Sydney with friends

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Whilst in Sydney some of our friends from home came out to visit us. Mark's friends Aussie and Neil joined him and Rach came out to see Lorna.

Although some sightseeing was done, the main objective of their visit seemed to be to party and much alcohol was consumed by all.

We did manage to take them to Bondi Beach and Manly although the weather wasn't as hot and sunny as it should have been. At one point Rach and Lorna were sat on Manly beach in jumpers!

Mark and the boys also made it to Canberra for a few days where they soaked up some culture as well as some beers.

On the 26th January Australia Day was celebrated to the full. After drinking lots of Tooheys lager we all got a free Australian Flag cape which we wore all day. We watched the fireworks over Darling Harbour which lived up to the Australians' reputation of being great pyrotechnicians.

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