Melbourne continued....

Already getting slack at keeping this up to date - apologies if there is anyone that actually reads this! Anyway, we had a great last few days in Oz.

I (Sally) went to Sydney to see my bro Tom and his girlfriend Fi. Our paths crossed finally - haven't seen Tom for far too long. We packed in almost as much as is humanely possible in 2 days including a trip to the Blue Mountains, the Opera House, the Rocks, Circular Quay and Bondi Beach. We stayed in the Wynard Hotel which ended up being pretty good for a hostel style of place. Right in the middle of town, walking distance to everything.

Meanwhile Linc was left to fend for himself in Melbourne. I heard mention a visit to the 'Green Rhino', and some pretty serious drinking. Whilst the cat's away.....?!

On Sunday I flew back to Melbourne airport where Linc, Greg and Rose arrived with all our baggage for the flight to Auckland. The lady at the queue noticed our excessive number of bags and we explained that we had mariners tickets so had double the normal allowance - in response she kindly announced to everyone that we were 'Seamen' as if we would get special treatment. Made us feel like ar*es!