Hiaaaaa! Hey You! x.....I'l have to trade you some driving lessons for those horse riding lessons when your back!....Sounds like Your getting to do a load of different experiences your never gona get board! ....As you can imagine, i have been trying to do the Christmas Shopping thing, along with 10millon other people in Doncaster! lol so frustrating! i'm not very good at it, keep buying clothes and stuff for myself instead of presents, ooops!...did managed to get some stuff for Holly (Neice) got advised to buy some clothes for her baby Anabel! lol! that flipping plastic toy wears more expensive clothes than me! lol! £20 for a dress thats about as big as my socks! hee hee, i dont mind, it's great to see kids playing after Santa has been!....Bet your looking forward to Crimbo day where you are, what an atmosphere with that massive family your with! you'l have to keep us all informed what it's like. It's all happening in our local pub,..your into this sort of thing, the 2 women who work behind the bar are on their own when the pubs quite, they are both saying that their beeing tapped on the shoulder, turning round and no ones their! the TV turned it's self on the other day, pint glasses are beeing moved to different places on the bar & also being smashed! all while no ones in! ha! it's haunted!, load of crap i think - am sure ud think different though! ....Am having Sunday dinner today ive been told, mmmmm imagine this, Roast Beef, Yorkshire puds, roast taties, Leeks, Onion Rings, Gravey........Hope i'm making you hungry! ha ha! Old mans taking me for a pint soon while the dear cooks it!....Sat in me bedroom writing this, looking out the back window, the dog is sat bang opposite the cat with her back arched, the cat looks like shes about to pounce....yep! haha that was soo funny! cats in the tree now lol!......Well hope we get to see some more pics of ya n you continue to have a great time where you are, i know we all say it after each message but it is meant, miss ya! speak to ya soon! Duggie. x

Hi everyone! thanks for your email pat! I'm in Kempsey which is in between Sydney and Brisbane NSW, another country town. The wooff family are extremely good people and are making me feel welcome farm is called Aero-glen and its a tea tree plantation. They have a few horses what belong to one of their daughters but you cant ride them.Also a few sheep, pet poodle & cat. The owners are Pam & James who are in their seventies but still very much active! James is an air pilot & his job is to deliver planes to people all over the world, usually light air-crafts. Pam is a retired nurse, but in her spare time shes a member of lots of different organisations like crisis helpline & university for older people so they are very busy people. Living with them at the moment is one of their daughters Angie, husband & three sons until their house is ready. Angie runs the cafe business called 'Bliss in the Bush' it looks like a shed from the outside in the middle of no where but inside its amazing! they sell furniture & the best jewellery Ive ever seen, plus serve lovely food. She is studying as well as looking after a business & three school aged kids which as a lot to say for some people. Its a very big family there are five brothers & sisters & three step, all grown up & married. Sadly one of Pam's sons died of cancer two years ago & left two small children behind. They like animals too which makes a nice change from where i were before. On my first day i had a go on the tractor cutting between the tea tree, but need more practice before i do it alone. Ive been doing house work, gardening & helping with the kids up to now & its all pretty easy. Next week i think ill be helping Angie in the cafe. They have said i can stay until Xmas so that's good, but i don't want to hang around too long cos i don't have any transport here into town & have to rely on whoever is going. If i could drive i could have taken the car, so that's a bummer! Thinking of heading to Brisbane for the new year maybe. Its a lot cooler here believe it or not, its rained for the past few days which everyones so pleased about, cos they don't get it that often. Hope your all OK? my mobile doesn't work on the farm, i just need to remember to take it into town when i go cos i should get a signal there.Send me some emails pleaseeeeee!!!!!!!!!! At least i have access to their computer at any time so ill be in touch soon bye 4 now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hi brooke hope you ve settled with your new famly . where abouts in australia is that. is it near any big cities. im off to belgium in 10 minutes do some shopping i guess it will be just as cold there as it is here ha ha, it was last time. i think your mum and dad are going to belgium so your nanan tells me with jak his friend and josh. anyway just keep having a good time byeeeee xxxxxxxxx

Hi all! my last msg for a while cos im leaving Bingara at twelve & heading to Kempsey.Got a lift to the bus station from stuart this really lovely old man who works in the saddlery. My host family are meeting me at the train station gone twelve at night so ill be shattered with all the traveling plus ive got to hang around at Kempsey for four hours cos theres a delay arrrhhhhhh! Thanks for your msg gemma i cant believe you had to be taken off your flight by wheelchair! haha! yeh im glad neely&co are coming to yours at xmas it will be a nice change.You best raise your glasses to the littlest hobo traveling along all alone eating pasta while your having a xmax feast haha!! make sure you make neely laugh cos i want her to have a really great xmas this year with all the s*** she as put up with.Speak to you soonxxx. Hi Pat your as bad as our gemma ha ha you make me laugh with your hole in ya foot! i hope it gets better soon.Yeh it is romantic here & ive felt like a kid again at times drinking by the river & falling out of trees its been amazing im sad to be leaving it feels like my home ha! hope you enjoyed germany & ive told everyone about total seduction here so ya famous in little Bingara with its population of about two thousand speak soonxxx. Chilled out with my talanted young friend ben on the last night & he played his guitar & sang on the balcony it was so soothing my mind drifted away to a nice place & it was a nice way to end my time here. My new phone number if you want to call the farm im staying at is[0061 265617205] call about ten in the morning which will be about nine at night here cos ill probably be busy during the day.Take care bye4nowxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Brooke,

Love reading your messages and your photos are brill.. Its sounds fantastic..

