Well, as you can see we're now in New Zealand. It's absolutely wonderful. We were picked up from Christchurch airport by our landlady & taken to a marvellous B&B.where we stayed for 2 nights. Whilst there we went to a little place called Rangiora & visited the Johnson family - those of you who worked at Fairview may remember that they ran the cottage bakery in Fairview Ave until 5 years ago & may have taught Stephen & Jessica. We ende...

well we're certainly keeping busy! We've now experienced every mode of public transport available in Sydney. We went on the monorail & did a circuit of the city centre which gave us good views of all the streets from above. We've taken the train across the bridge & we hop on & off buses & ferries all over the place. Puts our transport system to shame! Yesterday we went on a tour to the Blue Mountains wow! They really do look blue - c...

Hi everyoneWe've now been in Sydney for 3 days & we're having a great time! We have bought bus/train/ferry passes so our legs have a chance to recover from all the walking. Went around Darling harbour yesterday -you're right jane, it's amazing! Took the ferry across the harbour so were able to see the bridge, opera house etc. from a different angle. We were caught in a storm last night - what a sight - lightening over the bridge! Apparant...

Well, we're now in Sydney! think this is going to be even better than Singapore. The flight was delayed by over an hour & whilst waiting we got chatting to one of the crew. Told her why we are doing this trip - birthdays, anniversary, retirement & she said she would send down some champagne from 1st class. Not only did she do that but the captain made an announcement congratulating us on our 25th & we were sent more goodies from 1st class PLUS a B...

Well, we're now in Sydney!