I'm at Singapore airport, which by the way was voted the best airport in the world, which i can understand ....... Its amazing !!!! ....... Anyway i was checking up on my blog and noticed there are 3 blogs that i saved but didnt publish. This means that you have the chance to read 3 new blogs !!! They are- day 2 coral sea dreaming - Lazy days and crocodiles - day 2 of whhitsundays. the first two are when i was at Julies so VERY important to read ...... off to London in an hour ............... sad to leave but cant wait to see my girls ....... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... read more

So I arrived last night in Brisbane, and met up with Paul who I met in sydney. We went to a 24 hour pancake house and had the mother of all pancakes !!! mine was apple studel with ice cream .... OMG it was worth the trip to Brizzie just for that. Up early to be greeted with cloud and spit spots of rain !!!!!!! I was truly stunned ..... as someone said before me "One was not amused" We decided to go on a 3 hour trip around the city with a guide, funny guy who obviously wants to be on the stage as he was very annimated and made it interesting. Lots of "history" if you can call the last 190 years history. Apparetly Brisbane was the part where the real bqad boy convicts ... read more

This morning I was up and about long before Julie, who was a tad delicate. After our regular 2 hour chat we went for a dip in the pool. I being still of British stock walked in saying "ah this is lovely" Julie on the other hand has become an Ozzie big girls blouse !!! "oooooo its freezing, oooooo its too cold" she moaned .............. come on girl remember where your roots are - Manchester !!! its always cold and wet there. We had a verrry lazy morning doing nothing but pool and sunning ourselves and a few drinks both hot and cold. I did hang out the washing ....... I was exhausted after. Then Julie and Myself went 10 mins down the road to Harley crocadile park. It was really really good, a smallish park ... read more

So yeterday I had a 6 hour bus ride to Cairns where Dave picked me up and took me to my new home for the next 4 days .....Chez Richardson :) I arrived to see the most magnificent house in luscious tropical surrondngs - and there she was Julie !!! on the varanda awaiting my arrival ..... "I called Hi honey I'm home" rushed upstairs and had 6 years worth of hugs !!!! I felt at hime straight away, cool drink on the balcony, feet up and chatter chatter chatter ..... then i was shown to my room, and I had the luxury of a double bed in a room all to myself, with space, beautiful surroundings, and a comfy mattress ... PLUS my own luxurious bathroom. Bliss, total bliss. Thai green curry for tea (or ... read more

well what a day !!! i was awake at 5am after being woke by the laughing koogaburras, they make a noise like a laughing chimp ..... extreeeeemly noisy, anyway I was listening to my ipod when there was a blood curding scream in the dorm, a gecko had falled off the wall and landed on a girls head when she was asleep - then it ran over her face !!!! well you can imagine the chaos that ensued !!!! we saw him back on the wall. I was up and out by 6.30am i went for a stroll along the beach after breakfast and then decided to go on an island tour. The guy was really funny, only 3 of us on a yellow truck and he took us all over the island, with lots of ... read more