Sorry about the bottom bus album there are certainly more but after 2 hours of trying and failing to upload I gave up at 1.30am. Will give another go very soon my dears. Just facebooked you sal.

Mum, I think the hotel sounds just lovely and what an amazing price - we might book in too!!! haha

xxxxxx

Not terribly impressed with the 2 photos of the bottom bus tour. Hope that there will be more in due course. Mummy and Daddy are off to London tomorrow to take in a show and stay at a nice Hotel. The hotel is called the Rembrandt and is opposite the Victoria and Albert museum so its in a nice spot. Not sure what show we are going to see yet so Ill update you on that AT a later date.

Have been looking for accomodation for my stay in Perth and found a beautiful beach house which only cost £3500 for the whole stay! The holiday parks look a better bet. Just like home and away staying in a caravan?

Any way I await further updates especially about the dolphins. Love and miss you both. Mumxxxxxxxxxxxxx

he he he....forgot to mention i survived my first school trip abroad! Paris on the bus with 25 kids aged 14-18. Luckily there was only one "illegal drinking" incident and we caught them and punished them accordingly!. Ace xxxxxxxxx

Hello lovely sisters!

Thank you very muchly for my birthday card! I received it today and it was lovely to get something from my absent siblings!

Sounds like you're still having amazing fun. Can't believe you managed to swim with dolphins - that is incredible. Almost as incredible as the 79th minute try that leicester tigers scored last week to knock Bath out of the cup! I was victorious and Toby - gutted! Anyways, was a lovely easter weekend with Mum and Dad. Amazing roast lamb dinner courtesy of the Mumster - Mmmmm.

So, looks like i need to fly to Melborne then - cool cool! I will continue to look for flights etc and update you with what i'm thinking. Are you thinking road trip to Perth or flying? Just trying to work out when it would be best for Tobes to come if he can make it. He would probably enjoy a road trip - especially if he can fit a touch of "off road" in. We went for a little drive around the countryside yesterday afternoon (rainy day so lack of stuff to do and we found a cool house for sale on the inernet which we took a look at) and he found a little byway to drive down - so we did it 3 times!

Had a brilliant Easter hols all in all. Met up with Stacey in swindon for an afternoon of summer sun and drinking red wine. Followed this with a day in London with Bea - we went to the Natural History Museum and drank in the pub Jack the Ripper used to select his victims from - creepy! Next it was Kate's hen do at the santuary spa in covent garden. The spa itself was actually a really good laugh. Had a massage too but found it all a bit weird so probably won't bother again. In the evening we went to that Ice Bar....FREEZING! (as you may expect!) Easter was with M and D and then down to Swindon. Then Easter Monday it was back to London to claim my b'day pressie - Tobes bought me tickets to see Oliver - which was awesome. The little boy who played The artful dodger was only 10 and incredible. Wednesday we had Annie and Neil over for dinner and canasta, they left yesterday and that's Easter. So there you go!

Anyways, been in school helping the 2 students who fancied a bit of extra revision today. Hope it's worth my while and they wizz their exams! Now we're off to Dunelm to re-stock/upgrade the camping box in preparation for the really really hot summer they were promising in the paper (guess i'll just have to escape to the aussie winter hey!).

Love you both lots and lots and missing you. Could have done with a girly dancing sesh with the sisters this Easter!

Love Sal (and Tobes) xxxxxxxxxxxx

Howdy gals,

Hope you have a nice day on the beach - careful of sharks!!

Dolphin swimming must have been incredible - not sure as incredible as the Dr Who exhibition!"!1 Lucy, you would have loved it - all that scenary to admire the painting on !!!

Marjory getting better now - she had poorly tummy & saw the vet & I've been injecting her antibiotics while Mum held her - great fun (as well as feeding her water out of a syringe - the things we do for dumb animals !!!)

Otherwise UK is back to baby weather - wet & windy...not quite as warm as down under I guess....

