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Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Jane Kirsty and Heather on Christmas Eve 2008

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Poppies at the Tower

November 2014

Kurunda, the rainforest village

My birthday treat

Cairns

Great Barrier Reef

Cairns

My birthday dinner.

Darwin

Jon's birthday

Uluru

the tour

Uluru (Ayre's Rock)

Sunrise

The Outback

Oz

Adelaid

Murray River cruise

Sydney

View from the plane

Sydney

Super moon

Sydney

Vivid Festival

Australia

Vivid Sydney Festival

Chang Mai

Chang Mai

Bare back riding

Chang Mai

Elephand Experience

Jane and Jason's wedding

Sunny night at Pilot Bay

Queen Victoria

Pilot Bay

Hog Roast, Aug 2012

Kingston, Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Feb 2012

Kirsty and James' Wedding

Christmas 2012

Christmas dinner with Heather

Dinner with Rookery Medical Centre

Old friends

Buckingham Palace

On the back lawn

Punting in Cambridge

The first time Jon had been on a punt!

Newmarket Races, Tom Jones Concert

Picnic in the car park.

Hotel Avillon, Port Dickson

Rooftop lounge at the spa

Birthday lunch

Dianne's Darlings

Just in case you don't see me I am second on the left!

Elephant trek

A very early start

The dinner

The birthday dinner

Drinks at the bar.

Our hotel from the beach

My birthday

after the present opening.

Jon and I with one of the elephants

The Elephant Palace

The Girls.

At the elephant show

near Patong

Hotel Marina

swimming pool and breakfast room at the rear

Our first night in Phuket

the drink to get me over the shock!

Waiting in the Emirates Lounge for our flight to Brisbane

Tirau museum

Gift shop

Pukeko on the roof

Corrugated metal art work

Just like my first ever car I had in Spain!

Tirau

Tourist Information Office

Bye bye Fiji

Happy Hour!

Bula bus

Lovely sunsets

Jon in the pool!!!!

Raddison

Our balcony

The wedding chapel

Security guard and me

Raddison Hotel

The swimming pool - adults only

Fiji

The meal that made me ill

Bye bye Queenstown

Last night in Queenstown

stays light much later down here

our hotel

Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown

The luge

Looking out over Queenstown

Ready to go on the luge

Queenstown

going up in the gondola

Arrowtown

and the sun came out in time for lunch

Drive back to Queenstown

our hire car

Mirror Lakes

snow outside Homer Tunnel

Milford Sound

after our boat trip

Milford Sound

Stirling Falls on the sound

the boat took us right into them

Milford Sound

Tasman Sea in the background

Queenstown airport

The Remarkables range of mountains

Tauranga Air show

lunch on a very hot day

Bye, bye Jane

Auckland Zoo

tired after a very long day

Jane's last day in Auckland

Sky Tower

Last night

dinner on the 12th floor balcony

view from our apartment over the city

Darling Harbour

Cpt Cooks Endeavour in the background

Bondi Beach

View from our apartment in Darling Harbour

One very chilled koala

Ferndale Park

Blue Mountains

shame it was so cloudy

but Jon did and saw lots of smashed cars

The only way to see over the edge

I just couldn't make it

Blue Mountains

Another good dinner in Sydney

Sydney Zoo

a joey whose mother had been killed by a car

Sydney Harbour

Dinner on the deck

At the top of Mount Maunganui

McLaren Falls in the rain

Lake Tarawera

this lady pushes these dogs around Rotorua

Rotorua, luge

Jane with the Christmas cake

Jane arrives

Jan 2010

Arriving in Auckland

Leaving Brisbane

Breakfast in the Emirates Lounge

Brisbane airport

Last night in Brisbane

Mooloolaba

where we stayed

Lunch on our boat trip around Noosa

Australia Zoo

Anniversary dinner

oops looks like I need a smaller picture!

