Boi....it's hot!!

Well, the first week has been and gone. Achievements thus far....deleting the whole blog which we have just spent 45mins writing, so unfortunately this time its going to be to the point, without the frilly bits, because like the title, it's blummin hot!!

Right, let's start again. Achievements for the week include; getting used to the heat....which Haz hasn't just yet, the 10 hour time difference which is proving more difficult than expected! Next was the boring stuff like well the boring stuff (bank card, Medicare, grocery shopping bla de bla!), and of course the reason why we're in Mackay, Nick's first cricket game for Norths! It's played slightly differently over here, as we only play 35 overs in the one day comp due to early sunset at 6pm ish!! Overall the game went well, despite losing by a mere 6 runs! It felt good to get my first 2 wickets on Auzzie turf, hopefully I'll perform well again next week! :) (check facebook for photos, as trying to add them caused our post to be deleted. One word for this......FUMING!!)

On our first full day in Mackay we went for a scrumptious lunch to Eimeo Pacific Hotel with stunning views overlooking Whitsundays Coast, Brampton, Keswick and St Bees Islands with Eimeo Beach at the forefront. We paddled in our first Auzzie beach, known as Blacks Beach. Needless to say its nothing like the beaches back home....sorry guys!! We've been told to watch out for the jellies, crocs and stingers, so we might not be swimming in the ocean just yet, as we don't want to cut our trip extremely short!!

In and around the boring stuff and cricket, we've been settling in, job hunting and planning where we're heading after Mackay come January. It's a hard life though, playing water volleyball for hours in the afternoons (arvo) whilst soaking up the rays!

Wish us luck for finding a job though, as being in a mining city, things are pretty darn expensive!!

See u's later

Nick & Haz
P.S. this had better saved this time!!

Touch Down in Down Under

Well we've made it!! We have finally arrived in Mackay! Surprisingly there weren't any hitches along the way either! Just a few .... Minor issues with water bottles and the whole getting off the plane.....downing the water that couldn't be taken through security......buying another water bottle.....downing that water AGAIN when boarding another plane.....and so on for not one...but all 3 flights. You would have thought nick would have learnt the lesson after flight number one... ;) apparently you still can't take any water on board ... Whether you have bought it from duty free or not!

Nick successfully managed to sort out gluten free meals for the second flight but wished she hadn't bothered when faced with lumpy mash potato and salmon for breakfast...hmmm... Yum...?

So, for the next couple of days we shall be settling in, and sorting a few important jobs out like bank account and jobs. We have already been acquainted with the cricket ground where nick will be playing her first game on Saturday! Looking forward to a welcome party on Saturday night.

That's all for now. Some well needed rest is in order.

Haz & Nick

1st leg done & dusted!

Well we've completed the first stage of our journey :) we are currently sitting in Hong Kong airport, making good use of their free wi-fi! It's 8pm, so we still have another 4 hours to kill before our next flight! Wow, don't you just love sitting around in airports... It's like watching paint dry sometimes! You can tell we're typical Brits....one of the first things we did when getting off the plane was to find a Starbucks!

Not sure what what we're going to do to kill the first 4 hours... Coffee, tick.....email friends and family, tick ..... Wonder round the airport shops ( and realising shops like Gucci, Prada, Boss, Valentino, Tiffany.... Just aren't quite in our price range!), tick.....maybe grab some food before the delights of aeroplane food are within our grasp! Although business class strawberry and banana smoothie went down a treat for the celiac traveller is this party! Hehehe horrible scrambled eggs just didn't quite hit the grade for the 'so called "non-fussy" traveller!

Next leg, 9 hours to Brisbane where we will be doing all this waiting around merlarky once again for 5 hours! Final leg will be on to Mackay, and then such much needed sleep!

Logging off for now
Nick & Haz

Count Down Almost Over...

Well, Monday is fast approaching, and yet no packing has been attempted...well actually I've started,  but Haz has been slacking and not pulling her weight!! Instead, she decides to play with her new toy 'The Fujifilm!' Although I suppose its good prep for all the snaps we're going to take along the way! :)

Well thats it for now folks. We were just testing our blog spot before heading to the Land Down Under!

Keep in contact, and we'll keep you up to date :)

Nick & Haz