Mind you don't get sunburnt (or was it heatstroke Debs ??) - take care

Lots of luv - Daddykins XX

hey guys just to let you know we have arrived safely at sydney airport, and planning a beach day for tomorrow yay!xxxx

Hey, sounds like you had a nice easter weekend. Mine was insane. I will update you all on the river boarding experience when we're back in sydney. I'll tell you now, it was emotional.

Yesterday was one of the best days we've had as we went swimming with dolphins!!!!!!!! How amazing!!!!!! Tiny rare hector dolphins, that are only found off the south island in new zealand. Again, will fill you in properly in the next few days.

Mum, so glad you got your card, we told you we had posted it! (we now know which is the correct post box!) I'll have a look at the lonely planet to see if it gives any useful info on accommodation for you.

Ben. 14 days to go, work hard now! Then you reap all those wonderful rewards that you deserve and celebrate even harder to make up for our absence!

Dad, dr who..wow, i'm not going to lie, i'm glad i didn't share that experience with you, but glad you enjoyed it!!!!

Lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey guys!!

Thought I would say hi as i havent left a message in a while. Sounds like your having a fantastic time, am very jealous. Heres something scary, I only have 14 days of university left! How scary and wierd is that?!! cant wait for my exams to be over. Shame you wont be here to celebrate with.

Hope your still enjoying yourselves :-)

x

Hiya girls. I actually received my mothering sunday card today which was very nice. Wehad a really good afternoon at the rugby match with Sally and Toby in Leicester followed by a lovely meal at Barcelonettas. Ben had gone round to Matts for an epic x box game so he was unable to join us.

Dad and I went off to discover a National Trust property which we had not visited befor and after many wrong turns eventually arrived at Kinver edge where there are Rock Houses. We will have to take you sometime as it was really interesting.

O yes on Sunday night at the quiz we won open the box again so we now just about have enough money in the fund to go out for a meal.

Nothing really left to tell you now so keep updating and I will let you know nearer the time my confirmed flights. Have been looking at caravan parks for accomodation as they seem a little cheaper than hotels or appartments. LOve you both lots and still missing you Love mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Haha very fetching skydiving outfit Lucy! Lovely! It looks amazing - I can't wait to hear all about it when you girls get back to Sydney! Love you both xxx

Hiya girls,

sound fantastic - I am really looking forward to the pics of the penguin, and I have total sympathy with Henry the Lizard (old & grumpy!!! - ha ha )

I'll let mum update you with our weekend - suffice it to say when we toast Colonel Puff-Puff at lunchtime we will toast you too !!!

Attleborough in the rain is not as good as NZ in the rain I reckon, but as you say, the Fox gets rave reviews!!!

Bin to brill Dr Who exhibition Friday so I'm a happy (Easter?) Bunny .

keep having fun, luv you both, Daddy xx

YYYYYAAAAAYYYY! Mum has a ticket!!!!!! we are so excited about all of our visitors, and especially excited that you are the first to book! We can't wait. Is your flight on the 22nd? So you arrive on the 24th? where do you stop?

There appears to be much confusion around what we're doing in oz, so here it is. 16th-1st may we're in sydney (with a possible ayers rock adventure thrown in), then we have 2 months to get to cairns (1st july) where we intend to fly right back down to melbourne fr yhe next 6 weeks to top up funds. Around the 15th/16th aug (or later if sally wants) we intend to head to perth so we can get some bearings before ma arrives (yay!). hope that's made things a bit clearer!

Diane, i am the worlds slowest typer and we are paying by the minute for the internet here! i'm hoping to speed up for the sake of my bank balance, and improve on all the spelling mistakes that time doesn't allow me to correct! Your holiday sounds great! I hear there's a great pub called the fox in attleborough, the guide books really recommend it.

Happy easter everyone! We're celebrating with a ferg burger in queenstown before i claim my prize (from the kiwi fancy dress party) of river boarding. Should be fun so long as i don't drown in the rapids! If i could have mums roast lamb dinner, this would be a perfect day!

lots of love xxxx