Today I planned to go to Melbourne to ring the loved ones and send postcards. I got to the city about 8 and I could put money on my phone, so I wonder around the city like a lost lamb for an hour looking at all the churches and sky scrapers. After I had hung around and made some phone calls Woody called and said he was heading into the city to do some shopping and offered did he want him to show me the sights and sounds. Tom and Lauren had also planned to come into the city later that morning. I went to meet woody at the tram station. We wonder around for a bit, bumped into Tom and Lauren a few times so we agreed to meet in the roof top bar in the centre of the city around 1ish. The roof top bar is a really nice place to have a casual drink around midday. Its 7 stories up and there’s loads of bean bags to chill out on enjoy a beer. The view is a 360 degree view of the city centre of Melbourne. Woody and I later split up from Tom and Lauren again to leave them to move stuff out of Lauren's old house. Woody and I ended up getting a train back to his house we I meet his parents. They were so nice, they gave woody and I a lift to the biggest shopping mall in the Southern hemisphere, they shouted me a lunch and an ice cream and even bought me bicarbonate of soda to shop me new shoes from smelling. When we went back to Woody’s place I spoke with his old man about beach cricket and general cricket. He said the best time in the whole of the year to go and see the cricket is Boxing Day, Australia versus South Africa in a test. He thinks there should be about 90 thousand or so people there doing the same thing I intend on doing, getting steaming all day and watching some world class cricket. I can’t wait. We spoke about cherry picking and the slave labour it is and they suggest that when Tom and I get back from Tasmania where we plan to pick fruit in the New Year we could go to their beach house in Philip Island for a week just to get over the hard work. Sounds like an offer I would be insane to refuse. That evening we went out for a beer, but because woody is skint we ended up back rather early. I had a really good day thanks to the Lakers. On and by the way……..
Merry Christmas to all the readers and a happy new year!
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Hi James, It's good to see that you are looking so well and tanned, I'm so jealous. You had a lucky escape with leaving Las Vegas - it's snowing there today! Have a fab Christmas and New Year and don't drink too much or you won't be able to remember how fantastic everything is :-). Ali x
So great to hear all your news and see the photos - amazing trip!!! I am glad that I did not know you were all jumping in the water when you didn't know the depth - scares me so much to think of it!!!!(A boring mum here).Have been looking for you at the cricket match, but since Tom's e-mail today realise he spent more time in the "little room" than by the pitch! Hope the hangover is better. miss and love you all. Dawn XXXXXX
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