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Well, this time tomorrow we’ll be on our way and this time Thursday we’ll be there!! Very excited, seriously very excited. MP3 players are loaded (Hoppit has My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Lostprophets etc on hers) and mine is full of everything and anything - from Barry Mannilow to Slipknot and pretty much eveything in [...]
I’m very impressed - with the exception of a few bits and pieces we’re packed. We bought two brand new hot pink suitcases today (have given them to the girls rather than J) and Hope spent most of this afternoon packing while I worked on my assignment.
Still don’t have insurance, forgot again today and will [...]
The countdown has really begun now, the children have less than a week in school, the cases are almost packed (admittedly we have 2 more cases to buy!) and we’ve almost finished our Christmas shopping for the family members we’re leaving behind.
The weather in Hinton, NSW (where we’re headed) is currently 37C and is forecast to be [...]
It’s all very exciting - we’ve only got 9 days left, can officially say “We’ll be in Australia next week” so we’ve started to get on with the packing. We need 2 more suitcases and then we’ll be able to actually pack properly, at the moment it’s all in a cardboard box ready to be [...]
We’re flying from the UK on KLM and then between Amsterdam and Sydney on Malaysian airlines - then reversed for the way home.
So not amused by this as the bagggage allowance for Malaysian is only 5kg for cabin baggage and it’s 12kgs for KLM! I’m going to have to have a bag big enough to [...]
We’ve got all the passports now and are on a serious countdown (it’s 6 weeks to Christmas - wahey!) and have already made a start on the packing. I’m determined that we’ll actually be organised and it won’t be a mad panic at 2am trying to find things while we’re waiting for our taxi to [...]
Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhh - so little time and sooo much to do!
So excited seriously can’t wait. The kids are counting the days and I know that Hope’s parents are thinking the same as well. Ellie’s passport is here, just waiting for J’s now and then we’re all ready to go. Will give them another call on Wednesday [...]
Went into the travel agents today to pre-book the seats and arrange for the special meals (as Ellie is lactose intolerant we figured she needed a meal she could eat) and was told that they can’t prebook the seats for Manchester to Amsterdam as it’s such a short flight! Good job we’re getting to the [...]
have made a start on the shopping, figure we need a weeks worth of gear really and then we can get extra stuff while we’re out there.
have got ellie’s main present sorted out (all day riding through the rain forests) - she’ll love it, just need to get Jenny to make the arrangements for us [...]
Flights booked tickets in Ruby Gloom bag in xmas cardboard box
Passports all arrived with tickets (Hope’s 2 passports are in her own bag in box)
Insurance - have got a good quote, just need to pay for it now!
eVisas - done, printed confirmation with dad
Money -