Do you know where you will be for Christmas yet? I cant believe you have been gone a month.. doesnt seem like 2 mins since i was drunk at your neelys doing Mr and Mrs roberts with a moustache!!

I took a leaf out of your book and went to egypt on my own, only for a week though.. I picked up food poisoning on the day i came home and filled up 7 sick bags on the plane including covering the lady at the side of me.. I had to be taken off in a wheel chair with the disabled passengers, felt a right wally been pushed through the airport. Had to go to hospital at Birmingham for an injection to stop being sick.

I keep meaning to go see your Neely but ive been away most of this month.. Shes coming to mums on New years day, really looking forward to it...

Anyway love your not missing anything here with the cold damp weather..

Love you lots and take care of yourself!! xxxxxx

Gemma xxx

hi brooke it all sounds so romantic where you are i bet your finding people are more relaxed and happier than they are in england with all the dull wet weather. its good your seeing a bit of life everyone should do it.
bit of news for ya brooke i was back to my old tricks again last night i dropped the heavy lighting stand off the stage and on to my foot, it cut my foot and had to be taken to the hospital they thought i'd broken some bones, but i was lucky just have a blue swollen foot with a hole in it ha ha. i'll be more carefull in future.
well keep having a good time got to go to work now love so byeeeeeee xxxx

Hi neely! awwh thats so lovely! what a nice thoughtful person i would be really happy knowing he has got such a good home.Booked my ticket at last so im leaving Bingara on monday so i need to contact that family to let them no ill be arriving around midnight which isnt the best time cos they are supposed to picking me up from the station.The other jilliroos come back lastnight into town with a few of my old friends who decided to stay on at johns for an extra few weeks.We all went for a meal & had a few & drinks & catchup by the river & i as usual left early to go to bed the lightweight! maybe not if cory would have been there hehe! got to save myself for the big one tonight & the drinking as already started & its only half eleven in the morning! there all BIG drinkers here. Its so much better here cos you can buy any drink mixed in a can so i keep drinking Bundernburg which is rum & coke a nice sweet drink which as give me heartburn for the past week ha ha! im going to make my call now so ill speak soon love you see ya soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Its only me again, don't think i'm going mad sending the same message twice must have double clicked it by accident! ha ha xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Bee got a christmas card off Merlin today, really upset me it says ... Dear Mum having a lovely time living with the Butler family. The other cat who lives here is called Stumpy, unfortunately she has permenant PMT so i try to stay clear of her as much as possible. The kids are nice and make a big fuss of me. I like to explore the downstairs toilet most because i can easily push the door open on my own [Stumpy can't push doors]. I have my own foot stool to sleep on but i also like to get into the washing basket which upsets Tracey a bit! Well must go i've lots to do. Hope you have a lovely christmas. All my love Merlin xxxx Thought it was really kind of her to do that for me, i've sent her one back. speak soon love you loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Bee got a christmas card off Merlin today, really upset me it says ... Dear Mum having a lovely time living with the Butler family. The other cat who lives here is called Stumpy, unfortunately she has permenant PMT so i try to stay clear of her as much as possible. The kids are nice and make a big fuss of me. I like to explore the downstairs toilet most because i can easily push the door open on my own [Stumpy can't push doors]. I have my own foot stool to sleep on but i also like to get into the washing basket which upsets Tracey a bit! Well must go i've lots to do. Hope you have a lovely christmas. All my love Merlin xxxx Thought it was really kind of her to do that for me, i've sent her one back. speak soon love you loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone! thanks for your msg pat & Jonathan. Just checked my bank details online ouch! that determined wether id be staying here over the weekend or not & I think ill stay & definitely head out Monday as theres lots of things going off anyway Saturday like the bullets xmas party during the day & cricket also a live band called home grown on in the evening. Had a good few days on my own here. Wednesday night I called for my friend Ben whos into drama so he entertained me singing on his guitar making random songs up ha! He is hilarious & very talented. Thursday morning I went canoeing with Mick which was good fun & we had a barbecue at his place. His dad is john who owns the Gwydir ranch where I stayed. That evening me Ben & Pete went night fishing but didnt catch a thing! So glad id bought the big burger & chips before we headed out there cos we did intend to eat what ever we caught. Today I played my first game of cricket with Ben & Pete & learned a lot in such a short space of time so thats me following the ashes from now on ha! Plan to go down to the river later & like an idiot I said id jump of the bridge & shook on it whoops!! Well if I break my legs looks like ill be seeing you all sooner then I expect hehe!! Hope you all rant getting too stressed over xmas! I guess I'm lucky this year not having to worry about anyone but myself & it does feel strange in this heat especially seeing all the Xmas lights up on the houses at night. Ill be making a few calls to people at xmas time no doubt well Im off now getting peckish so keep the emails coming cos I love reading them all. Take care lots of love meeeeeeeee! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ha ha ha! love the cowgirl hat! you can have the Duggie nickname for that instead of me! nerrr joking realy, you look realy good in it, bet you need it in the sun, keep cool. Was great looking through your pics, soooo please you managed to get ones with you in them, like Pat i agree the one with the Lizard is fantastic, the best one so far, however bet the one you have taken with the baby Roo is good, cant wait to see it.....hey, never thought, could of gave you some tractor lessons before you went, would of been so much fun, you gota get a pic of you driving one at your next destination, haha we'l have you working on the farm when your back! Ha! realised yesterday youve been gone a month, seems like longer than that for us all here, bet its gone so fast for you though, Every one you met at our Bonfire has been asking how your getting on, your being missed by many! Especialy me!.........Wish my messages could be as exciting as yours! C ya 4 now, Luv Jonathan x