Tommorow we start. It was my last day at school today. I said goodbye to all my friends. Simon went into his class and said goodbye to his friends as well. Tommorow we have a taxi coming to us to pick up our luggage and take us to the airport. We are flying from Birmingham and stopping at Dubai which will take 7 hours. Then we change planes on to an Airbus A380 (a double decker plane) for 14 hours before landing in Sydney(see map). Mum is dreading it!! [View Full Entry]

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So here we are, getting ready to go on our big adventure. Just to make things interesting, and as we were missing our guide dog pup Sophie who has gone on to training, we're looking after a 12 week old puppy this weekend called Millie, when we should be packing! She's a black retriever, and quite active, and judging by some suspicious damp spots, not fully house trained yet. Time till we go [View Full Entry]

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We are still currently finishing the planning of the trip and we are all very excited. We still have a few bits and pieces to sort out but the main parts are in place. This is a map of where we think we are going. Our guide dog puppy Sophie is going tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

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