Happy New Year (last instalment from Oz)

Happy New Year one and all!!

The first update of 2005 will be catching you up on Sydney higlights and the last one from Australia as we fly to Singapore on 5th and then on to Thailand needless to say we re only going to the east coast islands.

So not quite sure where i got up to but we got to Sydney safe and sound and got the keys to the apartment that mum and dad rented in Mosman and settled in.  Checked out our local beach Balmoral and then the hords of Guilfoyles started arriving - first Lau and Joe rocked up then mum and dad and it was like we had seen them yesterday (admittedly it was only a few weeks since Rainbow beach!!) the day before christmas eve we started getting the provisions in and on crimbo eve Philly turned up so we had a good ol catch up aka drank all the wine we had bought for christmas day!! So christmas day turned out to be a wash out in alcohol and weather - it didnt feel like christmas at all!

 Boxing day we watched the start of Sydney to Hobart yacht race and in the evening made up for not drinking on xmas day and ended up in Darling harbour shooting sambuca and beautiful butterscotch scnapps and baileys - yum and lethal!  Next  we caught up with the irish lads we met on fraser and after a few false starts found a bar in the Orient Hotel which was worthy of Thursdays - which of course we loved!  Lau got into a dance off and of course won as the guys final and lasting move was to fall flat on his face!  Once we had abused that place to its fullest we headed to Cheers bar in town and carried on til 7am - we are craaazzeee!! New years eve day was spent marking out our spot on a prime location to watch the harbour fireworks which were fantastic.  they managed to coordinate 4 sets of fireworks down the harbour and we got to see all of them - amazing. 

We have started this year as we mean to go on - yesterday we chartered a 37ft yacht and sailed around the harbour - right up to the opera house and under the bridge supping champagne (alright fizzy wine!) and generally lording it up!!  I could get used to this!

All too soon though our time here has come to an end.  for the next two nights we re staying in Wake up hostel in the centre of town as lau and joe flew to hong kong today and mum and dad to New Zealand. 

Its not long til im home - 6 weeks will fly by and for those of you who have missed me incredibly my flight gets in on 18th Feb at 5.30 am terminal 4 - see you there with a big welcome home sign!!

Hope you ve all had a well deserved break and are looking to getting your noses back to the grindstone!  - for me 6 weeks lying on a beach in thailand will be hard work - making sure that im tanned evenly all over is an skill in itself! 

May the best of your last year be the worst of your new year! Enjoy.

x

Stephanie Fewings - How did your exams go?? when do you get the results?  bet youre pleased they re all over huh! x

Anna Mccoy - hope you had a brill time in Canada

Grils from home - Happy New Year!  I was expecting drunken phone calls from Thursdays at midnight - but i hear that you didnt go??!!  let me know what you did for the evening. HOllie Carr - didnt even realise you were going to canada - very sneaky - you love it!!

Law School girlies - bet crimbo has been a lovely break - i cant wait to start my training contract - no really i love having 20 days holiday a year!  Katie i ll email you separately - i hope everythings ok - love you.

Stephanie gray - how was new year in the bar?  got any ideas for living arrangements?

Amy Donahoe - You still coming out to Thailand?  When do you fly and where you going??

Morf - hope you had a wicked crimbo.

Martin - i really want to see some photos of you as Dick Whittington - you stunner!

Everyone else ive made a new years resolution for you - email Jen more!!