Dancing! In my sunday roast!!!! April 25th 2008 Having just left sunny Fiji, we were in for a shock when we arrived in Sydney.
It was cold and wet.
The complete opposite to what it was in the new year, when we were there for the fireworks.
(We "poms" are led to believe, Australia is hot and sunny all year round.)
Turns out is was to be the wettest April for 25 years, and they were to have 13 consecetive days of rain. (The ... read more
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
"SPENDING THE KIDS INHERITANCE"
Well thats what the kids accuse us of - so, (Skid & Skim) ski/daddy and ski/mummy are doing just that.....
2 Brits off around the world on August 19th 2007 and don't they just hate us for it!!!!
No! - They think it's great that a couple of oldies have got the guts to go backpacking for 12 months.
We are no strangers to travelling and have already experienced white water rafting in Colorado, "Skim" has also been brave enough to do a bungee jump.
OK we are in our 50s, but it doesn't mean we are going to sit back and wait to die.
Life is for l... full info