallo Bintys I'm procrastinating, and not doing my dissertation so I thought I'd leave a little posty. You are rubbish at updating. But I love you lots (Alice) and I think you are nice (Helly) you are both special.