Visit A Bit Of Australia With Me

I woke on my first morning in Australia to a sound that was both familiar and at the same time out of place here. Rain. It didn’t last long, though, before the sun came out and the ground started to dry. Then it started again, and this time it really came down. The good news is that after today the weather’s getting drier and warmer, although to be fair it’s tee shirt temperature now. Overall very reminiscent of a Manchester summer in fact. It’s fair to say that a bike ride w

Today’s the day! After all the waiting I’m finally heading back to Oz. Packing’s all done apart from toiletries and pills, so if it isn’t in the case now I’ll see it again in 5 weeks. I regularly get up at daft o’clock when going to work, but it’s definitely easier when there’s something to look forward to other than 8 hours as a wage slave. I can also have a sleep on the plane, something that tends to be frowned upon at work! I managed to drop my car off in the yard at work

In a few days’ time I’ll be making my way back to Australia. It’s almost two years since I left there but I remember it well and can’t wait to see it again. Some things have changed since my last visit. Kerry and Conor have a dog, Murphy, who arrived shortly after I left last time, and I have a motorbike, a Honda VFR750 which turned up not long after Murphy and with a lot of help from Kerry and Conor. Photos of both are below. The bike came from Milla Milla, which I visited o