My month in number June and July 2013

Hi I've decided to combine June and July numbers as I have been traveling around  Australia. We went on The British and Irish Lions Tour.(click here for the full story)

10 the number of flights I took. Durham Tees valley-Amsterdam-Bangkok-Taipei-Brisbane- Melbourne- Sydney- Guangzhou-Amsterdam-Durham Tees Valley.


3Jk my seat number. Lovely hubby donated his airmiles for me travel business class and what a difference. The air stewards called me Mrs Taylor. Real glasses and cutlery, food that tastes of what it said on the menu.FABULOUS... thanks Phil. 

 5944 miles traveled from Amsterdam to Brisbane.

6 different hotels.

2 Smoggy hats (click here for a definition of a smoggy).

22389 steps walked around Melbourne on one day phew!

 8 wines tried on our wine tour round the Yarra valley.Cheers

 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road. These are rock formations along the coast outside Melbourne.Absolutely stunning. The observant among you will note that there aren't 12. Well there never has been 12 but the tale goes that a local school girl came up with the name of the Apostles in a competition.  Later on the the number 12 was added. Still beautiful whether there's 8, 9 or 12.

 79 steps to Gibsons bay a beautiful secluded beach (well apart from all the tourists).

1 very cute Koala

56 the birthday that Phil celebrated on our holiday.
83,704 rugby fans in the ANZ stadium in Sydney to see the Lions end 20 years of defeat. The final score 41-16. FANTASTIC

4 scrumptious pancakes consumed by me, Phil, my brother Charlie and the biggest,eaten by my sister-in-law Robyn.

 
3 nights spent in the fabulous Blue Mountains.

2 local lads

1 very very very steep railway

0 the number of wild kangaroos seen.

1 fabulous holiday down under.

So there it is my two months in numbers if you want to know more about Julies month in numbers then click on the side button and join in.

If you want to read the full down under saga then click here.

As for the communal count I've opted for 
825, the number of photos taken, 0 the number printed.  

 

This week I'm loving....

My Lions tour kit.

Here it is already to be packed only 2 days to go before I set off. I'm not going directly to Brisbane unfortunately I have a 10 hour wait in Taipei( that's the draw back of using air miles). I've got a room booked inside the airport so at least I can have a sleep and a shower before my next flight. I'm not sure what to expect in Taipei. You  can follow our tour down under here

So keep your eyes peeled I'll be the one wearing red with my favourite England top hat. 

Smoggy on Tour I hear you ask yourself? WEll I'm from Middlesbrough, once the home of heavy industry, steel works and chemical factories and it was said that the town was crowned with a blanket of smog...hence smoggies. You'll be glad to hear that our air is clean now as our industries have been eroded. But once a smoggy always a smoggy.

Off to pack the rest of my things now.