Bondi Beach....

Ok, this has been a cricket/fun blog, but i'm sorry, but at the moment over here all you can see on the TV is floods. I know, good old Neil hasn't a clue, but i've seen our WIDE Severn valley, unfortunatly, they don't do wide valley's or short showers. Don't get me wrong, I'm in Bondi, but, I wanted to go up to BRISBANE, cos it's the gold coast.......
Balls.... the Australians are the winners! They just won't give up! I'm impressed! (STUBBORN BUGGERS!!!!)  LOVE THEM!!!!!!

Was that all? 3-1!!

Hello again, nice little walk down the ground this morning, including an absolute downpour!! The famous pink hat returned to it's original burgundy for a while ther I can tell you!! But, rain was not to spoil the day, after an Aussie rearguard action, did make me worry a little when the rain returned. As it happens, god favoured the Judges, rather that the convicts, and when play resumed the tail was mopped up. The last post was actually ending on the trumpet as the Beer went.....

Had a wander around the ground then, but no sign of any register to be an Australian citizen if you can bat, bowl or field, so a wander down Darling Harbour(not you Darling.....(Black Adder????....anyone????)), a lamb kebab, a couple of 5 seeds cider(the way forward my bab!!!) and a walk back, off for a few beers now. Up early off to the zoo!!

Nos da pawb!

Sydney

Well, sorry haven't been updating this as mush as I really would of liked, but costs of Wifi, the Cooler, and me falling from the top bunk(pool table) have rather curtailed it!

But, now i've moved out of the Cooler, to a nice clean room, I can update....

The Cooler, a 6' wide, 10' long, 14'high, Cell, it was hell, on a main street, ok, if you get drunk, that can be taken out of it, hot and stuff if you closed window. Only place JG picked on holiday, 11 nights there, I wouldn't put Russell and Steve in there!

Was given top bunk by JG, rock hard (pool table hard, honest!)(Pool table outside had better cushions...), proceeded to fall from it on 1st night, hurting back, plus giving myself an inability to sleep up there! Fall asleep, wake up, shaking..... NOT fun!

Final straw came when getting up to use the communal toilets, someone had had a rather nasty accident over three, yes, three, of the stalls.....

Now as for the cricket have had some great days play, seen some great batting, Ali, Ali Cook, Ali, Ali Cook..... Ian Bell, some good fun with all of the Aussies we've met and wellsee facebook for pics!

Pink party tonight. Nos Da Pawb!

NYD

Recovering from a rather mad night, I'll cut the night down, U2 tribute band doing \dakota, lots of beers, met a lad from Llani, home, something like that anyway! Currently in the cooler, JG has ventured out to get food, i'll join him soon. Hard life out here, the barstaff from NYE are all off on the beer down the coast, Stu? you listening?

Sydney....

Big City, time for Goughy's colourful clothing.....
Few beers last night, struggling today..... but saying that a beer with breakfast was managed...... staying on Pitt street, not the younger, or the youngest, but Pitt street....(Blackadder fans anywhere???)
Time for a snooze before NYE party down on the circular Quay.... Nos Da....

Sydney....

Hiya!, No, Hiya!
Retained the Ashes then, poor old Ricky, thinking we've seen the last of him? Great batsman, and to be fair, I'm a big fan of him. Who would you rather have? KP? or Pontin? At least Ricky knows his nationality....
Landed in Sydney last night, room is, shall we say, compact.... get what you pay for eh? The one thing I let Mr Gough choose, and it's the dog kennel we're in! Won't complain too much, it's 8.30 am, and warm, looking out the window I can see the local asian community getting on with their lives.....

Good Evening..... Very good evening....

Hi de hi....... Ho de ho......

Day late, I know, ran out of time on my wifi...(Fell asleep writing last nights blog....honest...)
Monday, day after the night before eh? Early awakening for the not so dynamic duo, 7am, the mess that is JG was snoring his little head off.....so a pillow to the swede woke him abruptly! After the usual S,S and S, a walk into the MCG....
Across the road we had a great morning coffee with Joe the Greek, then a minor 1/2 mile to brekky with the Asian community(don't knock it till you've tried it!), a further coffee with a true Melbournian (accent very Anglesey but Aussie....) (think Nasal but pretty) and on to the ground.
2 wickets early wasn't expected, but the day went well, Prior and one of the South Africans did pretty well, Mitchell gave away more runs than Monkey at Wellington and a pretty good day! Few beers on way home and good day all in all!
Day 3, Joe's, Asian brekky, then a trek around the money changers of Melbourne as JG, or the Danny De Vito of Guilsfield as he may also be known, was too tight to go with the first offer(cheaper than the one he ended up with) but JG isn't known for his patience.....
To the ground and we ended up at fine leg, not too bad eh? But on row LL..... Think, A,B,C,......AA, BB...you get it? Well LL was the disabled row!(they knew about JG's flatulence problems obviously....) , we did the end of the England inns there, then, using my obvious charm, moved into the sun at backward square leg at the other end. Sat amongst our antipodean cousins, we find humour and a lot of dislike for the Australian selection policy, ah well, sh!t happens eh????
Back in the room, with JG not snoring, blessed are the persons in charge of the pillows, time for a rest! Nos Da Pawb.
P.S.
(from the paper this morning.....) Knock Knock......, Who's there?    Me....Still......(KP and RP characatures...)