JUST A REMINDER

Just a quick reminder that I am currently in Australia. To follow my travel blog and see photographs simply click on the mad Oz logo on the right hand side bar.  We have been here for nearly 2 weeks  and have travelled from Noosa to the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Toowooba, the Great Barrier Reef and now we are in Sydney.

This is the view from our apartment at Manly Beach, Sydney

Tomorrow my granddaughter and 2 greatgrandaughters depart for chilly England while I stay on for an adventure trip in the camper van with my grandson.  I think that this is going to be quite "challenging" in asmuchas some of the sites along the way look a little primative!  Like, no water, not even a loo!! But there might be a nice 5* hotel in the vicinity to catch my attention.  I wish! 

Talk soon.  Love, Ann xxx

THE AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE

Just to remind everyone that I've made several posts on my travel blog.  To read them simply click on the funny woman wearing the cork hat on the righthand side bar.  xxxx

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

At first I thought this was  funny....Then I realised the awful truth of  it. Be sure to read all the way to the end! 

Tax his land, tax  his bed, Tax the table at which he's  fed. 
Tax his work, tax his  pay, he works for peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow, tax his goat,  tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his tobacco, tax his  drink, tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his car, tax his gas, find other ways to tax his ass. 
Tax all he has then let him  know that you won't be done till he has  no dough.

When he screams and  hollers; then tax him some more, tax him  till he's good and sore. Then  tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the  sod in which he's laid.

When  he's gone, do not relax, it's time to  apply the inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax, Airline surcharge tax,
Airline Fuel Tax, Airport Maintenance Tax,

Building Permit  Tax, Cigarette Tax,
Corporate Income Tax, Goods and Services Tax (GST) 

Death tax, Driving Permit Tax,
Environmental Tax  (Fee), Excise Taxes 

Income Tax, Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax, Petrol Tax (too much per litre)

Gross  Receipts Tax, Health Tax
Inheritance Tax, Interest Tax Heating Tax

Lighting Tax, Cooking Tax,
Liquor Tax, Luxury Taxes 

Marriage License Tax, Medicare Tax 
Mortgage Tax, Personal Income Tax  

Property Tax, Poverty Tax, 
Prescription Drug Tax, Real Estate Tax 

Recreational Vehicle Tax, Retail Sales  Tax
Service Charge Tax, School Tax 

Telephone Tax, Vehicle License  Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax, Water  Tax

Workers Compensation  Tax, and now they want a
blooming  Carbon Tax!

STILL THINK THIS IS  FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed in the UK 100 years ago, & our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world...

We had  absolutely no national debt, had a large middle class,
a huge manufacturing base, and Mum stayed home to raise the kids. 

What on earth happened?

Could it be the lying parasitic politicians wasting our money?
Oh, and don't forget the relatively new bank charges....And we all know what we think of Bankers. 

ONLY DAYS TO GO UNTIL WE TAKE OFF FOR AUSTRALIA

THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOYS
(MY GREAT GRANDSONS)
 HAD NOT BEEN WELL THIS WEEK -
GREAT TO SEE THEM CHIPPER AGAIN.

That's the worse thing about going away - I miss my family and friends so much.  I remember after I returned from my trip last year little Leyton (on the left) got so excited when he first saw me and went hyperactive, hitting and throwing things at me.  This is so unlike him.  I'm not sure if he wanted to punish me for being away so long or if he was overcome with excitement. 

I've started up my new travel blog for anyone that's interested.  Same routine as last year, simply click on the side bar link and it SHOULD (fingers crossed) take you through to it.