a special "hello" to gave as he feels a bit left out

HELLO GAV

bye

lapping up the summer sun!

Came home from work knackered after a relatively busy day and took advantage of the 25 degrees and sat on roof with a coldie and chatted to mike about work . . . and why not??

great roof. . . great view!

TTFN!

Night Out!

had me first night out last night! Went to a pub/brewery with a huge range of home made "beers" , unfortunately all lagers as i found out the hard way :0(

"Blink" was good, its the only rock club in sydney and its about the size of Mosh back home, rubbish! oh well, top night, wide range of music and an all girl metal band (Dark-Shadows)downstairs (I know I know, but they werent bad!)

Stayed until about three, couldnt stand another 3 hours as I was at work 9am this morning! (no no no I felt fiiiiine!!!!)

Pics o' me hoose (no mooses loose 'boot this hoose tho'!)

just a dog (roly, a collie) and two siamese twin cat sisters, confused??

Nice to see a few comments from everyone, (hel, sas even me good buddy Baz!!) but I want to know whos doing mum n dads comments because it doesnt seem like their thing! (sorry mum, dad!) :0)

:o) <--- if that really is you guys this is called a smiley, turn your head to the left and youll see!

This is our house

The living area upstairs

. . . . . and our bedroom

Not very exciting blog, I know, just wanted mum n dad to see im not holed up in some hostel!

Guys, Im really sorry about the half nudie picture of mike, he wouldnt move :0(

Like i say, not an earth shattering blog, not done anything exciting as weather has been poor, hitting 29 degrees at the weekend so will be down on the beach hopefully (no bikini pics honest helen!! :0) )

Blog-forecast . . . . . . . . . . .

Tomorrow- pics from first big night out in sydney!

went out on the saturday i got here but friday nights are great apparantly! rock on!!

later in the weekend- Bondi bellyflops?

like i say, if the weather pics up il be down to bondi, only a short bus ride away (10mins?) and I want to go body bording!

yes mum, Il look out for sharks!

no helen, I wont drown!

and no I wont be peeing on any jellyfish stings, that'll just make it worse!!!!

hope everyones OK!!!!

A Quick Horticultural Blog

It was one of those "saw this and thought of you moments" as I passed through the botanical gardens the other day (they're beaut mate!) i saw these and thought of Loz! (worrying eh?!)

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. . . anyone found on the paths may be prosecuted!!!

this is an indigenouse tree, seems normal enough but it has 10 main trunks and arial roots, wEiRd!!

Small oasis in the gardens, just couldn't capture the magnificense (can't spell it, sorry) of the garden! and this is in a city!

More pictures by popular demand (......from my sister!)

As promised some pictures at last of my life here in Oz!!!

First a picture of where im working now, a small cafe on the corner of the main park in the city: Hyde Park, hence the name, Hyde Park Cafe (funny that?!) its good fun, good environment and good food. my first impression was greasy spoon, but its far from it, it serves real food, (fresh fish, risottos, pasta dishes etc) home made too.

Behind where I stoop to take this pic is a large patio area with about 25 tables, and about 10 tables inside (hardly used because of the weather), the other side of the building is an entrance to the tube/underground.

This Picture is the view from the garden at the back of our house, Hyde Park is just behind the big building (in front on left) and is about 10 mins walk away.

House is great! three storeys, 4 bedroom huge living space/dining area, handy as different friends and family are here every night for Graham's excellent cooking!

Richard and Graham are the couple who own the place, theyre the most welcoming people I could wish for, and they keep telling me to just treat it like home, help myself to food and drink etc, its great here, and only 20 mins walk from operah house, 15 to city centre shops etc (pictures of house to come).

Sorry guys!

It wasnt until I rang home yesterday that I realised that this site was being visited! Anyway, I have had a little trouble sending pictures from my fone to the blog so have had to set it up to work from laptop, now I can show you more photos!!

Hope everyone is dandy and not too cold, its still a bit springy here with the odd shower, but summer starts 1st Dec! so bondi surf, here I come!!

Sydney opera house

Mikes at wrk,went4a walk,look what i found!

Missing everyone a lot but loving every minute of ths city,didnt realise how big it was! The people are really friendly, and so diverse, very welcoming! Weathers hot but tolerable,foods great!
Catch you all soon!