a lot can change in 48 hours here are some winter shots

Steve's Collection of Golf Balls hehe

roar

yep i know why hoses, they just looked kinda interesting :S

what lies behind the bricked up door...

i really like this shot

mmmm frosty

a solid bit of ice found in a wheel barrow hehe

ice ice baby

twin peaks tastic

and 48 hours later we have a complete change of scene wahooo snow

hehe reminds me of narnia

strike a pose

how do i get down from here

So i'm jetlagged out my head, its 230am although this probably wont appear for ages after lol, so right what was i doing ahhhh yess piccies from aussieland i apologise in advance i think its gonna be quite long hehehehe

Day 1 2, and also 3 (as we left on the 25th and got there on the 27th) Saturday, Sunday and Monday

isn't it nice terminal 3 has a tgi's in the departure lounge

some 14 hours later we arrive in singapore airport, which sadly is all we really got to see in ol 'pore, but hey its one pretty airport, it even has plants and lakes and scthuff so after a brief strech of the ole legs we're back on a plane and on route to sydney

(cheeky ciggie break) many more hours later we arrive in sydney, only to have another two hour car journey to my aunts house in wyong, pretty jetlagged when we get in so its pretty much an early night the first day.

Day 4 Tuesday

breakkie with the family

my aunt, me and steve outside a rather huge shopping centre in wyong. you gotta love that name, wyong hehe, so yeah after a bit of the ole shopping its off to the beach

building our masterpiece sand castle, which was a bit of a failure really we couldnt swim cuz of evil jelly fish, i swear australia is all about the "look but don;t touch" stuff its entirely unfair me says!!

nought like beach acrobatics hehe

polly wanna cracker?

after the beach we go to this lil pier bit which is covered in pelicans and get to witness a trully stunning electrical storm, sadly as much as i tried i never captured the lightening on the camera

got back to the house to see the pool was filled up so in we went

me gettin tossed around like a rag doll grrrr i nearly drank half the pool water...

after spending time in the pool theres nothing like pool

my gran giving steve a run for his money,

Day 5 Wednesday

get up ridiculously early yet again, and its off to Chris and Nic's in Sydney, on a rather mad train journey, triple decker trains they have!!!!! its a very pretty journey but i swear my one biggest complaint with australia (other than the flies and bloody bugs) is how the air con is bloody freezing everywhere, literally had to use towels as blankets on the train to keep warm.

arrived in sydney about midday, went to chris & nic's flat which was damn stunning and then of to the city we went

chris & nic on Pyrmont Bridge

The Harbour Bridge

after a little walk through the city north, we jumped on a ferry to Manley (best name for a place ever lol) and as it was a pretty galeish day the water was a right laugh to be on, some of the smaller boats looked like they were gonna capsize!!

obligatory opera house shot

erm not my finest moment

Chris in a funky bar we went to for lunch in Manley, we ate some pretty manly burgers and everything

after some lunch it was off to the beach

Chris' ingenius use of pockets as shoe holders

note the posey surfer dudes in back of shot

fountain that was in Matrix

nightime we went for mexican in a place that was either called new town or old town, i can't for the life of me remember lol, anyway it was kinda like Sydney's camden with crazy shops and bars and stuff, we had some rather glorious fajitas (although the lack of jalapenos did seem odd) and chili shots that were actually quite nice and a rather beutiful jug of sangria mmmmmmmm

after that we went to Chris' old local where we played some more pool, there was a cool bluesy band playing there too, but the main entertainment were these two guys who just kept rapping random gibberish the whole time we were there, was pretty hillarious!!! and here they are:

Day 6 Thursday

wake up to be told we're going to get to go sky walking on sydney's centre point (highest building) as a bday present from chris and nic which was pretty much the acest present ever, pics of that will follow shortly. so yeah chris and nic had to do their airport rounds for other friends who were arriving, so me and steve got to use their pool facilities, which was pretty cool, and i mean that literally an absolutely freezing swimming pool it was, after that rather cold experience we went off to the city to sky walk!

