Anna Popey Hello everyone!!! Just to let you all know we are currently in Perth and that we will be back in the UK on friday:) I am unable to get on the comp a lot as it costs such a lot of money:( but I have been writing my blogs in my notebook and will be updating the site when I am home. I will be editing it also, as we can have it made into a little book to keep as our diary and photo album:) Looking forward to seeing you all soon, Anna xx

Anna Im officially stinking jealous that you got to go on the set of Neighbours!!!! Lol ~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah! It was cool! a little sad of us, but I enjoyed it:) I am back on friday this week by the way:) Will be back at 11:30am. xx

Mum Bailey like the new pictures. I only knew a few houses as I don't watch that.did you enjoy it?.how long did the tour last for?.weather looks good there, will be a bit of a shock for you back here!.( it's a bit cold here)see you when you get home Mum x Hello.yes it was a fun trip,was a cheap one so thought we'd go along. Had to look up houses on website as wasnt sure who lived in them in the show. It seems really small when you first get there and then seems normal after a while. Off to see Phillip island penguins today which might be last trip, but looking forward to it so look out for photos soon. Just seen Derby drew with Forset so guess there will be a replay sometime soon! See you soon

Dave Hello to you both! been looking through yours pics and am very jealous! made me want to plan my own lol Enjoy the rest of the trip and will catch up soon

grandma/grandad h Hello Ian, First of all i hope you are feeling better now. Took us about 3hours to look at your Tasmania pics and the others. They were beautiful, you,ll have to put the one with you under "Welcome to Derby" sign in the programme when you get back,"Where has your Derby shirt been"? Hope weather good for the tennis whilst you,re there. Stadium looked impressive from the pics you sent. Can,t see Murray winning, but you never know. Federra wasn,t too happy, as they put Murray at no.1! All his matches are on our tv live in the morning here,(you,re probably watching it as i send this) Matt going Man u Tuesday, he told me tonight that he is getting a scarf from shop before he goes, half derby/half man u.(same both sides) and 12,000 fans going, be an experience for him. Then the big 1 Friday night, FOREST. Grandad says if they play like they did on Saturday they will get hammered both matches. Hope you was standing somewhere safe when you was hanging over that rock in the pics? Made me glow looking at that 1. Looked very rugged in Tasmainia, would have been worn out with all that mounty-banking. Hope to see some pics of the tennis you,re at soon. Take care, love grandad/grandma hibbitt xxxx Hello,yes derby shirt has been all over australia! not been able to wear it that often as its been a bit warm to wear t shirts most of the time! Hope derby do manage to get to the final,would be a good thing in a bad season! Im off to the nadal match tonight at tennis,should be a bit cooler than yesterdays tennis day,was sat in the sunshine all day and it was 37oC The rocks in tasmania was a trick photo as was a nice slope to stand on just couoldnt see it:-) well off to get set to go to tennis now,speak soon

Daddy Pope Hi Anna Hope you enjoy the tennis - take plenty of fluids because it can get really hot at courtside. Your latest photos and blogs are great. I picked up the new car yesterday. It is fast enough although it needs running in for the first 600 miles. I have already done about 200 miles and the fuel consumption seems to be at least 50 miles per gallon. I think it is a match for the Micra in styling. The Social Survey Interviewer jobs I mentioned are with the Office for National Statistics. The applications are at www.ons.gov.uk/jobs. We will give you a ring on Keith's birthday so you can speak to him. Love Daddy ~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, So sorry for late reply, the tennis was good, very hot, but good. Thank you, I havent been able to update the blogs as often recently, but will complete them all when I get back. The car sounds cool:) Have you named it? I will apply for the job when I get back, sounds good, thank you for looking :) I hope Keith had a good bday! Anna x

