Well, this is the final day in Australia....its nearly 11pm and in ten hours time Matt and I will be on the plane home! We've had a mad day packing, trying to squeeze everything in, choosing sacrificial clothing, for in case there was no room. It was a hard job! Walked to the St Ives shops for the last time (for a few years anyway!) to sort out my bank account. For some reason, I attract problems when it comes to banking. The banking assistants tried to tell me I needed signed persmission from a Justice of Peace to close my account....ahem....not quite sure thats true....so instead, I managed to negotiate three pages of forms, a signed letter and a fax (??) instead...apparently Matt can just ring his bank from the UK and they close it over the phone...just my luck! We've had a nightmare organising forms to reclaim our tax which will be a nice gift in 6-8 weeks time, and last night, a rogue possum on the roof making such loud noises we thought the car was getting broken into. Then we spotted the culprit just watching the chaos he created from the roof, the little bugger! Yesterday was our final visit to the Maquarie shopping centre....we bought Candy and Mark a nice biscuit barrel (to replace the one the ghost broke!) and a bottle of wine, Jade and Travis, we bought a bottle of Curaco, and Sapphire got the movie of Spongebob Squarepants....all went down amazingly well! They were just little thank you's for letting us stay with them for 4 months. Still cant believe its time to go home.
We have ended our trip in style though, with a visit to Max Brenners. Scrummy! On the brightside, a few jobs have come up in the last few days, which I have applied for, so hopefully won't be too poor for too long....I feel we're in for many reunion nights when we get home! Oh and I almost forgot, Asiana Airlines have arranged a hotel for us tomorrow, including dinner and airport transfers....loving Asiana's customer service skills!
Anywayz, the next blog I write will more than likely be done in the sunny realms of Grimsby rather than Sydney, but its been a fabulous journey!
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