Pottering around We do know what we are missing, cos' you keep telling us! So I guess we'll stay here until the weather improves...... Let us know when the sun starts to shine and then we'll think about coming back.
Pottering round... I wondered where the name came from for those mountains!
Now, you get yourselves back to Hereford, and quick about it, or you'll miss the plunging temperatures, the thick frosts, the icy paths... but there are NO nasty insects around!
See? Don't know what you're missing... or perhaps you do.
Excuse me, I'll just go and put on another layer of fleeces, then I'll look at your pictures.
Looks fantastic! It was amazing, have got some of the 9pm fireworks too and that was to music. Will show you them, when we get back.
Love to you and bump xx
So Plans do come together Those fireworks were awesome, Planning to be there next New Years Eve we hope, Chris keeps asking when are going, Where are you off to next then are you in NZ yet????????
you both look a lovely colour even if you are staying out of the sun!!!!!!!!
Who would have thought it? Glad we could help. You know I love a good crossword too...
Don't worry, it's just too hot to sunbathe here, so we try to stay out of the sun as much as possible.
Whingeing Poms!!! Not just Poms! Even the Aussies were having a fair old go. We have since found out that they use "Aerogard Tropical Strength" It also repels some flies. But I hasten to add, not all of the little critters! Another thing it's a lot cheaper than the british mozzie sprays and works better too..
where the first British subject died... HAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor old Forby Sutherland was the answer to a clue in a crossword last week!
Now, don't go: [rustling noises] I know I put them down somewhere
[more rustling noises]
[swearing noises]
... am trying to find other crossword clues you can trek round Australia and answer for me!
I do hope, by the way, you are using sun tan high factor... it looks VERY hot!
Flies?? Well, REALLY! You sound like whingeing poms!! Seriously, how do the locals cope with them? The flies, not the whingeing visitors...
Just view them as currants and you'll be fine.
The reasons for total lack of sympathy? We're in the teeth of yet another bluddy gale and torrential rain, and my feet are cold.
I wonder if our flies go south for the Aussie summer?? [rhetorical]
Harry Potter and the Bonking Pigs Well, really: there's been more money made out of the former, at least legally... [trails off with puzzled expression and embarrassment]
Lovely to see the updates coming through! Don't know HOW you want to wallow in all that heat when you can have frost and rain and short days.
If you'd had travel spinach, that would have helped you tolerate all this heat, you know!
Lovely to see you both looking so well and happy with all this rushing about. Is Australia REALLY that big, or is it like Herefordshire with a bit of Worcestershire tacked on? [just kidding]
So where to after Sydney?? It's quite a cliffhanger, this...
Steps Well i got up there, thought you two were fitter than me, I was alright on the steps it was the first part i struggled with, But it was worth it in the end. hope it was for you.
We have snow forecast for the end of the week, thought you'd like to know that.
Keep out of the water! Yep staying well clear unless we see 20 other people in there. Then we'll paddle close to the shore.
Steering clear of billabongs too, they say the fresh water crocs are fine - But who can tell the difference? Not us, that's for sure!
Oh what memories Hi you two
we were lucky then we didn't see any termites, and i'm Sooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! glad. hope your enjoying the rest of Australia. just starting to plan our next trip over there
Hi Guys
Sounds like your having fun. Looks like a wonderful place can't wait for our summer to come along. At last Ronnie you have some colour suits you fine! Keep having fun xxxx
Keep out of the water! Oooh, blinking 'eck: scary stuff!
Perhaps you've got a gift like the horse whisperer. Maybe you're both croc-whisperers and didn't know it!
Spinach is very good for providing shelter in hot weather: do let me know, as it is good for you, both inside and out.
Drink plenty of fluids, and try not to look too tasty down on the beach. Don't want to attract the natives, now, not the saltwater ones, that is!
You're missing floods here. Just thought I'd tell you that cheering news!
Cheers, and enjoy the sun!
Jane
Tempted only by the coffee, then?? The question is, did you tip??
Lovely to see you both out and about in the DRY and WARM!
You are definitely in the right place at the moment, what with the rain and cold and rain and cold and did I mention the rain?
Cheers for now,
Jane
"SPENDING THE KIDS INHERITANCE"
Well thats what the kids accuse us of - so, (Skid & Skim) ski/daddy and ski/mummy are doing just that.....
2 Brits off around the world on August 19th 2007 and don't they just hate us for it!!!!
No! - They think it's great that a couple of oldies have got the guts to go backpacking for 12 months.
We are no strangers to travelling and have already experienced white water rafting in Colorado, "Skim" has also been brave enough to do a bungee jump.
OK we are in our 50s, but it doesn't mean we are going to sit back and wait to die.
Life is for l... full info
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Ron & Avril
Pottering around
We do know what we are missing, cos' you keep telling us! So I guess we'll stay here until the weather improves...... Let us know when the sun starts to shine and then we'll think about coming back.