Mummy Pope Well Heloooooo to you tooooo, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't have a doggy of your own one day Keith and I have a cat which visits us in Matlock Bath . He,s quite a large cat, looks like a tiger and Keith reckons that he looks like an Oliver. Oliver comes in to the house to check on progress and to eat up any scraps left over from lunch. He loves it now we've got the central heating working. We have got all the kitchen plumbing finished now and are well on the way to finishing the stud walls as well. We should be able to get the room completed for plastering by the end of next week.! Do you remember the quarry tile effect floor tiles I found in Wicks. I think they would look really nice with my units.You'll have to come and help me choose when you get back. Wombats are obviously batty!!! Hence the name I suppose. lol I'll have a close look at the latest pics again when the internet speeds up a bit. Love you take care Mummy xxxx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello:) The cat sounds cute! nice to share too :) awwww Oliver sounds like a good name :) The kitchen sounds like its getting there quickly now, when do you get your new kitchen? Yeah I remember:) they were nice:) Are you putting them anywhere else in the house too? I will enjoy helping to pick some out. Love you too Anna xx

mummy pope Hi,,Once again my network let me down. Couldn't get on the internet again yesyerday. It was worth the wait though. Your Tasmania pics are stunning.The beach ,the azure sea and scenery behind make it look like the perfect holiday destination. Even got sunshine , can't fault it.! Looks just perfect. The scenery generally makes Tasmania look like a it a very special place. I see you've made a friend in Ralf the dog. He looks really cute and loads of fun. Shame you can't bring him home. It must be lovely being able to see the wallaby's and other animals up close in the wild like that. I like the little cuties with the small eyes.(wombats ?) It makes them look really sleepy doesn't it.? The boiler works at last ! Gas fitter finally found the house. He spent ages blowing dust out of little pipes which had become blocked from the clouds of debris during building works. Still didn't work though until he warmed up the electrics with my trusty heat gun.Sensitive thing that boiler eh ? Just needed a little T L C. LOL Bye for now. lots of love Mummy xxxx ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hellooooo! I think my phone died when you tired to call me yesterday?! Its on charge now:) Not been 100% since the accident, lol You would love Tasmania, lots of walking and there are hardly any people about to spoil it either! Awwwww he was beautiful! so cute! wish he was mine:) lol but heh! maybe one day I can get a dog of my own. They are so much fun when they are well trained too. Yes, they weer Wombats:) they look like big teddies:) they seem ok with you standing near them on teh path, but they runn a mile if you step on the grass, lol awwwww. Glad the boiler is working now:) One less thing to worry about for you :) How far are you with the house now? Love Anna x

Mum Bailey hello to you both!, what a lot of pictures you took in tasmania, it looks really lovely there, did you like it?.loved the pictures of you with that cute dog,it reminded me of Ben when he was younger.I didn't know they had a place called Derby there,made me laugh at your photos next to the sign.it looked a bit cooler there than Austrailia(but not as cold as here!). I am really glad you got the camera sorted out Ian and hope it is ok from now on.Will try and get you tickets, but don't think they will win anyway Ian. have done E mail as you wanted, speak soon and enjoy the tennis xx Hello,yes liked it over there but wouldnt need to go back again as done everything there! its a bit cool too to say its middle of summer! colder than our summers actually! was fun having the car tho. All the places pretty much had english names,there was a sheffield and all sorts tennis is on monday yes for us,seen one of the players in a posh shopping centre last night eating an ice cream! andy murry is here now too,seen him practising and moaning on the news other day:-) off to sort bank out now so speak soon

Daddy Pope Hi Anna Thanks to you and Ian for all the Tasmania photos. Although I think native custom would approve of cuddling dogs, trees and even boyfriends, I am not so sure about cuddling cars! But maybe you see the Micra as an art object? Did he/she have a name? I see from the weather reports that Melbourne is very hot at the moment. I trust it is a nice dry heat and that you are able to enjoy the street culture there. If you get the chance I recommend you hire a car to travel up part of the Great Ocean Highway towards Adelaide - it was one of the places during our holiday that I marked out as somewhere to return to. I will ring again soon. Love Daddy xx ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hiya!:) I just thought the car was cute! It had big eyes! :) No name thought, but hmmmmm I spose I could call it sparkle. We had 37 0c on the first day in Melbourne, a little too hot for me, but it was dry air yes, so much better than Cairns. I has cooled down now, around 21oc today and cloudy, but monday is meant to be 35oc, so we will have to get ready for the heat whilst watching the tennis. We are looking at all the options before we go, maybe stay in Dubai for 2 nights!!!! But the Great ocean road sounds like a good option :) Hope you aer feeling much better now, how is work? Anna x

