G'day everyone We are at Sydney airport waiting to go to Cairns. We are having the time of our lives-so good to have met up with Ben and Mike. The hotel view was fantastic and the bar at the top has great tails-nearly as good as the view! We are still having some troouble sleeping which is a bit of a pain but this morning we can grrab a nap on the plane. Great to hear from you all--Jen hope all is well with you. E and K s Alan says go for the cabinet if you can converrrt the cupboard!!!! Contacts OK Lots of love to you all B,M,A X

Fabulous photos! Glad you made it down from the bridge safely! How was the opera?
Take care.
Love from all of us.XXXXX

Hello everyone we have had an amazing time in Sydney we have been on the jet boat through the harbour, walked the bridge which was so good that we can't put it into words,and that was just saturday. Sunday we all went on the ferry to Watsons bay which is about 25mins from the harbour.Watsons bay is famous for its fish and chips so that had to be done and the opinion from all was that they were the best that anyone has ever had before. Then back to the harbour and the botanical gardens which are simply stunning and the bats are there in the thousands(around 50,000) for a cup of tea how english! Thats it from Sydney of to cairns tomorrow so will let you all know what we do soon.
lots of love Ben Alan Mag
PS. up dated photos.

Hi Ben,
Sorry we didn't manage to say' Happy Birthday' on the day! I coudn't use the internet for some reason. Hope you had an excellent celebratory meal?
Your photo album is looking great.
Glad to hear that your Mum and Dad have arrived safely.
love from
Joan and Van

I love off exploring!! - its like having our own family gossip column!! Great to know Ben's news and hear about everyone else as well!! Lovely to hear you are all safe and well - don't overdose on the Marmite Ben - there's a long way to go until Jen & Jo come out! Have fun - thinking of you lots (well every time I switch on the computer)!!

alannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, pleasssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeee can we pull down the nasty display tower and make it into a funky cartier cabinet?
louise x

We are all please Alan and Maggie have made it in one peice, hope you all have a great time. ( keep an eye on your dad he's got a bad foot!) I guess the fact that they are both with you means your mum can see out of the contacts. look forward to seeing lots of photos.
love from all the girls x

That's excellent news! Thinking of you xxxx

Hello everyone i met up with mum and dad today which was great and i now have marmite so all is good again!
Thanks for all the cards. Ben

Hello everyone, It's so lovely to hear from you all and know that you are safe. Still hot here but more overcast today. Have just been out for lunch with Jenny and Dad - we thought of you all.
Chris is at St Dominics today - wonder how he's getting on. Ian is out job hunting with Will at the moment I think.
Auntie Mary said Uncle Tom 'phoned yesterday - he's had a lovely time with all the visitors. Kevin has checked out flights for Christmas - not too bad!!!!
Kevin is working as normal nothing I can really say to make that sound exciting!!!
It's still Ben's birthday here so i expect we'll toast him again this evening.
Have a lovely time together - we'll be thinking of you in about 4 hours time.
XXXXX

Hi again,
We have a little more time so thought we would put it to good use-Kevin are you surprised? We had a really good flight over and although it was long the time passed quite quickly, the service was amazing with food on demand and nothing to do except watch the TV and sleep!! Singapore is good but the weather is very humid and you struggle to do alot . Having said that we took a city tour and a trip to the island of Sentosa t5his morning. It involved going on a cable car which was fun especially as we didn't have to worry about skis. Luckily the hotel had a wonderful pool which was ideal for the afternoons. Our bodies are a bit confused and we are up drinking tea at 4.00am No doubt this will be even worse by the time we have travelled to Sydney. Anyway hope all are well. We are really excited about seeing Ben and send you all lots of hugs and kisses. Jen hope you are doing OK we will think of you back at work shortly- Lots of love M and A XXXX

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday day dear ben, happy birthday to you!!! I hope you are having a fab day. Feeling sad that I am not there with you but it is making me more excited about seeing you in Sept! I had a few friends over for a bbq last night, joe and I were telling them all about our trip, they were all jealous. I hope that you dive was great fun! Take care of yourself. Miss you. love Jen xx