Well, hello again, what a long time its been, I hope everyone is well and had a fantastic Christmas. I think when I left you last I had just arrived back in Sydney after the road trip, I haven't updated this blog since, although it has been a great year I didn't think another day in the life of Lydia would be of much interest to you. Just to quickly summarise, I have spent the past year working. With the working holiday visa which I have, you are only able to w...

For those of you who kept things crossed, thank you. We got the flat! x

Hello everyone, I hope I find you all well! It's been quite a while since my last update, and I am now writing it from Sydney, I have been here since August 8th. Now you would not be mistaken in thinking that we made it from Broome to Sydney, via Darwin, Alice Springs and the East Coast in remarkably quick time, no Arthur didn't suddenly develop turbo power, after much deliberation, the decision was made to cut the trip short and head back to Sydney, not b...

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well, it’s been quite a while since my previous update and so much has happened. When I last left you I was in Margaret River, we spent a thoroughly enjoyable week there with Debbie, thank you so much for your wonderful hospitality. I suspect that she checked that she had both daughters still when we left as they are adorable and we wanted to take them with us. We continued our journey north, and headed to Safety Bay, just ...

Hey everyone, I hope you are all well. I think when I left you last I was in Dartmoor for the rodeo weekend, ooh and what a fab weekend that was. We thought it started on the Friday, but it was actually on the Saturday, so on the Friday night we headed to the local motel for a couple of sociable tipples. When we walked in we did feel slightly self conscious, you could have heard a pin drop, it was like the freak show had arrived, we ordered our drinks then found...