Day 6

Another perfect day - if not a little too warm - and off to Hollywood.

We drove past a few notable locations, including the Venice High School that served as Rydell High for Grease. Our first stop was the Santa Monica pier, where Connick sat for a personalised sculpture (not a great likeliness, but still pretty cool). Jez and Rachel danced their own unique dance to a busking steel drummer - and then had a play on his steel drum.

We drove along some notable streets, including Sunset Strip where the famous nightclubs are, including the Whisky A Go-Go and the Viper room (once owned by Jonathon Depp and the place that River Phoenix allegedly took to the pavement like a duck to lead pellets).

The girls performed their dances outside Madam Tussauds on Hollywood Boulevard. It was very exciting with a huge billboard announcing "Welcome Danceworks 114 from Traralgon Australia".

It was also bloody hot!

We toured Madam Tussauds, and took photos in amusing poses with the waxen-folk. Some are very likelike, though I'm not sure they did justice to Angelina Jolie's breasts. Halle Berry's, on the other hand, were looking very swell (get it?) until I peeked into her top and they were a little incomplete and marred by seams in the wax (are they really wax? It feels more like plastic)

I was a little disappointed they didn't have wicks in the tops of their heads.

The girls headed off for a dance workshop at "The Edge". We parents headed to Farmers Market/The Grove for a short trip. This looks like a great shopping area, and one we may try to revisit when we return to LA in a few weeks.

Connick and I attempted to buy some fruit from a fruit stall, and ended up filming a commercial for sunkist mandarins. It will probably be on Youtube at some stage. Connick was very excited by his fame.

Jez and Rachel kept the bus entertained/annoyed with their singing all the way home.

By the time we got back to hotel, too little sleep and too little fresh fruit was catching up with me, so I took some Cold and Flu tablets and turned in for an early night.

Stay tuned for Day 7 ...