is a weekly diary to keep our UK 'gapping' daughter in touch with the family life she leaves behind in sydney

LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’

Dear Alice, Remember this? (pic right) Can you believe it’s been a year since we were photographing Camellia flowers and Lobsters? Seems only a few months ago to me. The former are now once again in full...

HELLO WORLD

Dear Alice, Pleased to hear this morning that you’ve made it safely back to your school. On the plus side, at least you’ve ended up seeing more of Europe than you originally planned to, even if it was...

THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

Dear Alice, Hope you enjoyed Scandinavia. The only Swedish I know is how to order breakfast. I was taught this by The Two Ronnies in 1978 and have never forgotten it. ‘Have you any eggs and ham?’...

YOU’RE A SUPERSTAR!

Before going on, enjoy this two minute slideshow I’ve put together to celebrate Mum’s birthday. Dear Alice, Happy Easter! On Good Friday we headed down to Cockle Bay Wharf (all four of us!) to...

SPIDER BITE BLUES

Dear Alice, Last Monday I received my first ever spider bite, and boy was it painful. Don’t worry that’s not it pictured right! I was moving rolls of old carpet in the storeroom behind the garage...

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