Round The World With A Fridge

Good news! With financial help from the Louise, Karen, Jez, Meg and Mark who donated cold hard cash, and some help from Matt and Katie, I got the fridge back on Sunday! Yep, it cost $2000 AUD but it was worth it to see my little friesian buddy again. Getting it back was all very stressful, Matt went to pick the fridge up once I'd given some guy the money in a bar. I didn't think I'd see the money or the fridge again, but after all your texts and emails I couldn't just give up. Unfortunately I don't have net access in Melbourne (although I've enjoyed the last 3 weeks hardly using a computer) so I'll do another update in a few days with photos and more news.

On the down-side, most of the $2000 came out of my overdraft (thank you nice woman at HSBC) and has completely crippled me. Without any further donations (yes, you can still donate using the link from the email) I'll be returning home to freezing cold blighty on the 28th Feb - skipping most of the U.S., Canada and Ireland (sob). But at least I have the fridge back :)

Update: the flights are booked (thanks to Laura- the most patient travel agent ever!). I return on Feb 22nd, going via Auckland and L.A. so I'll complete the round the world part of the challenge.