Where is Bec and J?: Australia

Monday, September 28, 2009

It’s very Freo.

After leaving Malaysia we headed for the wonderful world of Oz; first stop Perth! We were greeted at Perth Airport by some very efficient custom officers, who despite having nothing to declare made us head here, there and everywhere to be examined! After we finally finished jumping through all the hoops we were greeted by the wonderfully wonderful Miss Keelyann! We were quickly whisked away to their beautiful abode in Fremantle. We spent most of the day catching up, eating some amazing food and being given an orientation tour before falling promptly into bed, exhausted from the lack of sleep in the last 24 hours.

The next day J and I chilled out at the house and checked out the very cool Fremantle Arts Centre. The following day we headed to the shorefront to meet Keels for a lovely and very relaxing picnic where to twiddled away the last of the sunlight hours and watched a pretty amazing sunset before my little pinkies cried wee-wee-wee all the way home. Our last day in Freo saw J and I check out the town and pull into the local brewery: Little Creatures. We then ventured out to Marks humble home away from home where we were inducted into the amazement that is Mark's occupation. Very Cool! That night we headed into Perth (via Berrigan Drive - hehe) for a very grown up dinner of wine and sushi!

Freo proved to be an amazing place, with great friends! It was a nice way to transition back into our old life. Thanks again Keels and Mark :)

Carving up a storm!

Me and Keels picnicing!

Good times!

On site and kitted out!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Feelin' HOT! HOT! HOT!

Alright, so we’ve just come from the land down under and whilst we had a great time in Oz, most of you were there to experience it with us… so we’ll keep this one brief….

We were excited to head home to meet a new Wyatt-Tandek family addition and to see our brothers get married… not to each other, obviously ;) But after stepping off our flight into a sweltering 40 something degree heat, dressed in our 3-4 layers of clothes, J was soon wishing we were back in London. Within 20 minutes of setting foot on Australian soil we were promptly whisked apart by respective family members for differing duties. Several hours later we caught back up at our first of many Australian BBQ’s and then rang in the New Year with the Wyatt’s before promptly passing out at 12:01am.

4 Days later still feelin’ hot, hot, hot! We attended the first of the Weddings, Joel and Bec’s. Having never attended a Lebanese wedding before we were both impressed at the extravagance of it all. Her dress, the entertainment but mostly the dedication of one bridesmaid to retrieve the bouquet, we’d never seen any woman knock down fellow ladies in her pursuit for glory – well done Rima!

Next up young Jarratt rang in his 28th birthday with Adrian, they celebrated with a few beers and pizza at Oatley with friends and a family lunch at the Motor boat club.

The middle 4ish weeks flew by and were mainly spent catching up with friends and family. As well as roaming around the Hunter Valley Gardens with the olds and day tripping to Manly Wyatt style. We also managed to get some alone time with an elegant dinner in the Rocks followed by all the Shakespeare plays in 97 minutes at the Opera House – thanks Carly and Co. We also had many a nice dinner including a sad farewell to Keely and Mark and an intellectual discussion with a side of Chinese with JB squared, Tricky Ricky and George.

Our final days in Oz were wound up with the delight that was Caryn and Adrian’s wedding! Having both been included in the bridal party it was a really wonderful experience to be part of, despite the dustiness of some parties ;) Its hard to put into words the magic of the day, but highlights include: the throwing of a very heavy bouquet, Adrian’s fine effort with his dentures – get there rocky! – and Garcie’s charming way with young Tandek ladies!

And I guess that just about sums it all up…. It was good to see you all and we truly miss you already!!! It’s been a blast – but we’ll see you all soon enough.