Day Three Nobody told me that parking a car in Rome could be so much fun. Watching the Romans do it is even more fun, more like touch parking, bit of push here and a bit of push there. Getting the car into the car park took three of us and 187 point turn, getting it out took just me but again a 187 point turn, but no bumping of cars on my part. Still once the car was out, we loaded up our luggage and out of Rome we drove. Not too hard, just road signs are a bit deceiving, and speed limit, well what speed limit, everyone just seems to do what speed they want and toot if ou are going too slow even if you are doing 120 kms. We stopped at a ... read more

Finally, we are on our way, after five days of waiting very nervously, the flight left Melbourne today on time at 3.45pm. Dad, Carol and Hayden were our trusty taxi drivers and got us to the airport in plenty of time. Standing in line we showed off our Clarkee tattoes, much to Peter's embarrassment! Though I did tell him if we are going to get Clark Rubber funding for this trip we would need to make sure Clarkee was seen everywhere around the world, so Clarkees adventure begins now too!! We were about fifth in line to check in and after sending off our bags to Rome, we went to the Irish for lunch and a bottle of champagne. Once we said good bye we literally skipped into the departure hall and then wandered around the ... read more

Ok, so I am away resting up (Ha Ha) at the Clark Rubber conference and there is only three sleeps to go! It has been like being on another planet over the last few days as it has been so busy I have hardly had time to think about Italy, but as we are coming to the last few days of the conference I am starting to get excited again about our great trip. I am getting text messages from the "Travellers" reminding me of how many sleeps and generally keeping me going until Saturday. Must admit I am concerned about Robyn being able to be the Financial Controller as I think Jenny thinks going on holidays means you spend, spend, spend and pay the credit card when you get home and from what I hear ... read more

We travelled up to Brisbane to visit our new investment property and check out the area. We had a great morning with Ian who drove us around the area and showed us the unit. As you can see from the photo's not quite ready to move into. We had a fun day and then came back to Melbourne in the afternoon and arrived home pretty exhausted by 9.00pm.... read more

Hey we have only 30 sleeps left now, it is getting really exciting!!!... read more