Hello there, you may have noticed that the most recent blogs have been rather short and lacking pictures, that's because they have been done on the move (Singapore) or in the hotel in Sydney (15min or pay $5). Now we have reached the Chubby Balls and a fellow blogger, so am able to post in more detail.
Singapore was great, a shoppers paradise and the people are so polite. The hotel was superb, 5* luxury,the room had the usual bed and bathroom and a dressing room and balcony. It was in the Marina area and very handy for the city, yet quiet. We did the bus tour, which cost the princely sum of $6 for the 2 of us (if you fly in with Singarpore airlines the hop on hop off bus is really cheap and takes you all over the city. We saw the Botanic Gardens, walked down Orchard Street and of course visited the inevitable Raffles Hotel for a Singapore Sling.

The Hotel pool was great for cooling down and tho Chris looks a bit worried, it was the dark cloud that worried him.



Sydney was buzzing, you have already heard about the shoe thing, so I'll move on to the night life. We stayed on George St., in the Rocks area, which is the oldest part of Sydney, in a hotel which has been there from early days. The Russell hotel is quaint and handy for the Bridge, Opera House and Circular Quay and the night life is well..... rockin (thats their word not mine). We spent Sunday night listening to the sounds of "Sweet Caroline" "Dirty old Town" "Delilah" etc....mmmm very Rockin?!
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We toured the harbour on the day of the Tsunami and thought we would wait for the high tide, by the sea of course, many ferries had been cancelled, just in case, but as our trip catered mostly for the "Poms" they weren't worried if they lost a few!! So this is me waiting for the Tsunami (No Bev not the Toon Army). The harbour is beautiful.



The following day we did the bus tour and visited some beaches, Bondi among them-fab beach, not too sure about the town. We had a great meal at a bbq restaurant-choose your slab of meat and cook it yourself on the giant bbq-great meal.
Then off to NZ, first stop Kawa Kawa to see Mike and Pauline, of the "top flat" fame, they live in a beautiful area-Northland-the Lakes by the sea, we didn't need the hop on hop off bus this time, we went off in Mikes 4 wheel drive to see the sights-peaceful land and sea. They live in a Colonial house with a fabulous garden, think Chris was tempted to stay!.



Less than 48 hours later we arrive at the "bottom flat" as was, (well it seemed like we just walked up the back lane to visit both of them)the Chubby Balls home in Cambridge, yet another fine spot in this awesome land. Yes we had some wine and beer and you will just have to wait for the rest of the story.........In the meantime, have a very "Happy Easter"