Did we blink and miss it? Now we are on the way home we find it hard to believe our holiday is over. The only thing that proves the last ten weeks existed is this blog….oh and the huge dent in my bank account. The holiday has cost much more than I thought. Petrol prices haven’t helped. I think we’ve spent about £2,000 on diesel alone!

We spent our last night in Neutral Bay in Sydney. The attached picture shows some of the family getting together for the last supper. From the left you have Roz, Robbie’s Dad, Tim (Robbie’s youngest brother) Us of course, and then Teresa & middle brother Johnno. The small hairy thing with Robbie is the extremely cute dog that Bronte mentioned in her last post.

Have things changed since this trip? Yes, Jack has grown loads, not just in height but also in maturity. I’m glad we did the trip this year. Next year Jack probably won’t want to spend time with us and will have turned into a moody brat!! This year he was a pleasure to be with. They both were. Bronte is as cute and cuddly as ever and her cheerful outlook on life and funny accents have kept us all amused. Has she grown. A little I think! Her hair certainly has! Above all they have learnt to be patient and tolerant and to work as a team. They’ve experienced things most kids could only dream about and have met a whole new family. Their new great grandmother in Aus liked them so much she gave them 50 dollars each! Mind you, Jack somehow seemed to manage to bring at least £150 back with him to England!! How does he do that!!

We are sitting in the airport in Korea now. Homeward bound. See you all soon.

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At last we are back in Sydney and I’ve had my first decent meal in weeks.  Sorry you haven’t seen me for a while but the hot climate doesn’t suit my woolly attire.  I’ve been hiding in the esky for several weeks now  (that’s a cool box for you ignorant pommies).

The last few days have been very rainy but very fun. First day of rain was in New England. They didnt call it that for nothing. The second was called the Warrenbunggles that was very good because Ralph,Robbie and i went on a big walk up a mountain. It rained the whole time but we were climbing up the cliff and that was really fun.after that we had a few games of baseball and then headed for Sydney.

Hi everyone did you have a good holiday? Yesterday we were at a place called warrenbungels, and it was good but most of the time it was raining but it was stiil fun.The first night we were there Jade and I saw a Kangaroo and it came really close and it let us stroke it and it was really cool and we called it Skippy. And also when we were just leaving it came up to us again.(it was so cute).Then we made oure way down to Sydney to see Robbies brother again and they have bought a new house and they bought a dog to and it’s name is Tike and it is so cute.It bites a bit and licks but it only a puppy.we are going home tomorrow. See you soon.Bye xx Bronte