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Today, with a mixture of heavy hearts and excitement about our next stage, we said goodbye to Australia. Julie and I were on a 7.55 am flight to Wellington whilst C&M got to experience more of Sydney as their flight for a 2 day jaunt to Auckland left at 18.20. Rising at 4.45 we could
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G’day folks from Sydney where, thanks to a very appealing suggestion from our new hosts Teresa & Trevor, 3 families agreed to hire a 41′ yacht and sail all 11 of us round Sydney Harbour for the day🇭🇲😎⛵ Greeted by clear blue skies, and the mercury already at 20C by 8am, this encounter filled us
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Today marked the end of our stay in Canberra and, with mixed emotions we said goodbye to the most welcoming home where we had been staying. However, fortunately for us, Team Dobbie were driving to Sydney with all our hold luggage and meeting us there😊 On arriving at Canberra Airport we met up briefly with
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With a teenager in the house we knew it was likely to be an early start to the day, but, surprisingly, Sophia did not surface until 8.30am 🎅🏾 However, all duly assembled the festivities began😊 Present opening, accompanied by smoked salmon and crème fraiche and/or strawberries with Nutella on Bellini, was both moving and entertaining
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As I write this it’s about 6am on Christmas Day, so Merry Christmas to any of you who are following our BTDU🎅🏾🌲 Christmas Eve involved an earlier start with 6 of us heading down to Lake Burley Griffin to meet up with Gordon who had invited us to join him in some Dragon Boating 😊
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Today was an early start for most of us with Julie and Ruth heading off at 8.15 am to the local markets with the Christmas food & booze list🎅🏾😉 Meantime a contractor arrived with a mini digger to excavate holes for 2 large tree ferns that needed relocating. Michael and I “supervised” then backfilled the
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Today we awoke to a glorious blue sky with the promise – kept – that the day would peak at 24 C and this view from our room😎 A relaxed morning was then interrupted when Michael realized Sophia’s flight was 30 mins ahead of schedule, necessatating a quick dash to the airport! All introductions made
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This day is specially important to me as it’s the day Julie and I met 32 years ago 😍 So, when she stirred, I gently whispered: “Good Morning darling, do you remember what day it is today?” I was pleased to see this had clearly registered and she replied: “Of course I do, but thanks
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With the combination of still feeling the effects of jetlag and a forecast – that was spot on – of the mercury “soaring” to 17C we all opted to visit the National Museum of Australia, only 5k from Ruth & Michael’s magnificent home😊 So, after a relaxed morning we were kindly dropped off. Much of the
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So, after another fab 12.5 hr flight from Dubai to Melbourne and a 1 hr hop to Canberra we were met by our very good friends Ruth & Michael, accompanied by a thunderstorm, at 4.30 pm 😎 We were then treated to a 1 hour tour of the “city in the park” where we met
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