Where was I last time...being chucked out of the library in Armidale - I think -cos they had rung the bell for closing time at 5 to 6pm ( didnt shout "time gentlemen please" ) but librarian was standing by my shoulder as I wrote my last words. Well later hat night we found a lovely restaurant called The Flying Duck which did tapas... and was lovely --nice spanish music, log fire ( yes it was cool enough -the town is 1000 m up) , lovely couple and YUMMY food. Its a BYO wine so Jenny bought a bottle of Browns Chardonnay!!! We changed our plan for the route we took as we were told by several fellow travellers that the road to the coast o Coffs Harbour from Armidale (called Waterfall Way) and through the ... read more

Hi all Am in Forster-Tuncurry where Michael's cousins live ( well actually I worked it out Jenny who I am staying with is Richard's 2nd cousin!) So she doesnt have internet so am at the library - I remembered you saying it was free at librararies in Canada,Bob- and its free here too). Left Angie and Ed - thanks to them for a lovely time - Came up here on Monday from Sydney on the bus takes 6 hours and the bus goes to every little place on the way so I didnt get bored was listening to my mp3 - Sound of Music etc so hope fellow travellers didnt mind me singing along to Doh a deer! Weather hasn't been brill but we have done a few walkabouts along the beach ( which one to ... read more

3rd entry today with more photos!! Australasia » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney By MumtravellerApril 13th 2007Lynne BrownHello again. Well my last attempt putting on some photos worked and so here are some more from the new camera this time!!! Some from Singapore and some from Sydney...just a selection of about 250 fotos taken so far!!!... read more

Hi everyone. Keep those messages coming, it's great to hear from you..travelblogging is definitely the way to keep in touch. Suzanne left for Adelaide - Wednesday - and first report from her is it's lovely and she reports Great White Sharks in the vicinity, but I needn't worry cos I know she doesn't like to get her face wet. And I am at Double Bay with Angie and Ed's. Lovely to be here with them - Angie and I met doing our teacher training and Ed was at the University of Sussex when they met, so Michael knew him too....and we all fell in love at the same time and got married in the University Meeting House within a few months of each other and I had Richard just 6 months before Angie had Hattie.... so ... read more

Well -don't be fooled by the title, we were not surfing in the sea...but in the shopping centre at Bondi Junction...sales were on ....so we managed to get some bargains. But to bring you up to date...we arrived at 6am yesterday morning (sunday) after a good flight. Plane not full so I immediately bagged a row of 4 seats in the middle next to the 2 we had anyway...and after watching a film (The Departed- this time) I had a snooze for a couple of hours.. Woke up to them serving brekkie and next thing I knew we were landing - 7hours went quickly!!! We got thru the airport quite quickly and taxi to the hotel. This is a little boutique hotel in Potts Point called Simpsons Hotel, which Michael and I found in 2004 when ... read more