hi Jen, hope you had a fantastic time with your friends seeing 2008 in !! yes, guess what-?you'r missing the snow today -but i think we'd rather do a swop with you. Hope the job hunting is going well, and that you have found your self a great big oil well don't foget to stick your name on it. Hope Ali and Donna are ok, has Taz been to the beach for his swim -we took Henry to Cusworth Park the other day it was freezing cold, but of course he loved it. Hope you are still having a great time, enjoy looking at your picks.

Hi Jen,

Happy New Year!! Hope its a good one.Watched the fireworks from Sydney last night...bet they were better in real life!!! Glad to hear you're having some chill out time and are ok. Seen you're mum and dad twice in two days this week...once at micks (now that big bro is 40)and again round at your house, it was nice to see them all.see ya soon. Gav Liz and Freya xxx.

Jen, have a lovely Christmas. Keep safe. we are thinking about you and missing having you around. Say hello to your friends from us. Hope to speak over the next day or so.

Love dad & mum

Thanks for the e-mail. We're pleased the elves reached you and hope you enjoyed your Christmas Eve on Bondi Beach.Our Christmas Eve is just getting started but I don't think we'll be straying far from the log fire! Clare,Paul,Emma,Sarah and David are all around to help us eat and drink the festive fayre and we all send our love,hoping that your Christmas and New Year celebrations are as great as your time out there so far, love Aunty Kath and Grunkle Brian xx

Hi jen

Love reading about your travel adventures..Enjoying looking at your 'pics'.. Keep them coming!

So pleased you are having such a great time, and meeting some lovely friends. Hope you have a wonderful Xmas! ( Will it be a Ozzie 'barbi ' on the beach!?) It's freezing here !!

All the best for the new year! With love from Pam and Phil. xx

hi jen

wishing you a very merry christmas, were both thinking of you.

all our love eddie & mo xxx

Hi Jen

Thanks for the bithday messsage, hope you are ok - looks like it!!

Have a fantastic christmas, in the sun!!

Love you lots, missing you loads love Hollie xxx

Hi Jen,

Had a good look thru all your pics today....never really fancied travelling but you may change my mind yet!!

Everywhere looks fantastic and so pleased you hooked up with some great people to share your trip.I keep printing off your blogs to show dad as he keeps asking and hopes you are safe and well (you know he worries about everything for everyone!!)

All good here with Liz and me and Freya doing really well.

Lottie and Alex were here on Saturday just gone ...nice to see them both....and look forward to seeing you when you get back....if you don't decide to stay away forever!!!...must be tempting. Good look with the flat and job hunting....enjoy xmas and will keep reading and watching what your up to.Where sre you at to let in the new year?.

Keep safe and well and don't drink too much of that horrible oz lager!!!

lol... Gav,Liz and Freya and Uncle Tom.

Hiya jen!! Wow your whole trip looks amazing - so jealous! Your mum told me about your site. Upset i didnt get to see you off tho! Well make sure u have the best time humanly possible u deserve it! And i u find any spare impossibly gorgeous men hanging around Austrailia then can u bring one back for me babe?! Anyway keep safe love ya H xxx

Glad to hear you are having a fantastic time, hope Australia lives up to expectations. look forward to reading more news and seeing more photos. I have posted a Christmas card to you to-day, to the Sydney hostel.

Love Auntie Freda and Uncle Ray xx

hi jen, sounds like your having a great time, is aussie everything its cracked upto be, its sounds like it reading your message, lets have some photos, whats your tan like, have you learned to surf yet, throw a boomerhang, sky dive, bungie jump, or just beat the aussies at drinking fosters, we know which we would go for. thanks for your birthday txt we were in tenerife when we got it, eating rabbit cooked the spanish way it was brill, then they gave eddie a cake with a candle on it, and sang "happy birthday edwardo" he retires tommorow and starts playing golf, well time for bed jen speak again soon. miss you tons,

eddie & mo x

Pleased to hear you are enjoying Melbourne. Did you get to see Andrea and family. We are nearly packed so much for one back pack think we.ve got nearly 9 cases.Don't get too drunk in case we dont write before christmas have a lovely time agree its going to be weird in the heat we make the carribean in time for christmas Amazon for new year.