Marie and Craig

Marie and Craig flew over to Australia via Abu Dhabi on Christmas Day to attend Craig's sister's wedding and spend some time in Oz.

We met up at Sydney Airport around lunchtime today and caught up with all the news before we grabbed a taxi to our motel/hotel and they took charge of their hire car as they set off for a few days away over New Year before the wedding.

Wonderful to see them both especially as at one time it looked despite many efforts as if our paths simply could not cross because of various logistics.

Also flying from Melbourne to Sydney today though on a later plane - Paris Hilton who is in Oz for some New Year TV special. She spent yesterday shopping in Melbourne (when really she should have been at the cricket) but dined at a restaurant by St Kilda Beach, just half a mile from us. Her loss not ours, I reckon ! Dave

Crown on Crown

Arrived in Sydney this afternoon to find extremely warm weather - Melbourne had been rather variable.

We are staying at the Crown Motel located on a street of the same name. The room is a little on the small side but there are compensations - see Dave beavering away on the netbook computer on our balcony! Wi-fi is free as are videos to play in our room. Now, we didn’t come all the way to Australia to watch videos but it is pleasant on the odd occasion to return to your abode and relax for the evening.

The locality here is pretty good too - all seems fairly quiet as I write this, but just a few metres down the road is a bustling hive of activity with a huge variety of outlets, shops and restaurants. The choice of eating places is staggering and it was difficult to make a decision. In the end we plumped for a Thai restaurant with a diverse menu, reasonable prices and a BYO policy for alcohol where we‘ll be eating (and drinking) in an hour or so. What could be better?

Jean