Hi Anna and Vanessa,

Just caught up on your journal, all sounds so great. Laughed out loud about the dingo's!

If you need work anywhere near Brisbane, I may be able to help. Otherwise good luck in Sydney.

We are now offically booked for Vegas, flying 27th September, spending a week there and then over to Californa for a week driving up the coast. Our hotel is in a nature reserve on the beach, so no cars, you have to use golf carts to get round, can't wait, you know what my driving is like!

Keep up the entries, love Linds xx

Karl sends his love xx

Thi----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Bradley"
To: "Anna Bradley"
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: LAZY LETTER

> Hello Anna (eldest granddaughter!!!).
> It was fantastic to get your Lazy letter. I must admit it's the way I like to write letters or e-mail for that matter. I have been following your exploits on your diary thing ( can't think what it's called now,) but I find it enthralling. In fact after seeing your enjoyment of crocs and the like I've been looking for dog walking opportunities for when you get back. I'm going to try and attach a photograph of the duck pond, it was taken some time after 1897 and no I wasn't there at the time !! My last effort to send a photograph failed so this may suffer the same fate????
>
> Lots of love Don XXXXXXXX

s is a copy of an e-mail I tried to send(excluding photo).

now then scratcher glad to see ur having a wickerdy woo time and i understand that it's not the same with out us!!! well u will be glad to here we are now leaving our comfort zone at jj's and were heading to that masssiveeeeeee! rock!! weve packed it booked and soon to be fooked off!! rite well i will see u in a bit boobs!
x x x x xx

Hello, Anna I have just read your latest update and I was wondering are we doing the same travelling? whilst your photos are far superior to mine. I have to say that your readers are quite justified to feel a little cheated by your updates. Mate they are poor! If anyone is actually interested in what Anna has been seeing, doing and experiencing then I am more than happy for them to direct themselves to statraveljournals.com/ness where you can gain a fuller account of annas travels

Hi Anna

WOW, you have been busy ! we are very impressed, fantastic journal and you look like you are having a fantastic time !, Wish I could get one of our girls to experience the same thing as you are doing, alas they have no desire to venture too far away !!
Your mum updates us on a regular basis and we always like to find out what adventures you have been up to, maybe you can venture down south on your return !?, we still have Ellie ( Dog ) Ha Ha, but after hearing and seeing what you have been up to I am sure she will not cause you any problems, anyway in our household the kids bite not the dog !!.
You continue to have a great time and keep safe honey.
Hope to see you when you get back

Love and hugs

Sue, Pete, and all the Gang
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Hey up tis me!! We was dead shocked to see ya holding all kinds of furry animals, eg koalas, crocs and a snake!! Looked totaly awesome!! Grandad Don send you his love as do all of the Phippens!! Continue to have a great tme cuz Love ya loadz Alice, Tom, Grandad, Lozza, and Uncle Rob!! Ps da hamster is looking forward to seeing ya!! ROLL ON 6TH FORM :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey sweetie, your pictures are truly amazing! I am so impressed that you are getting close to animals such as snakes and crocodiles! I love snakes! And snorkelling looks so so fun. Just back from work, random hours. Lots of drunken young people there for a wedding tomorrow, quite good fun xxxxxxx

Wow Anna that picture of the Lion Fish looks amazing!! who took it they must be a great underwater photographer

anna man in that hermet crab racing pic you look about as tall as those kids.... really are you shrinking?

Morning Anna. Just thought I would update you on any news I can think of. Firstly, the weather over here is sensational. Wall-to-wall sunshine. Went to Yarm last night for a few Magners (cider) - it was a Thursday. All the schools have broken up so loads of teachers were out, have you noticed teachers always hang around with teachers? Anyway me, pete and scottie were spinning a yarn to some ladies - who were teachers - that I was a Geography teacher, Pete was Head of Physics and Scott was ganiter at Northfield. Predicatably, they walked off after a few minutes. You know you mentioned a while back you thought Pete had ADHD - well, I think ive got a mild version of this. Out of the 8 symptoms, ive got 6. One of them is - Talks excessively without appropriate response to social restraint and another one - Runs around or excessively climbs over things. I was told off in Tavern the other day for saying "piss". I mean, whats going on, its hardly a swear word. Bout time Kath did another Lasagne! Other news, there isnt any!

One final thing, I'm now, as they say, "out". Yes, I'm a raving homosexual - who'd have thought it - spread the word. Tell your friends.

Paul
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I also wanted to say that I appear to have missed your birthday for the sixth year running, and for that I am truly sorry. If it's any consolation I also forgot father's day.

Many happy returns of the day anyway,
Paul
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