Back in the Land of Oz!

Well we are now back in Australia, having taken 37 hours door to door!! We flew from JFK in New York to Los Angeles, arising at 3.45 for a 4.30 cab for 5am check in! From LA we flew 11 hours to Narita in Tokyo and then another 8 hour flight from Tokyo to Sydney,...

Never pay retail in New York City!

Things have been hectic here at the beginning of 2006. We ended up staying in for New Year Eve due to cold weather and rain and watched the ball drop on television as well as fireworks (pathetic and more like a sparkler)!! It was all over in about 10 seconds!!!! Then...

Times Square Webcam New Years Day

If you look very closely you can see Andrew and I in the centre left of the photo from the Times Square Webcam. We are just behind the girl that is holding up a piece of paper in the centre of the photo.

Sydney makes front page of New York Times!

Hi AllIt is now about three and half hours until midnight which will mean New Years Day for us here. We have just finished dinner (the biggest pizza known to man) after seeing The Producers. As we walked past a newsagent, we noticed that the Sydney New Year...

Leaving Las Vegas

We are now back in New York after spending the last 3-4 days in Las Vegas. We had a great time but both agreed that our time there was long enough!! As a parting token we contributed $5 to the poker machines in the airport prior to boarding our flight (yes the poker...

An unexpected Christmas

Well it is now Monday evening (December 26) and are on our way home after another day of shopping (at the sales so you just have to buy things when they are on special) followed by a movie in town. We saw Brokeback Mountain with Heath Ledger (he was in it, not sitting...

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