Met Sarah and Super 14 Game

Met up with Sarah Barry old seconday school mate who is finishing PHD in Sydney!! Also caught a Super 14 game between Warratah (local Sydney team) and the Highlanders from NZ.....guy sitting right behind us at the game asked his girlfriend to marry him on the big screen!! Camera started zooming in on our section and I started getting worried!!!!!!!!

Sydney!!!

So we headed to Sydney on Wednesday and did the whole touristy thing....we were like Japanese tourists ....we took a million and one pics of the opera house and harbour bridge..Also headed out to Bondi Beach to see the surf dudes with attitudes!!!

Great Ocean Road - Victoria!

After a couple of days in Melbourne we headed off to the Great Ocean Road just outside the city. Basically the road does exactly what it says on the tin and follows the coast ...with some spectacular scenery!

On the drive on the Great Ocean Road we also got to take in some local wildlife!!! Cool or wha!!

Melbourne!!

Landed in Oz land and first stop Melbourne! Really nice city, really nice weather ..refreshing after the humidity of Fiji! Of course after traveling a couple of thousand miles to get here one of the first things I had to do was go to see Ramsay Street and bonus..got to meet the legend that is Dr Karl Kennedy!! and for those real Neighbours nerds out there also got to meet Conor the Irish guy who used to be in it!!

I know I'm sad what can I say!!

Fiji

Us on the plane with Stanley on the way to Fiji and then various pics of us snorkelling (how attractive) and flouncing around with flowers in out hair!! Dave looks great doncha think

Fiji

The next day headed to the airport and FIJI here we come..spent the week on two different islands..Bounty Island (where Celebrity Love Island was filmed donchaknow) and Nacula Island..Pics speak for themselves really

Dinner with Claire in Auckland

After a couple of days in the Bay of Islands and really crappy weather..torrential rain and flooded roads!! we headed back down to Auckland and met up with a buddy of Mick's my brother. Mick met Claire whilst on the J1 visa in Michigan and she stayed with us in Dublin whilst visiting Ireland...Dropped in on her and she very kindly made us dinner..First home cooked meal in over 2 months!! Had really nice evening despite the rainy weather.....

For those of you reading this from my old workplace Horwath ..look what I found in Auckland..there's just no escaping them!!

Northland and the Bay of Islands

After a few days at the Coromandel Peninsula we headed up north of Auckland to the Bay of Islands and Waitangi...which (for those of you ignorant of NZ History) is where the British Gov signed a treaty with the Maoiri tribes in 1840 giving them rites and independence within British Rule...tis the founding document of NZ and their National Holiday is Waitangi Day..went to the Maoir tribal house where the treaty was signed by all the various tribes....t'was interesting..Stanley of course came along for the ride!

Lack contact

Due to unforseen circumstances...ie....we are too busy lying on a beach in the sun beside a palm tree...this blog will be out of commission until we get to OZ!!! on Thurs 12th April..Fijians don't seem to be too hot on the whole technology front so won't be able to put up pics till Thurs and then I will make you all jealous with pics of white sand and clear blue waters!!