Wednesday, 19 August 2009

The Beard's are Back in Town

Gday or should we say alright!!!!!

So we're home for those of you who don't already know!!!! We got back on Monday night at 10pm... We flew home from Perth via Singapore... Bloody long journey, took us 30 hours... We're staying in a hotel for a few weeks whilst we get our feet back on the ground!!!!!!!

So that's the end of our little blog for now, though keep an eye out for leeandlucy2010.blogspot.com (BEARD's On TOUR 2010) coming to a web page near you... (hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!)

Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xx

Sunday, 16 August 2009

Perth !!!

Gday,

The weather here is not good lots of rain and wind !!!! but the sun made an appearance today for about 10 mins so things are looking up !!!

We found a local shopping centre called Harbour Time which is a factory outlet centre which is suppose to sell designer items at low prices well i disagree it was a big pile of shite !!!! we brought nothing oh sorry we did a bottle of apple juice that was nice but was full price and i don't think it was designer !!!! oh and lee got two more books to read again not designer but were cheap !!!!

We have some noisy people staying in the hotel at the moment two fat birds as lee calls them opposite us who don't seem to know how to close a door quietly and people have checked in today next door and our very noisy tonight maybe a sleepless night !!!!!!!! Lee is giving them a piece of there own medicine by opening a closing drawers very loudly and banging walls with his hand !!!! HAHAHAHAHA

well bye for now

lots of love
Lucy and Lee

PS Thanks for the invite June to the Birthday Bash but don't think we can make it maybe next year !!! xxx


Lee drinking from the bottle !!!!

Thursday, 13 August 2009

The Mint Tour Perth!!!

Gday,

We went to the The Perth Royal Mint today for a tour and watch them make a gold bar it was amazing how they do it we couldnt take pics sorry you werent allowed !!!! they took us on a tour around the factory telling us the history of the mint they also had a weighting machine you can stand on and it tells you how much you are worth in gold Lee was 3 million and Lucy was 2.5 million !!!!! i tried to sell lee but they wouldnt buy him !!!! (i would have got him back ) !!!!

Lots of love

Lucy & Lee xxx


The View from our Hotel room balcony !!!! ( oh yes a building site!!)
The Mint




Wednesday, 12 August 2009

We're in Perth

Gday...

Just thought we'd let you know we're here safe and sound in Perth... We got here to the hotel (Travledoge) about an hour ago.. Very posh for a Travelodge, room with a balcony and all!!!!! ohhhhhh!!!!!...

The flight from Adelaide was 3 and a half hours and fairly smooth...

More updates soon...

Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xx

Monday, 10 August 2009

Barossa Valley

Gday

Hows you all going??? Osk well it's a little bit cold here in Adelaide, but then we are in the middle of winter so actually it's not too bad!!!

After we finished blogging yesterday, we went on a tour of the Barossa Valley (most famous wine making region in Adelaide!!)...

First stop after an hour on the coach (and a little snooze!!) was a small town called Lyndoch where we stopped for morning tea!!!

Next stop off too the Wolf Blass winery for some wine testing (possibly not the best idea after best part of 2 nights without sleep!!!!)... 6 wines later (Lee thought they were all nice) we headed off for Lunch...

In the afternoon we went to a town called Hahn which is a German settlement (lots of real pubs where you can get proper measures of beers instead of poncey schooners!!!!)..... Tired as hell we got dropped off back at the Hilton at 6pm....

The hotel is lovely and the breakfast buffet mental (talk about every taste catered for!!!)....

Anyways that's about it, there are some pics below... Last day here tomorrow and then we're off to Perth!!!!

Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xx

View from the Adelaide Lookout
Vines
The place where we stopped for lunch
The tour bus... hahahahahahah not really!!!!
See what you look like after 2 nights without sleep!!!!!
Strike a pose!!
At the Wolf Blass Wine Tasting
Where we stopped for morning tea!!!!
Outside the Hilton at 6am in the morning!!!!

Saturday, 8 August 2009

Bloody hell we're tired!!!!!!

GDAY,

We're here safe and sound in Adelaide. We got the night bus from Melbourne and got here at 6am this morning... No dramas on the journey (except for Lee accidentally elbowing an Asian man in the jaw at Melbourne Bus station getting something out of his bag!!!!)...

We went to the hotel that we're staying at (Hilton) but there was no room available yet so we left our bags and are heading out on an all day wine tour in an hour or so!!!