Anna Yeah i have :-(but just be glad once i know if its that! Yeah we should! I definetly need to get fit again :-( Its thier second date and she is going bowling with him lol mum hasnt been for like 10 years lol Never been but know a guy from there who would look after me :-) What is the plan when you get back? Hmmm well the Charlotte thing is urm interesting not gonna bore other people with it so will tell you when you get back! Anna ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah:) Let me know as soon as you find out the results Cool!!!!!!! :) That will be fun for her! A little more relaxed than just a drink or something too When I get back I need to find work! lol and also sort out uni stuff, like student loan etc. Its Keiths bday on the 21st of Jan Okay:) I will look forward to a proper catch up :) Anna x

Anna Just got back from the docs had 3 blood tests!!!To see if i have celiacs Lol no worries i was getting worried when you wasnt replying tho! Only Cotgrave at the mo trying to ease myself in! lol be good to have my gym partner back! My mum says hi and she is all excited about her date tonight she really likes him lol Well if you have any trouble let me know! I have no idea a guy from the pub has the same birthday as me and liannes fella is the 18th so not sure. I did fancy going to Liverpool or something. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hiya :) Oh gosh! Hope you are ok, have you been having bad tummy aches again? Yeah! We could try out some diff classes! lol Tell your mum I say hi too!!!!!!!!! fingers crossed for her date! Is it their first? Thank you :) I will. Cool! Liverpool would be fun! Go there:) Have you been there before? Have you seen charl recently? x

grandma hibbitt Hi Ian, Just a quick message to let you know Derby have beaten Man U 1-0, wonders will never cease. Nigel Clough is manager from tomorrow, bet they get thrashed at Old trafford. We are up to date with all your pics and blogs now, look forward to seeing Tasmania ones soon. Love grandma h xxxx Hello, Yes was a shock to see the goal on the news! was a really good goal tho wasnt it! saw ronaldo has crashed his car too. Hope derby get to final,if they do hope i can get a ticket! Put lots of tasmania photos on now as got camera sorted again! Speak soon

Mummy Pope Hi, I haven't been able to get on the internet for a few days so I had some major catching up to do.! My, you have been busy. The Blue mountain pics. are lovely ... your blue colour even demonstrates how they got their name. Re: your pic. named 'Anna feeling chilly'.lol I love the pics of the Chinese gardens .Such beautiful scenery there. You and Ian are looking very tanned in those pics. too. The tour of Sydney Opera house looked very interesting. A huge amount of thought obviously went into every detail of it. The videos are great, you fearless explorers! No doubt the steepest train ride seemed tame after your earlier adventures in the tree tops. The blog about the wait for the firewors had me in stitches.. I'm glad you went to see Barby as well.Sounds like a fun day out,and It's good to hear she's looking well. Keith and I were over in Matlock Bath today waiting for the gas board to come and service the boiler. Got up especially early too. We waited in the freezing house for 4 hours before i phoned them to find out when they were coming. Turned out that they tried to find the house at around 9.30am. Tried to phone me too; they say. but couldn't get through...even though i had a full signal all morning.Hmmmm..they're going to return tomorrow pm.!!! Wish me luck.:@/ Have a great time in Tasmania. Look forward to more blog and pics. Lots of love Mummy xxxx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Hello, The blue mountains were pretty, but would have been better on a warmer day and a better tour guide I think. The Chinese gardens were very relaxing:) I enjoyed going. Funny going all the way to Oz and seeing a chinese garden, but heh!!!! The gas companies are always slow! and the lack of communication is terrible! So I wsh you luck!!!! I will add more blogs tomorrow on our recent adventures, we are in Melbourne now, its 370C!!!!! Love Anna x

Anna It was interesting lol Year is going ok so far went to the gym first time in ages on Monday lol felt good tho! Loving the pics of the Chinese Gardens can't believe you saw ozzy ducks! Did they sound different to english ones? lol Well i shall give you some time to recover from the jet lag then im taking you out!!! How are you getting back from Birmingham? Love me ~~~~~~~~~~` Helloooooooooooooooooo :) Computers were very rare in Tasmania! LOL and when you did find one it was a rip off! Cool:) Are you still going to the leisure centres? I have frozen my membership, so will be able to go to cotgrave as soon as im back and pay the same price I was before. The ducks were so cute! They didnt speak to us, so Im not sure,lol We saw some other ducks as well last week, one was a lot bigger than our british ducks! Had blue eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol That will be great! Be fun to have a girly night out :) My dad or Ians dad might be picking us up :) What are you doing for your bday? X x