Australia - Part 1

After a mammoth flight eventually they arrived in Sydney first thing in the morning and quickly jumped on the ferry over to Manly to meet up with Boris. Booking into the hotel was a bit of a challenge (Nigel’s usual lack of patience not helping matters) but with a quick break to wander back to the ferry to meet up with Glenn eventually they were all gathered and after a quick dip in the ocean the beers started at a sensibly early hour in Charlie’s bar.

As is becoming increasingly common his accursed bank has placed a ban on his card whilst abroad and so he is reduced to tapping up the lads for his supplies of funny money. Glenn gets the thanks for the lunchtime drinks and Boris for supper.

Despite their bravado the lunchtime drinks could not last and a nap was the order of the day before their now reduced numbers went out for supper (Nigel being too insensate from jet lag to make it out of his bed).

His lovely friend Sam and her new husband Wayne came down to meet up with him in Hugo’s (a new painfully trendy bar on the water) and catch up on all their respective news (Sam is a very new mother) before the three lads squeezed in some quick late drinks in the Wharf Bar (passim).