Should sleep well tonight!!! hahahahahaha!!!!

Will try and get lots of pics up tomorrow!!

Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xx

Thursday, 6 August 2009

Update From Melbourne

Gday folks...

Thought we better give you a quick update from Melbourne... Sooo by the time we checked into the hotel Tuesday afternoon (after whiling away the time at the cinema watching Harry Potter with one man and his dog) we were knackered so slept most of the afternoon....

Wednesday we did the free Melbourne Tourist shuttle that goes in a loop of the city taking a couple of hours with a good onboard commentary as well.... Yesterday we went to St Kilda which is a small beach town about 5km outside Melbourne... It was quite cold as there weren't a lot of people around... but we stopped for lunch.....

We're still in the groove of sleeping late and getting up about midday (it's a hard life!!!!!)... Tomorrow night we're on a night bus to Adelaide.... we're there for a few days before flying off to Perth on the West Coast...

Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xx

Monday, 3 August 2009

Back in Melbourne

Gday,

It's Melbourne, 7am, no sleep for 24 hours, it's effing freezing and we've just dealt with the biggest prick ever at the Travelodge...

Other than that it's wicked to be back in Melbourne hahahahahahaha!!!!!

The night bus from Sydney was fine..... we left at 3pm yesterday and got here just after 6am an hour ago...

We stopped off at Canberra on the way for an hour... (we're so tired Lucy is even drinking my coffee!!!!) ... It was dark when we went through Canberra so couldn't really tell you if it looked like we missed much!!!!!

7 hours until checkin!!!!!!! wwooooooooo hooooo!!!!!!!!

Lots of Love

Lucy and Lee xx

Friday, 31 July 2009

Lee Walking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge !!

Gday,

The pics below are of Lee walking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on his Brthday the pics are not that good because we had to take a pic of a pic as you arnt allowed to take a camera up with you !!!!


The Bridge Climb was ace bit a little scary... I got there at 10am and after they had kitted us up, given me a breath test (it's true!!!!) and given us a safety briefing we set off the walk...

Our guide was a guy called Jackson.. slightly embarrasing moment when we all had to walk through the streets to get to the bottom of the bridge in our climing gear.. we looked like a right bunch of tits....

Initially walking up the bridge was ok but then we had to climb 4 sets of steep stairs... That was the first point when I thought what am I doing here as I don't like heights...

The views when we got to the top were amazing and we spent a good 20 mins taking it all in.... We came back down the bridge the other side... More steeps stairs to go down this time... All in all a great rush.. Just a shame we couldn't take a camera up but I did get a couple of sovenuir pics with me...

We're out of Sydney on Monday.. getting a night bus to Melbourne, onto Adelaide and then over to the West Coast!!!.

Lots of Love

Lucy and Lee xx



Me at the top of the Harbour Bridge with the Opera House in the background!!!



The Group that I was climbing with.. we all had a good laugh!!!




Monday, 27 July 2009

Our trip to the Blue Moutains !!!!

Gday,
We went on a day trip yesterday to the Blue Moutains it was a really good day out its was hard work alot of walking and it wasnt easy walking steep steps to climb up and down today my legs are killing me but it was good fun !!! at the end of our day we went to the place that has cable cars and walks around the moutains and a train there are 1000 steps down the moutain and up or you can take the train down or the cable car well at first i (lucy) thought the train how bad can a train be as im not that comfortable with cable cars but then the catch came Jim the tour guide told us the train is in the Guiness Book of records for being the steepest train ever its 52 degrees vertical OMG is what lucy thought well anyway over lunch we had to make a decision which at the end was we would walk down 1000 steps to the bottom and get the trian back up lucy thought going up vertical is better than facing down and going down at 52 degrees vertical well all the way down walking down these steps legs killing it took about 40 mins to walk down we get to the train area at Jim (the tour) says now the train goes back up backwards because it cant turn around once it has come down !!!!! OMG lucy thinks great fantastic why not !!!!!!!!!!!!!! he says the best place to sit is the front so you can look down when travelling up so lucy decide oh no it isnt and we sit near the back!!! once you sit in there is not seat belt or anything to hold you in but there is a wire netting over the top so you cant fall out the top and its starts moveing quite quickly but not fast well all i can say in watch the videos below !!!!!
Its Lee's birthday on thursday and he has decided he is gonna walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and i dont mean walk across at the same level the cars drive across not i mean walk up the arche across the middle and down the other side of the arch have a look at a picture of the bridge and you may see what i mean its 139 meters high !!!!! mad !!!!! unfortnately he isnt allowed to take a camera with him but he gets a pic they take......
I found out today Julie Skipper has had her baby a little girl called Ruby Faith Watts !!! Congratulations julies love you all of you !!!!!!
bye for now
lots of love
Lucy and Lee xxx
A view over the blue moutains with a lovely clear blue sky !


