A very big HELLO!!!! How wonderful to hear from you so soon after your arrival in Oz!
Glad you made it OK. We thought you might melt on the Singapore stop-over.
Looks like you're making some very interesting friends out there. Try not to spend too long on the charity work. Looks like a very lost cause from this distance. Was the photo of you with a drink a view of you trying to recover from your charitable experience or just drinking to drown the memory?
I like the look of the Fat Croc. Get a bit of wrestling in there to help keep fit.
Sorry to see and hear the weather is not too good; you've obviously taken a bit of English stuff with you.
The hostel looks like a very usable place; easy to hose out after a good night or an Aussie curry.
Hope you'll be able to take in some decent rugby over there. Watching the last few weeks' Premiership games has been awful. Come home soon: we need you!!
You may be interested to know that we had a spontaneous little rreflective pause at training last week when your name came up. It shows how much the boys miss you. It is one of those tiny glimmers that happen sometimes that say so much about someone.
However, Mike and I do not miss you at all. Apart from having nobody to blame for everything or to buy a pint for, we have not even noticed that you have gone. Where have you gone, by the way? For long?
This website arrangement is an excellent idea. Well done for setting it up. We can moan at you any time we like, now. I must say I'm a bit envious of your technolojichal tecnolodgical tecnalog computer skills in sending all these pictures and mesages from Oz. How do you manage to do it without electricity?
I hope it is not too uncomfortable out there for you. I don't suppose the lack of running water is much fun. Or having to clear snakes out of your skiddies each morning.
Do they do proper bacon out there? I suppose not unless it is possum rashers or something equally marsupial. You must try the weevils from tree bark or under rocks. That is their equivalent of Sunday roast, I suppose. No wonder there are so many of them over here moaning about being over here. I've always thought it strange that the Aussies whinge so much about England and being here while showing no intention whatsoever of rushing back to where they crawled out from.
Anyway, a bit of civilisation from you won't hurt them.
I went onto the Aussie media websites to catch up on the reportage of your arrival out there. The Prime Minister said some nice things, as did the Aussie cricket and rugby boards. I was a bit annoyed with the police, though. It was a bit unfair warning the publicans to get in extra supplies of beer immediately. I mean, it might give people the wrong idea. But that was nowhere as bad as the warning to all fathers of nubile women. It was a bit too soon to get hysterical. They could at least have waited a day or two for you to break several hundred hearts before sending out the panic statement. There's nothing else left, now, except to break out the lycra and the wrap-arounds! By heavens, that will teach them a thing or two!!
Anyway, I must go. I can't waste my time here any more. I can waste it equally well elsewhere.
Will send you anything remotely interesting. Looking forward already to your next news.
LOOK AFTER YOURSELF!!!!!!!
God bless,
JIm
Verwoodponymaster
So - Charlie - You thought you could escape the pony club did you?
There is no escape - we have affiliates all over the world and Northern Queensland is a particular hotspot for "equine activities".
We will be in touch to rein you in shortly.
Neiggghhhh
Chris T.
Hey Charlie,
Glad to hear you got there safely and started things off with a bang!! Nothing like an all night drinking session to cure the Jet Lag.
Anyway as promised I will keep you up to date with things to look out for or activities you may want to do. So between where you are now and Airlie Beech you may want to consider stopping in at a Youth Hostel called Treetops, which I think is near Airlie Beech, but out in the forest somewhat. Not a lot goes on there, but is a great place for relaxing (if you need that already). Loads of Hammocks and lazy places to kick back.
On the completely opposite end of the scale I can recommend the White water rafting which from memory I think you can do out of Cairns, Mission Beech or Airlie Beech. It is excellent, a real adrenalin rush and I think probably one of the best places you can do it across all the places you are going.
Have a great time.
Cheers Chris
Alan
Glad to see you made it. Hope that blood doesn't all run to your head now you are upside down.
One thing you can be sure of in a rain forest is rain and usually everyday. You can still burn though so remember the sun block.
Try to remember that when someone says "whats up cobber" the reply "your arse if you stand on your head" is not likely to win too many mates.
Big Sister
toad boy well you have bloody done it this now makes you a grown up boy, have an amazing time and both of you keep safe speak soon love you lots xxxx