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Party time!
This photo sums up the weekend quite nicely! Since my last update I have managed to get about a bit. Not just staying in Sydney and working. About 3 weeks ago me and 4 others went to the Blue Mountains for the weekend. I had the best time. I can seriously say that I haven’t laughed that much in such a long long time. We hired an apartment for the weekend. We stayed in both nights and managed to drink copious amounts of alcohol. In fact, I have to admit that I am now officially part of u-tube. Julie, a mad American chick who was with us, managed to film us without us knowing. The next day we laughed so hard. It is basically me, Janet and Iain dancing around like complete morons, then Julie doing hand puppets halfway through. I will find the link and put it up, so if anyone wants a laugh, then that will certainly deliver. We did manage to leave the house though. We went horse riding on the Saturday. As most people know I used to do a bit of riding, but not for many many years. Lets just say I ached for days after. Not as bad as some of the
Fayes last night on the town
we had just had our hair done. Mine is significantly blonder. just got used to it now! others though. I got put on the naughty horse, that bucked every time we cantered, with my hangover it was lucky I stayed on! It was great fun, I’ll put a pic up of us in all the gear too. On the Sunday we went to see the 3 sisters. Which are 3 large rock things sticking out of the ground. They are very sacred. We went to the old mine, and went on the worlds steepest train, and trust me it was steep. By the end of the weekend I needed another day off to recover. Excellent time had by all, we’re planning our next excursion to the Hunter valley already.
The next weekend Janet and I still had the taste for getting out of the city. We went to the Hawksbury river. A beautiful spot northwest of Sydney. Went to a place called Windsor and had fish and chips. It was a very quaint town. Went to the oldest pub in Australia (allegedly) although it wasn’t really that old in the grand scheme pubs that I have been to in my life. Janet and I decided that we would do away with maps and just drive, so
we took some quite bizarre routes around the river. Usually I am very good at navigating, but since I have come to Aus I have lost my skills, me and Janet are constantly doing u-turns! We ended up totally at random in a place called St Albans, Which wasn’t even on the map, as it didn’t stretch that far. There was there was a bike race going on. So we got to perv on men in lycra for a while whilst we had a beer, yes I drank beer!
Everything else is going well for me. Faye, my friend from Shropshire left a few weeks ago, and I’m missing her lots. I have had plenty of things to do to keep me occupied. I had a great ANZAC day, like the Australian remembrance day, but they celebrate it properly over here. It’s the one day a year that gambling is legal everywhere. It’s all about the day time drinking and playing 2-up. Which the troops used to play in the war. Its basically heads and tails. You find someone who will match your bet in the crowd. Then someone flips 2 coins until you get 2 heads or 2
tails, then whoever wins! Me and Janet came out on top, which was surprising. The ‘someone’ flipping the coins in the bar I was in was a lovely man in uniform. I walked into a bar in the city and as far as they eye could see were men in naval uniform, fresh from the parade. My idea of heaven!
I’m also working a lot of weekends trying to make extra money. Wil has booked his ticket over here, arrives in 2 weeks. As you can all guess I can hardly wait. I have been my usual organising self and have booked a mega trip for us. Including Alice Springs, Ayres Rock, Cairns, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation. All in less than 2 weeks! That will be a good blog for you all to read. I’m so looking forward to it I need a break from work. It was my 6 month anniversary the other day from leaving home. Who would have thought it would go so quickly.
Still missing everyone. Will update again soon. xxxx
Ok. Just found the you tube link, I dont know why I'm doing this to mysef. It's pretty embarassing! Oh the shame...
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Tam
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Where's this u-tube link then????!!!