Road Trip - Part 4

It was time to head back to Brisbane.... so off we headed to Bondi Beach..... this was a bit dissapointing but never the less we are glad we visited..... it was very busy and a bit run down....... we dd not stay here very long.... back on the road to Coffs Harbour..... this place was lovely..... we stayed in a great cabin in a place called Timber Town.... it has a spar how romantic! any way we headed off to the Harbour, here we has the good old faithfull fish and chips by the sea mmmmmmmmmmmm it was great!!!!

We stayed the night here, then the next day headed home..... I wish the trip lasted longer it was one of the best we have done here..... we are so glad we drove down and did not fly..... we would have missed out on soooooo much, I would recoment the drive to anyone!!!!

xx

Road Trip - Part 2

We awoke early as we had a long drive ahead of us...... it was a chilly day and looked like a storm was comming......







We seemed to drive out of the storm which was good, but hit a bit of traffic due to 36km of road works.....grrrrrrrr




6 hours later we arrived in Sydney..... here is a short video of us driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.....




Horray we have made it!!!!! into the hotel we went..... they had the most tight fitting carpark I have ever seen!!!!!! There was enough space for one car to drive in..... if someone was comming in the other direction..... it was a matter of chicken!!!!

Any way the hotel was nice, and off we went for some tea....mmmmmmmmmmm




to be cont........

Road Trip - Part 1

It was an ealy start for us..... we were going on a road trip to Sydney!!!!

The whole journey would be about 2000km....

However it was the night before and we did not think the trip was going to take place, there was a petrol shortage and could not fill up anywhere!!!! So we got up v early the next day as we had been tipped off that there would be a tanker comming about 2 in the morning...... so away we went at 6am with about $10 petrol left in the car in hope there would still be some left...... there was!!!!!!!! the road trip will commence!!!

The first stop was Byron Bay.... (I fell in love with it!!) The beaches were beautiful, the whole place was how I imagined Autralia would be like....... Breki was the first port of call...... it was such a relaxing place (very hippie) little babies in their cloth nappies with wooden beads on....was all very cute.... (no am not getting broody so dont even think about it!!)....

Then it was time for a nice laze on the beach......

After we took a trip up to the lighthouse.... as you can see it is very high up....





Then we took back to the road towards Port Macquarie where we would be staying in a Motel! (I have never stayed in one before so I was kinda exciting........)





Because we has been out on the beach most of the day, we got quite a good tan..... Si was a bit red on the face ha ha ha you can see where he had his sun glasses on!




The motel was nice and even had a pool!

Overall a great day..... to be cont.......

1st Christmas in Australia

Well today is Christmas day.... and boy does it feel weird! Its hot!.....

We stayed over at Paul and Annettes house.... it was great as they had the whole family over for the day! We woke early in the morning to open presents....




Here Annette was santa and handed out the presents.... and below is a pic of Si opening them




I got him a fishing rod!





We had a glass of bubbles...




It was a great day....we did however miss our family and friends back home tho...A LOT... we managed to get through to Si mum and dad and my dad and Heather and Michael... but the lines were so busy we could not quite get through to everyone boo hoo..


This picture is of Paul's dad, he actually built the ship that he is stood next to! It was a masterpiece!

And here are some more pics of the days events:







Oh and I almost forgot to say.... Si bought me a beautiful Pandora Charm bracelet..he also got me 2 charms for it! a silver fish (which lookes cheeky) and a silver one with blue diamonds... I have no picture of it but I am sure you can view them on the internet x

The day was great, a bit emotional but great!! Merry Christmas xx

Sonya work Christmas do.......

Well, today was the work Christmas do! This year due to all the financial issues around the world, it was decided that it was going to be held at the work place.

we all finished work at 12 to find the kitchen filled with beer, wine and bubbles oh and food mmmmmm lots of Christmas trimmings... it was great! we even had secret santa.... Sumo santa came dressed in summer clothes ha ha ha .... was great... her are some pics:




Above is the HR team... Lis, Steph, Nadia and Craig..




Above is the Finance Team..


Lis and I

Had a great time! Merry Christmas! Ho ho ho ....

Sy work Christmas do........

Now this was a Christmas party... his work had booked out the Convention Center, which is where all the big events are!

The theame was Western so we had to dress up!




They had kitted the whole place out with western! There were stalls like shooting the target and hoop the hoop around ... then they had got some acts in and one of them were a famous western singer.... (I had no idea who she was tho sorry)... here is a picture, see if you can guess??







We had a great time xx


Si with Marcus.


Marie and Greg


Lynn, Sean and Si

Camping at Stradbroke Island

It all started when some friends we have met, invited both Si and I to Stradbroke Island for a camping trip...... (Sean, Lynn, Wayne and Maraid)... the morning came and Sean came to our house to pick up our tent, esky etc...... as they were going in a 4 x x and we would be traveling by foot and catching the water taxi accross..... we took the Friday afternoon off work and off we trotted!

We caught the water taxi from a place called Cleaveland (not far from where we live) about $19 return so not a bad fair....





When we arrive on the island, Sean and Lynn came to pick us up..... (Lynn actually owns a clothes shop on the island, lucky lady....) It took about 20 mins to drive to where we were camping, and as we drove over the sand-dune we saw what looked like a mini housing estate ha ha ha, Wayne and Maraid were well equipped! (Here are some pics)... now this is camping!


This was the main tent, (above), and this was our tent (below) ha ha ha...




Then there was the kitchen! (Wayne cooked up an awsome steak with prawns, oysters in a cram and garlic sauce mmmmmmmmm)




then here is the sink....




Then there was the shower and the toilet!



I know, I know the toilet...... but it was better than popping behind a bush ha ha ha.... also due to the heat a porti loo would be out of the question too poooooooooo...

It was great! We all sat and had a beer, sweets (lollies as they are called here in Australia), played cards etc.....


Here is Wayne with the big tub of sweets!


And here is Maraid pouring her Champers..... Oooohhh camping in style...


The next Morning, Si went fishing and caught a lovely fish, which we cooked and ate ......mmmmmmmm

Then we went on a walk, which was lovely.... here are some pics of the day...






Above is Si, Lynn and sean on the walkway around the cliffs.... it was a bit windy that day so there was no swimming in the sea for us....

Any way it was a great weekend and cant wait to do it again! Oh and befor I end this.... We went back to Maraid and Wayne's house (on the island) where Wayne showed us a pic of a fish he had caugt... we had to take a picture of the picture what a fish!!