Claire and Ricky

Hi All! It was my 30th Birthday last week and my amazing Husband bought me a ticket to Scotland!! I've got 3 whole weeks to spend with my family and friends- by far the best pressie- ever!!! I am coming home on the 6th May and will be around for lunch, dinner, drinks, whatever!! Please give me a shout on here or by e-mail - claire_okane@yahoo.com Really excited about seeing everyone - especially my nephews, Kyle and Ruben!!! Recently I've been working in a lovely team at Dial An Angel (an recruitment agency for Nannies, Cleaners and Carers). I've attached my work mugshot for a look!! See ya soon x x x... read more

Hello everyone!!! I am so excited that the travelblog is officially back on! I have realised that after writing the title of this blog that it was high time to tell the good people far and near to us what we have been up to in our Aussie Adventures since the winter. I have got loads of stories, memories, photos and experiences to share with you all and I am eager to get them on "paper". At the moment I'm in work waiting on a phone call from a plumber that is coming to fix our cracked cistern! Then I am heading out with Anita and Kate for a girlie night on the town! It's about 29 degrees today but the nights are getting cool and weather been generally variable. I hope you stay posted with ... read more

We've just realised it's been 2 months since we last updated our travelblog! Shocking - sorry folks! It's June 21st and a few memorable things spring to mind....... A couple of weeks ago, Ricky, unbeknown to me, signed us up for a 10K which is tomorrow morning. I can't exactly say I'm looking forward to it considering my training has consisted of a 5K run for the first in about 2 years last Saturday. Great! Ricky’s mum and dad, Helen and Charlie, popped over to spend an exciting, action packed 3 weeks with us. They put us to shame in the travelling AND drinking stakes! More on that later! We all went on a trip to Phillip Island, Tasmania and spent lots of time eating and drinking out! We then had Ricky’s bro, Matt staying with ... read more

Aussie Grand Prix What a day for it - 37 degrees and bright sunshine (apparently the track was 50 degrees!) - lovin it!! We decided we couldn't be bothered actually going to the race, but sat on the balcony and soaked the atmosphere up (the noise was incredible!) - watched the airshows and had it on the TV! Some pics of the afternoons events...... read more

Welcome to March!! Not long after Kellie and Ryan got here, they texted me one night to ask if we wanted to go and see Rod Stewart with them. Ricky wasn't keen and the tickets were a bit expensive as I wasn't working at the time. So they got tickets, and Caroline and Tucker got tickets, then another couple from England we are friend's with got tickets. Great! So, a couple of weeks ago I thought I would look on ebay on the off chance there was a ticket going...and there was!! I was well excited, although a little worried about the prospect of being outbid in the last few secs. But I took my chances and I won!! And I only paid $10 more than the original price. Excellent! We have been taking turns to ... read more

We were invited to a Charity Ball for Breast Cancer through Ricky's work, so we put on our glad rags for the night and donated generously. This is just a quick blog so I can upload some of the photos that we took on the night. It was a good night with all Ricky's work mates and despite the band being awful, the drink was flowing and there were plenty of games to keep us entertained!! There was all the usual stuff - a silent auction, raffles, quizzes etc. But more interestingly, there was a game where you paid $20 for a bottle of wine and there were only 50 bottles, however, one of those wines was worth a small fortune. Once all the bottles were sold, someone came round and sat your bottles on the ... read more