Author Archives: Lexie

New Tables in Torquay

Ok so I haven’t blogged for a while! Maybe I’ve used up all my words blogging for 15 days straight on the other side of the world!! After the madness of Christmas has calmed down (I hope you all had a great one by the… read on…

Australia Day 9 and 10

There literally hasn’t been any time to write my final post so I’m doing it now as we’ve just arrived back in the UK. After our amazing Hunter Valley tour we had a lazy lie in before packing up and heading off to find some… read on…

Australia Day 8 – Hunter Valley Wine Country

It’s wine day!! Our car arrived at 10am, a beautifully restored 1958 Cadillac from Arizona. We hired it from Hunter Valley Cadillacs, owned by our driver Debbie and her husband. Such a great experience for a group of 4 friends and family to do –… read on…

Australia Day 6 and 7

Saturday was a very chilled day! We had a late start followed by a very large breakfast of toast, avocado, bacon, scrambled eggs and halloumi. We then headed to Chatswood which is the next town so Dan could buy some things for his Tough Mudder… read on…

Australia Day 5

It only took us 5 days but today we finally climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge! Typically we had picked the hottest day (probably why we managed to book so easily less than 24 hours before!) as it was set to be 36 degrees! Luckily as… read on…

Australia Day 4

So today we thought we would climb the harbour bridge, however there were no spaces left for climbs today so we rescheduled for tomorrow (although it’s forecast to be 36 degrees!!) Instead, we ended up with a free day! We decided to head a little… read on…

Australia Day 3

The week is going so quickly 🙁 luckily we are managing to fit everything in! Today Freya drove us to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, about 45 minutes from North Sydney. It was a little smaller than Taronga Zoo but known for its hands… read on…

Australia Day 2 – Taronga Zoo

The sightseeing and touristy activities continues! Today we had a leisurely morning, breakfast, getting ready and catching up with Aussie news. We then headed to Taronga zoo. Having spent a lot of my youth in Paignton zoo in Torbay it was nice to see what… read on…

Australia Day 1

Part 2 of our holiday began today and after the hard party nights and socialising in New Zealand it’s time to start relaxing. We had a ridiculously early start (5am NZ time) which I totally did not consider when booking the flights. However it meant… read on…

New Zealand day 10

Our final day in New Zealand 🙁 We stayed at James’ parent’s flat last night in Parnell – I keep finding new places that I would live in! Scratch Mission Bay I would now like to live in Parnell! Luke and I headed into Remurea… read on…