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

FOOTBALL CRAZY

Last Sunday morning, at the slightly irritating time of 7.30am, Tristan began his football season again. Playing the winners of last year’s grand final, Tris scored a great goal and his team went on to...

DRIVING IN MY CAR

SO WHAT CAR IS ALICE? This week a quiz for you! I asked everyone here (independently) two questions about which hypothetical car they felt, might best reflect your desire and personality now, and how that may...

A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD

Dear Alice, Elliott had a great time at Chaldercot Conference Centre this week. His script, which was further refined on the camp, is now to be entered in both the NSW Young Dramatists – Page to Stage...

TOMMY’S HOLIDAY CAMP

Dear Alice, Well another week, another dollar and one very tired Tristan following his school camp to Lake Macquarie. He arrived home on Thursday exhausted, coughing, spluttering and covered in about thirty...

MORNING THEFT

Dear Alice, Why is it that people say they ’slept like a baby’ when we all know babies actually wake up every two hours? Why is it that toasters include settings that burn toast to a blackened...

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