The Many Travels of Mrs Pickles

Look here for tales from the many travels of my friend, Phyllis Bridget Gallagher as she globetrots. I met the dynamic Phyllis on a trip to Ireland in the spring of 2001 and she is still GOING! Bridget, you inspire me to travel more!

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Hello to all you special people!

At present at Kings cross. Tried to find the charity shop for some more clothes as the few I do have are almost at rest. At the end of this exciting trip will be back on the 14th of March. The embasseys have put out all the alerts. Have you ever tried to find a ticket in a hurry well it just don't work. I leave Sydney head for Singapore only a stop over than have to stay in Dubi Saudi Ariba for 3 days. Not a bad deal actually have already checked it out and it's ok. The airline puts us all up for the trip back to London so will get to see something I did not expect. From London I only have a 3hour waite to get back to Boston on Virgin. In all the plane ride will be 34 hours. I have not been able to get to any computers since my work on the cattle station. The farm at my friends where I have been staying and going back to on Friday has over 100,000.00 bloody chickens. the are being rasied for meat birds. In about a week they shall all be gone. Every am I go out to the 4 sheds and in aboujt 2 hours time have all the dead birds picked up and into the freeze cooler. Two of the cattle have pink eye so chase them into the lock and spray the eyes, grain the sheep (only 17 of them) and I'm at the pool or riding around with Maragaret. We have been to some clubs let me tell you. GBoing back to the trotting club on Friday night. Funny I raised Standardbred horses so this is really exciting for me. Margaret and I climbed the Sydney harbour bridge last week. It has over 1400 steps to go up to the top which when there you look over to the Sydney opera house and it looks like a midget. It takes in all about 3 1/2 hours to do. I have the picture taken of all of us on top and a certificate to prove it. The last thing we will be doing next week is hand gliding off the cliffs outside of Sydney. I can't see how this can beat the skydiving however I did last year. For all those who are afraid of spiders don't come here. I have taken some great pictures up close of these creatures. All ozies keep at lest two of the huntsman spiders in their homes as they eat so many bugs. No wonder the size of them is incrediable. Obviously they are not deadly like the ones outside. The redbacks are quite big as well slow in moving and on farms they are everywhere as well as the white tip Deadly they are. Snakes I do see occasionaly almost steped on one the other night chasing sheep back to the paddock. Plan on going to a dairy farm in the middle of New South Wales coming back to Sydney in time to leave. Reason is there alot of stud farms of Throughbreds there would like to get a chance to see how they operate and maybe a job on one for next year. Heading for Manly tomorrow and making plans on going through the tunnels in St. James where the river runs through the city and see the railroad station that never was underground as well. Only 10 people can do this once a month so feel honoured. The above ground thing is climbing the city center clock tower only 270 steps compared to over the thousand bridge thing. Met alot of great people and of course have many many stories on that as well. Well gotta get out of kings cross it gets real kinky here at night and it is becoming that time. See you all real soon and keep on sending the light over here so I can send it back. Time to catch the train back to Croydon.
Love to all
Phyllis

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