OMG, I have never seen anything like this before! I was going to spend my last few hours in Australia by the pool trying to get a tan but the wind was up and by the time we came out of the shopping centre at lunchtime, couldn't see across the road for dust. Everything is covered in dust and you can taste it even inside the house. The flights in and out of Brisbane have been delayed but I'm hoping by the time my flight leaves at 11.45 tonight, things will have set...

I'm now back in Brisbane and have only two days left now. We had one hell of a job getting out of Sydney yesterday and didn't get as far as we had hoped and ended up staying in Port Macquarie instead, very nice though..... I stayed here 11 years ago although different hotel! We were on the road by 6.15 this morning and drove for almost 12 hours, stopping at Sawtell where we watched a mother and baby whale playing in the ocean. We stopped at Coffs Harbour but cou...

Had a great day yesterday. Spent a couple of hours going round the markets and then had lunch at Darling Harbour. We took a cruise around the harbour (and had another glass of champagne) and then walked miles around the Rocks area, very trendy. We had dinner overlookign the harbour and then caught the bus back to the hotel, absolutley shattered!!! At the moment I am looking out onto the street and the Sydney Marathon is in full flow. A lot of the raods are close...

Oh my God, what a week! We've just got back to the hotel after spending a brilliant evening in Sydney. We started out at 4.30 and had dinner by the river and then had champagne at the top of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking the harbour and the bridge. I can't fine the words to describe it, it was very emotional and I had a job to stop crying. I can't believe I'm here!!! The Opera was very good although I still can't believe it all. The whole week has been lov...

Oh my God, what a week! We've just got back to the hotel after spending a brilliant evening in Sydney. We started out at 4.30 and had dinner by the river and then had champagne at the top of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking the harbour and the bridge. I can't fine the words to describe it, it was very emotional and I had a job to stop crying. I can't believe I'm here!!! The Opera was very good although I still can't believe it all. The whole week has been lov...