Sydney

Bonsai trees at the entrance to the Chinese Gardens, Sydney.

Favourite nephew in all of Australia on ferry to Manly Beach!

Chinese gardens, Sydney.


We are currently in Blairgowrie, the holiday home of Marilyn and Alistair with whom we have spent the last 2 hilarious days! we had a tour of Melbourne and a drive on the Formula One race course - Alistair used to do a lot of racing it seems. Last night we headed to a local Malaysian restaurant in Abbotsford where M. and A. live. It was a short walk and as M. has walking problems she drove her disabled buggy with 2 bottles of wine clinking in the basket. Jim forgot the camera so we haven't captured the scene. Following a lovely meal we made our way to a very nice traditional pub and after a drink or two wove our way home again. M. was a scream in the buggy - more like 6 than 69! Our time with Lois and Fred was more sedate but no less enjoyable - lots of culture, art and history. We plan to relax for another day in Blairgowrie and then we are going to do some of the Great Ocean highway - as far as the 12 Apostles of which there are now only 7 - hope we don't reduce their numbers any further!

We leave for Hobart on Saturday 13th to spend a week in Tasmania.