Tomistravelling: October 2008

Hi from OZ

Having just left Liam at the airport we are two again, We've had a fantastic time in Oz, mainly eating and drinking (Liam's influence).

In our rental car we pootled down the coast from Byron to Melbourne. We had 2 CDs; "Rocktober" and "Now!thats what I call winter 2008" and Tessa the surfboard on the roof (along with a a couple of pairs of my underpants; boxers turned out to be very good for stopping rattling noises at high speeds). The Hippies in Nimbin almost choked on their weed when we turned up in a Renault Megan with "Fat bottomed girls" blasting out of the sound system. It's been a fantastic trip despite the leeaches and ticks in the rainforest in grafton, the occasional rain and the freak Liam-destroying wave.

In Sydney we caught up with Izzy from Bristol, God mother Vanessa and Eugine, Sonal and V from AMV and the lovely people in Sutherland A&E who pumped Liam so full of morphine he passed out for 3 hours.

In Melbourne we caught up with Aida ,Chris and Sue from Clemenger, visited wineries and discovered the astonishing cost of shipping wine and surfboards to the UK.

We're currently staying in a scuzzy Manly hostel (Roz rather rather primly declared that it looked like a 14 year olds bedroom when we walked into the dorm this morning) ahead of our flight back to the unknown and on to India.

Thanks to everyone who put us up and took us out and to the guys at home for the exceedingly comfy hotel accommodation in Sydney and Melbourne.

Onwards...