July saw the arrival of Andy's parents, Alan & Sheila, who we picked up in the early hours from Brisbane Airport, apologising for the strange poo smell that seems to linger at the airport as a special treat for new arrivals. Over the next few weeks Alan and Sheila successfully completed their mission of trying out every coffee house in Brisbane, even managing to cuddle a koala and feed some lorikeets between flat whites and caramel lattes. Just in case the poo smell put them off coming back down under ever again, we thought we'd better take them to see the sights of Sydney. A whirlwind weekend ensued, making sure that all major tourist attractions were ticked off, no matter how briefly. Next, thinking that we should demonstrate some of Australia's other, more rugged, qualities we
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