This was the mad train that goes back up to the top of the moutain !!!! (watch the vidoes)
You can see how the boy got lost !!!!
walking through the trees that you see from the pics at the top
the three sisters !!! (not sure why the three sisters) !!
three sisters Lee said you can see which one is the fat sister !!!!!
three sisters with the moutains between them

a wonderful waterfall
looking down at a waterfall
us !!!
hey good looking !!
different views of the moutains


walking through the moutains with part of it hanging over your head !!!!!!
Me !!!
waterfall !!!!!!





Wild Kangaroos !!!
this one had a little one in her pouch !!!!
big belly !


Saturday, 25 July 2009

Update from Sydney

Gday,

Hope all is well with everyone !!!

We have not been able to get jobs in Sydney so we have decided to move on we are booked to stay here in sydney travelodge until friday 31st next week so we are going to travel more around OZ we start in Canberra then back to Melbourne for a few days then on to Adelaide then to Perth which should take us around two weeks to do after that we are not sure but we think we will then travel up the west coast of OZ....

We have booked a day tour for tomorrow we are going to the Blue Moutains dont know if you have seen the news about the Brit lad that got lost for 12 days well thats where he got lost in the Blue Moutains but dont worry we are going with a tour company and im sure they know where they are going but if you dont hear from us after three days then we prob have got lost and will be living off seeds !!!!! Not really only joking im sure we will be fine Mum (shirley).....

well bye for now love to all

Lucy and Lee xxx

Monday, 20 July 2009

Pictures at last !!!

Gday,
Hello Guys hope all is well with everyone !!!
Below is the final lot of pics taken on our travels so far the end of New Zealand and a few in fiji and a few when back in Sydney !!!
Lots of love
Lucy and Lee
Gordon Ramsey doing a live show cooking and entertaining the audience!!
Gordon Ramsey at the Good Food show its was a good afternoon !!!

YEY!!!!! Back in Sydnet outside the Opera House even through we had seen it it still takes your breath away !!


Our Shower in the bure or should i say outside the bure yes it was outside noone could see in but still OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Lucy in the Hammock !!! HAHAHA


Lucy on the beach taking a photo on lee and the bure's !!


The beach fiji !!


The Private resort Beach in Fiji and this pic was taken during the day what lovely sunshine we had !!!!

lee looking very comfortable in a hammock near the beach !!!!! hahaha NOT

Look closer its a baby frog !!!! there were loads of these esp at night its was hard not to step on them

Better but he still has his eyes closed !!! haha


Lee looking like his is high on drugs (he isnt) !!!!

Lee in the grounds of the Resort well just being lee !!! hahaha

The beach view from our Bure yes if you look closer you can just about see the beach !!! hahaha


Lee outside our Bure!!

Inside our beachfront Bure !!! in Fiji

This was in auckland in the middle of the day it was foggy this day the airport had to cancel all flights we were flying out the next day !!!!!!

Lucy messing around with the camera what a lovely pic NOT !!!!!

At Auckland Habour !!

The Gym in the hotel and yes lee did use it Lucy didnt !!!! hahaha

The pool in the hotel !!

I believe Lee thought this item was the best in the whole room the phone next to the toilet !!!!

Our abthroom yes we have shower and a bath !!! (NO SHARED BATHROOM )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The view from our hotel room


Not sure why lee has taken these pics do you really want to know what the room is like!!

Our Room !!

Auckland City !!!!!

In New Zealand on the beach as the sun goes down !!!!!

Mount Manuaghi was can walk up it and around it thankfully for Lucy WE didnt have time Lee wanted Too !!!!!

Lee is getting good at takening pictures like this i love it !!!

A great picture taken by Lee in Mount Manaughi (not sure of the spelling)

Boiling hot mud pools !!!

This was great Boiling hot mud pools !!

a rapid water creek in new zealnd near where the waterfalls are in New Zealand

Waterfall in new zealand

A beautiful Waterful we stop at on the way to Queenstown New Zealand

A mini Mcdonalds van clearing up the car park in Napier New Zealand !!!!