Words cannot express how wonderful it was to go home. I was so touched by all of my family and friends who came to meet me.

I got off the loooooooong train ride at Central and made my way down to Circular Quay. We drove past my old work, feels like a decade ago that I was going there everyday but familiarity is so nice. Did some filming in front of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge before getting in a cab to Warringah Mall to sort out some money and meet up with Rowena from Skype to sort out my connection. Cashed up, went down to Manly Beach where I was met by a group of my closest family and friends aboard a bus. My teary dad had his massive esky iced up with free flowing Yellow and Crownies. My friend Katie had made a play list of Aussie songs, including a couple of sentimental numbers. We got off the bus at Dee Why where I was met by even more family and I planted my feet on sand and in the ocean as we walked to Long Reef headland with champas in hand. This is my favourite place in the world I forced myself to stop and enjoy it. Before I moved to London I would get up every morning and walk from Long Reef headland to Dee Why beach and back again. I didn't really do it for fitness as much as I did it for grounding myself. There is something amazing about walking along the shore and feeling the sand under your feet and through your toes and the ocean that goes on forever. After a year away, I got my fix and we boarded the bus further down the coast, where Home and Away is filmed. It's funny how popular that show is in the U.K. A few of my friends have been on it, I've seen Alf at the pub a bit (flaming mongrel) and we kind of pay it out in Sydney, but love it all the same. Such a fantastic day. It left me feeling very loved, charged and emotional.