Rainbow Beach on our actual anniversary

Glass House Mountains

Sunshine Coast

Brisbane River Jan 2010

30 anniversary trip

Daniel Vettori

NZ Captain

Three headed T shirt race

Picnic at the races

Christmas Dinner

Our Christmas Day picnic

On the beach

Christmas Day

Rotary Park

Christmas flowers from Mary & Roger

Lunch in Russell

Ipipiri Cruise

Me at the top of the hill we climbed

Waitangi Meeting House

Swiss Chalet dinner - Pahia

Christmas lunch

trying to pull a cracker

Napier Nov 09

Bertie and me

Ride on Mower Races

The bird gardens

Moa bird and the ducks again!

Katikati Bird Gardens

three funny ducks

Lake Ngakoro

lovely shades of green

Wai-o-Tapu

The boardwalk across Champagne Lake

Back home!

Fun Run

Alison and I at the start

Jane's shoes

All my grapefruits

Mt Ruapehu

over 100 miles away - so clear!

Jon on Mt Otanewainuku

Mt Otanewainuku

640 metres above sea level

Lots of people

Coffee on the new bridge

Tauranga Harbour Bridge Opening Sept 09

Night of Stars

Lions fancy dress

Auckland Harbour

The boat that didn't win the Americas Cup

Waihi Beach

Waihi Beach

Goodbye Heather

A cheeky king penguin

Sky Tower Auckland

Minus 5 Ice Bar

Auckland Tower

Mt Tarawere & Lake Tarawere

last erupted in 1886

Wairrere Waterfall - Buried Village

Pohutu Geyser

The Haka

Chief Jon

Helicopter Flight

Looking up from the bottom of the cave

Orokei Thermal Park

in front of the Golden Fleece Terrace

The chair lift

notice me hanging on the back of the seat!

The luge

Skyline Rotorua

Going up

Floatplane

Departure Lounge

Our load of wood

Waitom Caves

boat ride

Waitomo caves

glow worm threads

Sydney Harbour

I can't believe we are here

Sydney

Wallaby & joey

Sydney

Koalas

Huka Falls

Lake Taupo

mini golf

McLaren Falls in winter

Fieldays

very wet - nice wellies

Waimangu & Rotorua

Playing on the beach

Heather Arrives

Newmarket - New Zealand

Jon's new car

Lions Enrollment - Janice and me

Red jumper red face!

The Haiku Pathway

Jon thought I should have a photo on this one!

Totty chasing the gulls

The tea cosy

Puffa fish

Totty on the beach

McLaren Falls Park

The only building left standing after the quake

Lovely buildings

Napier

The museum, our Hotel and the Cathedral

Sunset in Maungatapu

Cathedral cove

Cafe Islalei

Lunch stop

Kauri trees

Me looking up at the Kauri trees

Driving Creek Railway

Our cottages, Coromandel

Seven Stairs to Heaven

Totty and the kiwi fruit

Kaiate Falls

Looking Glass Gardens

Top of Stairway to Heaven

Pumpkins in April

The Meeting House

Pohutu geyser

Whakatane beach and Whale Island

Cream Tea

Gisborne

Bay of Poverty, Young Nick's Head

Hobbiton

Gollum

The stairs

just half of them!

Waiere Falls

The Lookout

My flowers

Mother's Day

Historical Village

Historical Village

Age Concern Office

My Car

"Windy"

Totty's Certificate

The Wobbly bridge

Karangahake Gorge

Karapiro Lake

Cambridge

Waikato River - lunch stop

St Andrew's Church

Red sky at night

We made it to the top

Jon at Kiwi360 - twenty years on

Kiwi360

First Guests

Dawn Princess

Through the narrow channel

Norma's hat

Jon' hat

Cards from home

Totty

A decent bed at last!

Totty

Surgery Xmas Party

Having good time

Tangent Xmas/leaving do

Merry Monk Isleham

Roots

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