130 we got to centre point (yes they have stolen all our names heheh) and got all kitted up for the skywalk, which basically entails walking around a glass see through platform that extends out over the city from the top, its quite a breath taking experience looking down on sydeny from that height and one i dont think ill ever forget the tour guide was really ace too! anyway here are some piccies

fernando alonso eat your heart out!!!

anyway after that we went to this awesome roof bar to celebrate

centre point, the platform is on the left

finally made it back to the flat to get ready for drinks at the Watershed on the harbour to welcome all of Chris' mates.

mmmmm cocktail

Day 7 Friday My Bday
Got up to a 35 degree day, now i cant describe how surreal it is to accept its your birthday when its that hot out there lol, so while chris and nic were packing things up so we could drive back to wyong me and steve went out for some brekkie and poooool goodness



and back to wyong we trekked

my lil bday cake, i didnt like the fact you could swap the cakes and make it say 42, i was starting to think life really does go by in a blink hehe


after candle antics it was off to Rafferty's the Lake resort the wedding was going to be at.

familllyy

Day 8 - The Wedding

rather nice setting huh


the wedding party arrive in golf buggies pure genius!

he's not nervous or anything

Chris Brother Simon who was his best man, and my Uncle



doesn't she look stunning
















outside the marquee which was absolutely out of this world


jaffa cake wedding cake absolute genius!



all in all it was the best wedding i think i've ever been to, amazing scenery, awesome atmosphere, great music, the blisters on my toes weren't pretty after all the dancing, you gotta love weddings free random booze coming at you from every angle, (ok so my vodkas were the only alchohol at the wedding that cost anything yeah oops lol)
Day 9

the view from our lake house






after brekkie at the resort it was back to wyong to prepare for the after wedding bbq party sadly due to complete tiredness i didnt really get too many photos of this day other than the decorations lol


Day 10 - Back to Sydney Darling Harbour


me takin this picture:

i actually got attacked by one of these things later it seemd to want to make my holey jeans more holey lol!

no matter how many i saw i did not get used to the christmas trees!!!











Steves antics I just love the fact his wallet falls out teehee

after a little wonder round the harbour we went to a crazy seafood restaurant, i actually tried a bit of lobster and crab, they were pretty bland, steve did try some squid though which was rather impressive. after lunch it was off to sea lunch in action at the aquarium, yes i know a bit sick really :s


its a croc!!


me touching a sharkie

the typical aussie life!

i swear its a graboid!!!!!




after the aquarium we went in hunt of some yummy italian ice cream!!! mmmmmm ferroror rocher ice cream rules


china town


steve and saki the coolest shark in the world i tells ya
evening we went to check out the casino


christmas trees are wrong wrong wrong i tells ya

not what you expect to see when you usually follow signs which say "smoker's area"



after a trip to Henry's pies to have rather scrummy chilli dogs off home we were,
Day 11
nearing the end, we decide to go have some craziness in the local shopping centre, have lunch in an awesome Texas style saloon place, the have whole jalepenos on plates whole i tells ya, and after the best lunch i think i've ever had and a damn good creamy cocktail its off to the shops to purchase crazy things, including two remote control cars which prooved loads of fun in the garden when we got back and about $200 worth of booze to make cocktails with, i also got my cocktail shaker so i am a happy bunny

back to Wyong, after a taxi failed to arrive after two hours, i swear there is such a thing as being too laid back about work!!! grrrrr!! hehe and it was my cousins daughter bday bash, although me and steve spent most of the time arguing over the lilo in the pool nah not really but lets say i got my revenge on being thrown around mwahahahaha



its all about chuck norris!



Day 12 - Bye Bye Aussieland


all in all it was an amazing holiday just not enough time, only complaint is the evils of the weather which meant we never got to do sky diving what with its 2 days prior booking and no refunds if weather is rough still i guess it leaves something crazy to look forward to do, which with the current anti climax and get lag from hell is pretty welcome.
oh yeah on more complaint i didnt see a single kangaroo or koala!!! now that is just shocking and wrong! hehe
anyways thanks for wasting your time reading hehehe they'll probably be more photos if i can be bothered laters lol!!!

c'est moi


jamie makes a rather tasty dracula


captain jack's had one too many bottles of rum


Thrilling


that phanttoooom of the opera is thereeee, insideee my soul


beeeee verrrryyyyy quieeettttttt i'm hunting werewolves