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...

The fireworks last night were very good. They were set of from Story Bridge and we had a terrific view from the corner of the road where June lives. The F1-11s came over to start the display and returned at the end where they dumped and burnt the fuel. the noise was terrific! We went back to have a barbeque on the terrace. This morning we went to watch Jack's football team get beaten at the football final. The sun was very hot and I now have one of those embarra...

June and I collected her new car yesterday morning (a Skoda - luckily the Aussie's have never heard of them but I can still remember all of the jokes) and we drove up North to Noosa where they used to live (nearby anyway). It's beautiful there, just how I remembered. Hastings Street is the place to be, loads of lovely boutiques and restaurants. I even managed to lay on the beach for about half an hour before the sun started setting. We were in the bar overlooking...

Well, I survived the trip down to Byron Bay on the Harley. I didn't screem too loudly, in fact I loved it. I hated the bends and the corners but managed to stay on. Byron Bay was lovely, I can't believe we missed it out last time we were in this neck of the woods. We even managed to watch the whales out in the ocean. I even chose to ride back to Brisbane of the Harley instead of opting to go in the car and riding through the Brisbane rush hour traffic was interes...

I woke up at 6.30 having slept okay. June and I took Jack to school and came home to drop the car off. We walked to the train station and caught the train into the city. We did the cultural bit of our holiday to get it out of the way with a quick tour round the Gallery of Modern Art. Very interesting......not! We caught the River taxi and travelled up and down the river looking at all the luxury houses and deciding which one to buy. We stopped for lunch by the ri...