Oz holiday! - Part 1

Sydney

Yay! Almost a year after leaving Australia, we're heading back for a holiday!Our plane left London at 6am so we needed to stay overnight at an airport hotel. We discovered that drinking in England now seems a lot cheaper!Dan enjoyed his chips :)This is on the 3rd plane flight...about 25hrs into our journey...so close!A couple of hours after landing in Sydney we headed to our fav japanese restaurant with Allie, Bruce and Brendan.SUPER HAPPY FUN TIMES...brought to you by salty Norwegian lollies called Dundersalt!Back at Allie and Bruce's place after dinner. It was raining during our stay...but...well...it was winter!The next day we went to our old hang out pub...The Rose of Australia in Erskineville. This is the view of Sydney from the window :)Ooo oysters! This is the first of many to come...Aww, our old bottle shop...aww, our old friends!Rose of AustraliaAnd here's our favourite street in Sydney...King Street!Arghhhhhhh!Our 2nd night in Sydney was a pub night (what else?)...it was awesum seeing everyone!The girls...looking a little blurry :)The boys. Looking very....er...kewl!Chatting away...Oi!Partway thru the night the Dundersalt made an appearance!Bruce was all Norway'd up!Drinking at Allie and Bruces after the pubJaJaJaJaJA!We caught a taxi down the road for 1am munchies...ah how i miss that!Mmm oportos...tastes so good on a full stomach of beer doesn't it Dan?Svein looking Norwegian...fancy that!I'm a little teapotOn our 3rd and final night in Sydney we enjoyed a mexican kid-friendly dinner. Here we have James and Darcy. Darcy looked a lot bigger than the last time we saw her!Hey Dad let me just check your appointmentsTrish, Brett and 3 month old Chihiro! Looking extremely adorable...all 3 of them!Say cheese!

Moruya

After a 5hr bus journey we arrived in Moruya. On the way to Dan's Dad's place Pete stopped so I could get photos of these kangaroos.You know you're homesick when you're taking photos of kangaroos!When we arrived we admired the new balcony Pete had built since we'd last visited here.Dan played with the dogsWe stayed in the cabin...which was COLD...but lovely :) In the morning Dan cooked me breakfast...aren't I spoilt?Dan and those dogsThis is the old cabin that we slept in...on the same property as the main house.And here's the outside loo! I prefer the toilet in the main house :)Aww...so cuteHanging out with the doggiesPete and Dan...and Bruno...and Bell...oh and Beth in the distance!Bruno loves the cat.Us and BellWho's up for catching the stick?Ginge taking a break from BrunoThe girls having a wine and a chat togetherWhile Dan stokes up the fire. It was sooo cosy inside at night.Getting a cat hugLazy dogs!You wouldn't believe how hard it was to get the dogs to sit still in my photos!hehehEnjoying the sunThe next day we drove into Moruya with Pete and saw Anne's physiotherapy clinic...in an old cheese factory!This is Moruya...we did some shopping and had lunch here with Pete.Me at MoruyaWe bought an outdoor heater for the balcony. Here is Dan about to have lots of fun putting it together!Luckily it was working by dark and we enjoyed a drink outside :)Bruno loves the loveHe was quite fond of DanAnne and Pete and the doggies!Bruno and the cat...againAustraya!Another view of the cabinPete and the doggie familyOn our last day we went for a walk to the riverDan wanted to pan for gold...hence the panWatch out Pete!Ambling in the sunshineWell here I am, panning for goldThe dogs love going for a swimI got a passing lizard to take a photo of usOne last swim Beth!Then back home again!Saying goodbye to the dogsPete and BellPete and the gang!Seeya later BrunoWe said goodbye and headed off to Canberra...with a rental car Pete lent us. It was such a nice stay guys...thanks for having us!We said goodbye to the passing cows and drove on to Canberra...(this is where you can continue onto Part 2)